13 h. ago How disposable income has climbed in some areas but dropped in others: Where does YOUR town rank?

Eleven towns and cities have seen their disposable incomes rise twice as fast as the rest of the UK over the past decade, a report has found.

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24 h. ago Mapped: Where living standards are growing the fastest in the UK

Residents’ disposable incomes in 11 towns and cities in the UK has grown twice as fast in the past decade

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29 h. ago Poorest places to live: The 9 UK cities with the lowest disposable income, as wages 'stagnate'

The UK’s richest and poorest places, where people have the most and least money to spend, have been revealed.

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38 h. ago Disposable income in 11 towns and cities has risen twice as fast as rest of UK

Study finds top performers over past decade have companies in industries such software, marketing and financeA southern town in the north: how Warrington has adapted to changeEleven towns and cities in the UK, including Warrington, Barnsley and Wakefield, have seen their disposable incomes rise twice as fast as the rest of the UK over the past decade, a study has found.A report from Centre for Cities, a thinktank, showed that between 2013 and 2023, disposable income for residents of these top performing towns and cities rose by an average of 5.2%, compared with an increase of 2.4% for urban areas in the UK overall. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago One city sees huge decline in survey of disposable income in Scotland

Scottish cities "trailed the rest of the country, experiencing real-terms declines”

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1 week ago The hill I will die on: Stag and hen dos should be fun, not bankrupting endurance tests | Liam Pape

Multi-day benders that deplete your mates’ annual leave and wallets are a no-no. Keep it cheeky, cheap and – crucially – enjoyableA stag or hen do should be a straightforward, fun night celebrating a good friend moving into a new chapter of their life. Instead, thanks to films such as The Hangover and Bridesmaids, as well as the general Americanisation of what a “bachelor” or “bachelorette” party should be, we’ve ended up with too many overindulgent, wildly inconvenient and quite frankly underwhelming send-offs to our friends who are getting married.Somewhere along the way, they’ve morphed into three-day tests of stamina and disposable income. Groomsmen bankrupting themselves on long weekends in Vegas that are billed as obligatory for anyone who wants to keep calling themselves a friend. Injuries sustained during ill-advised human pyramids on Spanish beaches. Weddings called off after drunken lapses of judgments in strip clubs. To add insult to injury, in 2023, a survey by Aviva fou...

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2 w. ago Good news for North Lanarkshire homeowners as area ranks among Scotland’s most affordable

New research has revealed the UK locations with the most disposable income after mortgage payments, with North Lanarkshire ranking in ninth place.

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2 w. ago Richest and poorest neighbourhoods mapped as top earners have £87,000 more

Households in the Leamouth neighbourhood of Tower Hamlets had an average disposable income of £107,600 after tax in the financial year ending 2023

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