Consumer behaviour changed near enough overnight when the UK lockdown was announced in March. With bar crawls, shopping centres and holidays abroad temporarily off the table, we saw a boom in sales across a number of industries for our retail partners. We found that being stuck at home all day led many to spending […]
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Heather is Senior Content and PR Manager at DivideBuy and finds engaging ways to spread the word for SMEs, including link-building campaigns with features in Forbes and Sunday Times. Heather writes about how DivideBuy’s POS finance solution translates into real life for retailers and consumers.
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It’s no news that the retail industry has been flipped on its head by the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the lockdown, most in-store operations have been shut down, and nationwide furloughs, reduced pay and steady streams of income at risk have fuelled a change in consumer spending priorities and trends. We need to band […]
As the lockdown eases our gardens have become the focal point of family reunions, get-togethers with friends and space where children can run free without worrying about getting too close to others. With all this extra use, we have put together a few ideas on how you can upgrade your garden to enjoy it even […]
Consumer finance has never been more popular. Office of National Statistics show that household credit, like credit card debt and loan plans, rose 11% to £119bn in the two years to March 2019. And experts predict that it’s only going to get bigger. “We expect the market for consumer finance as a whole to continue […]
A generation or two ago buying something on credit was seen as a little bit scary. Part of the fear was no doubt due to the significant interest rates that loans and other credit agreements tended to include. Fast forward 30 years and buying things on credit is a normal part of everyday life. […]
Given the current crisis, it looks like we might be spending more time in our gardens than usual over the next few months. So what better time to give it a good garden makeover? Working in close partnership with some of the best independent garden furniture suppliers in the UK, our interest free credit option […]
There is little doubt the world has changed for most of us in the last few months and that includes our little ones! Playgrounds have been locked, soft play centres forced to close, physical classes such as swimming and dancing put on hold. All of this has left us with finding new ways of entertaining, […]
If you’re like us, at about this point in the lockdown, you’ll have powered through all your favourite books, TV shows and board games, and are now looking for new ways to entertain yourself or make the best use of the extra time at home. Well one positive way to continue keeping busy while avoiding […]
Lockdown life has not been easy for anybody and recent news that the most vulnerable in our society can now take some tentative steps outside will be really welcomed. Supported living can take these new steps further by helping make those every day tasks a little bit easier. Here are just a few of […]
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