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04/01/2017 - Survey Results
Food Hygiene Ratings in the UK

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24/02/2014 - Survey Results
The Perfect Man

Our latest survey aimed to discover what the perfect man would look like, by asking a group of 1054 women to complete a questionnaire about what characteristics their ideal man would have.

The women were asked about eye colour and shape, eyebrows, hair style, colour and length, ears, nose, lips and forehead, complexion and skin texture and a CGI expert used the most popular features from the data collected to put together an image that represents the perfect man, according to the ladies that took part in this study.

Please see the full list of questions and the results below.

What Is Your Favourite Eye Colour on a Man?
Amber	Blue	Brown	Gray	Green	Hazel	Other
61	261	336	74	148	133	41
5.8%	24.8%	31.9%	7.0%	14.0%	12.6%	3.9%

 

2. What Eye Shape Do You Prefer on a Man?
Rounded	Close Set	Wide Set	Deep Set	Almond Shaped	Other
305	63	106	95	380	105
28.9%	6.0%	10.1%	9.0%	36.1%	10.0%

 

3. What Type of Eyebrows Do You Prefer on a Man?
Thin	Average	Bushy
200	664	190
19.0%	63.0%	18.0%

 

4. What Hair Colour Do You Prefer on a Man?
Black	Blonde	Brown	Ginger	Gray	Other
275	267	352	44	84	32
26.1%	25.3%	33.4%	4.2%	8.0%	3.0%

 

5. What Hair Style Do You Prefer on a Man?
Fringed	Spikey	Smart	Casual	Curly	Other
148	248	208	250	84	116
14.0%	23.5%	19.7%	23.7%	8.0%	11.0%

 

6. What Hair Length Do You Prefer on a Man?
Short	Medium	Long	Bald
418	394	199	43
39.7%	37.4%	18.9%	4.1%

 

7. What Face Shape Do You Prefer on a Man?
Oval	Square	Rectangle	Round	Diamond	Heart-Shaped	Triangular
327	209	89	158	103	84	84
31.0%	19.8%	8.4%	15.0%	9.8%	8.0%	8.0%

 

8. What Nose Shape Do You Prefer on a Man?
Concave / Turned Up	Straight / Greek Nose	Snub / Small Nose	Nubian / Big Nose	Flat	Wavy	Other
166	378	174	81	220	19	16
15.7%	35.9%	16.5%	7.7%	20.9%	1.8%	1.5%

 

9. What Type of Lips Do You Prefer on a Man?
Thin	Average	Large
299	419	336
28.4%	39.8%	31.9%

 

10. What Type of Cheekbones Do You Prefer on a Man?
Low	Average	High
118	374	562
11.2%	35.5%	53.3%

 

11. What Type of Forehead Do You Prefer on a Man?
High	Low	Wide	Narrow	Flat	Bumped	Average
108	122	135	116	127	42	404
10.2%	11.6%	12.8%	11.0%	12.0%	4.0%	38.3%

 

12. What Chin Shape Do You Prefer on a Man?
Slightly Pointed	Pointed	Slightly Rounded	Rounded	Slightly Square	Square	Other
326	98	248	67	172	88	55
30.9%	9.3%	23.5%	6.4%	16.3%	8.3%	5.2%

 

13. What Chin Size Do You Prefer on a Man?
Short	Average	Long
258	618	178
24.5%	58.6%	16.9%

 

14. What Type of Facial Hair Do You Prefer on a Man?
None	Stubble	Moustache	Full Beard	Goatee	Chin Strap	Chin Strip	Other
322	204	86	186	111	39	29	77
30.6%	19.4%	8.2%	17.6%	10.5%	3.7%	2.8%	7.3%

 

15. What Size Ears Do You Prefer on a Man?
Small	Average	Large
198	758	98
18.8%	71.9%	9.3%

 

16. What Build Do You Prefer on a Man?
Skinny	Average	Athletic	Muscular	Large
106	291	313	278	66
10.1	27.6	29.7	26.4	6.3

 

17. What Is Your Perfect Age on a Man?
18-22	23-30	31-39	40-49	50 plus
199	327	333	167	28
18.9%	31.0%	31.6%	15.8%	2.7%

 

18. Which of the Following Appearance Types Do You Prefer?
Well Groomed	Loosely Groomed	Unkempt	Scruffy
368	421	201	64
34.9%	39.9%	19.1%	6.1%

