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Running for the second year in a row, Finder’s Innovation Awards series recognises financial providers that are innovating in their chosen field, by bringing new and impactful features to the market and delivering unique and beneficial services to their customers.

The average British household is set to spend around £997 each on festivities this Christmas, according to an analysis from the shopping comparison site, finder.com.

The UK is expected to spend £25.6 billion this year on Christmas gifting, a 6% rise from last year’s figure of £24.2 billion according to annual research from the shopping comparison site, finder.com.

60% of Brits admit to stockpiling in preparation for the UK going into lockdown.

We did some research to find out if Brits support smart meters and if they intend to get one. Our research found that three-fifths (58%) of Brits do not plan to switch to a smart meter. This is equivalent to 30.4 million Brits and the reasons they give for not getting one vary.

The UK could be sending 53.5 million single-use blue surgical masks to landfill every day.

97% of Brits say they have a facemask, leaving just 3%, or 1.5 million, who don’t own one.

Only a quarter of the population (26%) is washing or disposing of their mask after one use.

Research by price comparison site, finder.com has found that Brits are planning to spend a record £4.5 billion during Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales this year

British shoppers plan to spend an estimated £5.6 billion this Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend. However, this is £1.4 billion less than in 2018 (£7 billion), according to our new research.