English holidaymakers are turning to drink on their breaks with the average adult consuming eight alcoholic drinks a day, a survey suggests. But 70% of the 3,500 adults questioned by the Department of Health said they plan to make September the “new January” by cutting back.

NHS guidelines advise no more than two to three units a day for women or three to four units for men – roughly equal to a large glass of wine for women and two pints of beer for men. The Know Your Limits campaign survey found that on an average day on holiday, beer drinkers drank five pints, wine drinkers had four glasses of wine, and those who prefer spirits had five mixer drinks, such as vodka and coke.

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A survey commissioned by body wash brand Skinbliss has shown that women spend 3,276 hours of their lives getting ready for a night out, compared to just 1,092 hours for men.

Source:Daily Express 18-08-2008

According to a survey of more than 2,000 adults for event planner Wigadoo.com, young professionals no longer have the time to see friends, and instead rely on email to keep in touch.

A third of workers in their 20s and 30s were afraid of organising nights out because they were worried their guests would drop out. Others opted out of socialising because of the time it took to arrange events (25%), laziness (22%) and the difficulty of keeping everyone happy (21%).

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According to the latest TV trends report from the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, TV viewing during the first quarter of 2008 was at its highest level since 2004, averaging 3.97 hours per individual per day.

However, terrestrial channels’ share of TV viewing fell from 65.4% in the first quarter of 2007 to 61.9% in the first quarter of 2008, with declines in share of viewing for all the terrestrial channels. Non-terrestrial channels grew their combined share of viewing from 34.6% to 38.1% for the first quarter of 2008.

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According to a study by Visa, lunch hours are now virtually alien to the British worker.

78% of workers no longer take advantage of a full lunch hour – while 15% have no break at all. A third of those questioned said they had to forego lunch entirely at least once a week. Those who did venture out at lunchtime were getting their fill of time-wasting inconveniences. 79% of this group wait for up to 10 minutes in a cash point queue. 5% take advantage of the internet for paying bills or shopping online.

Source: Ananova 15-05-2008

According to a poll, the average Brit spends £293,000 on 124 holidays in a life time.

Source: The Sun 15-05-2008

For millions of Britons, the idea of a restful two-day break at the weekend has become lost as the frantic working week forces them to neglect domestic chores until Saturday and Sunday. The result is weekends turning into “workends”. A growing number of workers spend almost as much time catching up on household and family duties on their days off as they put into a normal day at the office, according to research commissioned by Dulux Paint.Three out of four adults believe the weekend is now merely an extension to the working week rather than a separate time for them to enjoy.

Millions of Britons are putting in a six-hour day every Saturday and Sunday on paying bills, grocery shopping, humdrum housework, fixing the lawnmower and all the other jobs they no longer have time to do in the week. More time commuting, longer hours in the office and a change in women’s roles from housekeeper to breadwinner mean today’s generation no longer keeps on top of daily jobs round the home.

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According to a poll of 2,000 UK adults, nearly one in 10 Brits plan their social life around what’s on TV. One in six have turned down an invitation out so they could stay in and watch a programme. And nearly a fifth have cut short a night out to get home to watch TV.

Source: The Sun 29-03-2008