 

19. What Shade of Skin Do You Prefer on a Man?
Pale White	Light Pink	Rosy Glow	Red	Light Brown	Warm Brown	Medium Brown	Dark Brown
128	42	153	27	261	207	144	92
12.1%	4.0%	14.5%	2.6%	24.8%	19.6%	13.7%	8.7%

 

20. What Skin Texture Do You Prefer on a Man?
Smooth	Fairly Rugged	Rugged
302	526	226
28.7	21.4	49.9

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28/01/2014 - Survey Results
Nearly a Third of Women Continue to Buy Skincare Products Even Though They Don't Think They Work

Skincare is a vital part of many women's beauty routines, and accounts for a significant amount of the monthly budget. There are more types and brands of products to choose from than ever before, each making numerous claims about what they can do for your skin, so deciding which product to go for has become all the more difficult.

With so much choice on offer, do women think that their hard earned money is going to good use on the beauty products that they buy?

In order to find out, we conducted a survey asking 1021 women how they felt about their beauty products, how much they spent on them and how frequently they try out new products and brands.

Amongst other surprising findings, we discovered that nearly a third of women are regularly buying products that they believe have little to no effect on the condition of their skin.

The questions raised by these findings are why are women continuing to show loyalty to skincare products that they don't have any faith in, and how long can this approach last at a time when money is so tight?

Key Findings

• 31% of people believe that the products they regularly buy do not show any, or have little effect, even though the desired effects were the deciding factor for 57% of the women surveyed.

• Only 23% of those surveyed thought that their products showed a fairly good or great effect, but over a third spent more than £50 each month on skincare anyway.

Questions

1. How much do you spend on skincare products each month?
£0 to 20	£20 to £50	£50 to £75	£75 to £100	£100 plus
29%	34%	19%	15%	2%

2. How frequently do you try new brands?
Never	Every Couple of Years	Once a Year	A Few Times a Year	Every Month
5%	14%	18%	53%	10%

3. Thinking about the beauty products that you buy regularly, how much of a positive effect do you think that they have?
No Effect	Not Much Effect	Slight Effect	Fairly Good Effect	Great Effect
6%	25%	46%	20%	3%

4. How do you find out about new beauty products?
TV	Internet	In Store	Magazines	Friends
24%	18%	16%	18%	24%

5. What is the most important factor to you when choosing skincare products?
Price	Brand Name	Ingredients	Desired Effects	Packaging
16%	9%	16%	57%	2%

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20/01/2014 - Survey Results
Over 50% of Facebook Users Not Concerned about Online Privacy

Online privacy is an increasing concern as we use the internet for more and more daily tasks. The trail of information that is left behind is not just valuable to criminals, but advertisers, marketers and other companies can benefit significantly from it.

The recent lawsuit against one of the largest social networking platforms, facebook, alleged that they were mining information from the messages we send to one another in confidence in order to profit from the data within them, but has this affected our trust in the site?

In order to discover how much the opinions of facebook users on the issue of online privacy have shifted, we carried out a survey amongst 1009 of our newsletter subscribers.

Key Findings

58.1% of those surveyed were 'not very concerned' or 'not at all concerned' about facebook privacy.

85.2% of those surveyed were 'not very likely' or 'not at all likely' to stop using facebook due to privacy issues in the next two years.

Full Survey Results

	Not at All	Not Very	Fairly	Very
1. How concerned are you about your privacy on Facebook?	16.3%	41.8%	26%	16%
2. How likely are you to stop using Facebook in the next two years because of privacy?	36%	49.2%	8.2%	6.6%
3. How easy do you think that facebook's privacy settings are to understand?	38.1%	29%	17.9%	15%
4. How aware are you about who can see posts that you make?	23%	27.9%	37.1%	12%
5. How aware are you about the 'View As' tool which allows you to see how your profile appears to others?	41%	30%	17.9%	11%
6. How likely are you to alter your privacy settings in the next six months?	31%	46.1%	14%	8.9%

Additional Information

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25584286

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06/01/2014 - Survey Results
Two Thirds of People Will Be Too Embarrassed to Wear Google Glass

There is certainly quite a buzz surrounding the upcoming release of Google's latest invention, 'Google Glass', and the latest reports indicate that it could be available to the public as early as April 2014.

Many have predicted that wearable technology is going to be a big deal in the next few years, but with an estimated price tag of around $600 USD, how many people are likely to rush out and buy it when it arrives?

We wanted to find out people's opinions about this latest piece to new tech so we asked 1132 of our subscribers to take a survey in order to learn more.

Key Findings

68% of those asked said they would be too embarrassed to wear Google Glass in public.

53% believe that at $600, the price would be too high.

61% said that they have no need for a new gadget like Google Glass.

Only time will tell if this means that Google Glass is doomed to fail before it even hits our shelves, and with rival products such as Apple's iWatch expected soon, it is certainly going to be interesting watching the market trends this year.

Full Survey Results

	Yes	No	Don't Know
1. Are you aware that Google Glass is expected to be released in 2014?	52%	46%	2%
2. Do you think that $600 USD is too much for the product?	53%	36%	11%
3. Would you feel comfortable wearing Google Glass in public?	29%	68%	3%
4. Would you feel comfortable talking to someone else who is wearing Google Glass?	32%	64%	4%
5. Do you feel that you are likely to have a use for any of the technology that Google Glass has to offer?	27%	61%	12%
6. Are you concerned about Google Glass privacy issues (e.g. being filmed without permission)?	70%	11%	19%
7. Are you concerned about Google Glass safety issues (e.g. cyclists using the device)?	58%	21%	21%
8. Do you think that wearable technology in general is something that will interest you in the future?	42%	32%	26%

Additional Information

http://www.google.co.uk/glass/start/what-it-does/

http://www.idigitaltimes.com/articles/21315/20131230/google-glass-release-date-price-public-2014.htm

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09/10/2013 - The Most Annoying Facebook User Type

A study conducted by a leading UK voucher code website has revealed the top ten most annoying facebook user types.

In the initial stage of this two part study, a random selection of subscribers to the Love My Vouchers newsletter were asked to provide a description of the type of facebook user that annoys them the most.

The team at Love My Vouchers then compiled the 542 responses into similar groups to create the most annoying user types.

In the second stage of the study, a further random selection of subscribers were sent a list of the ten most annoying facebook user types along with brief descriptions, and were asked to select their most annoying from the list. 1063 people took part in the survey.

The results were as follows.

	People	Percent
10: The Loved-Up Couple	44	4.1
9: The Exaggerator	52	4.9
8: The Shameless Self Promoter	68	6.4
7: The Professional Arguer	74	7.0
6: The Long Lost ‘Friend’	84	7.9
5: The Candy Crush Pest	106	10.0
4: The Wannabe Masterchef	125	11.8
3: The facebook Baby Bore	139	13.1
2: The Boasting Traveller	168	15.8
1: The Update Addict	203	19.1
	1063	100

 

 

The results have been released via an infographic, which is available for publishing on request.

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18/02/2013 - The Savviest UK Cities Revealed

One of the leading voucher code websites in the UK has revealed the top ten cities where people are searching for the most discount codes to make savings online.

The figures, which were recently released by LoveMyVouchers.co.uk show that during the last twelve months, Leeds came top in the list of places using the highest number of vouchers, with London coming in a surprising fourth place on the list.

Online promotional codes have become increasingly popular recently and with Sheffield, Manchester and Newcastle also ranking high on the list, it seems that northerners are definitely making the most of the discounts that retailers are offering.

Website owner, Andrew Firth, said, "The recession has affected just about everybody and with high street stores shutting down at an alarming rate, it seems that more and more people are turning to the Internet to do most of their shopping. We have definitely seen an increase in the number of searches we get for voucher codes nationwide and that is particularly the case in the north."

The Office for National Statistics recently reported that the average weekly online spend was 8.7% up this January when compared to 2012, and the growth of voucher code usage is highly likely to be connected to this.

Firth continued, "It's a good idea to get into the habit of taking a couple of minutes to search for a code before you pay for your items because there are a huge range of stores offering them center now."

Other cities seemingly keen to grab regular bargains include Bradford, Birmingham and Glasgow, but as more and more people catch on, the trend in the whole country is definitely on the rise.

 

Press Notes

This data was compiled using analytics data from February 2012 to February 2013.

These figures were calculated using the number of searches for 'voucher codes' and other related terms which came from search engines and resulted in traffic to the website.

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