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Fleetwood News April 29, 2021

Nation divided over how to settle a bill after a meal out with friends and family

A study of 2,000 diners, by comparethemarket.com, revealed 34 per cent believe you should split the bill straight down the middle including the tip, while 36 per cent reckon it should be split precisely based on who has had what.Nearly half (43 per cent) are left feeling awkward when it comes to approaching how to pay when they eat out.But eight in 10 (80 per cent) wouldn’t let such experiences put them off heading back to restaurants as they continue to reopen.However, love it or hate it, 63 per cent said splitting the bill is all part of the eating out experience.Julie Daniels, head of rewards at comparethemarket.com said: ‘’Splitting the bill often divides opinion, as our research shows. But one thing is for sure, people are looking forward to dining out again and plan to make up for lost time.‘’As restaurants continue to reopen their doors, we have expanded our Meerkat Meals reward to give our customers even more choice and to make splitting the bill a little easier.” Fleetwood Weekly News…

Fleetwood News April 9, 2021

Millions of adults may have undetected health conditions after missing routine tests during lockdown

Adults may be suffering undetected health conditions, such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration and even heart disease – because two million people missed a routine eye test during lockdown.Specsavers usually carry out around 8.6 million eye examinations annually and refer more than 600,000 people to hospital or their GP for further investigations.But millions missed tests at the height of the pandemic (March to September 2020) -and almost 130,000 fewer people were referred – meaning many could be unaware they have a health problem.Figures for the same period also revealed referrals were down by nearly half for glaucoma, known as the ‘silent thief of sight’ due to it often being completely symptom-free.A further study of 2,000 adults has revealed that at least one in 10 people fear they might have a serious underlying sight condition, while one in 20 worry that they have a potentially significant issue with their hearing.While half of adults think either their sight, hearing or both have deteriorated since the pandemic began – two thirds (66 per cent) of those have not yet booked a test.According to the research as part of Specsavers Hindsight Report, one in eight (13 per cent) have also missed a hearing test in the last year. Fleetwood Weekly News…

Fleetwood News December 15, 2020

‘Social distancing’, ‘rule of six’ and ‘the new normal’ are the top phrases adults Brits want resigned to the history books, research has revealed

A survey of 2,000 UK adults examined the things they would like to lock up and leave behind in 2020.More than a third (36 per cent) want Donald Trump vanquished along with Dominic Cummings (31 per cent) and Matt Hancock (23 per cent), according to Hotels.com.And 16 per cent of respondents would like to see the back of Boris Johnson’s 5pm briefings.But while the politicians have been widely criticised, it’s the constant use of new phrases which has offended the public the most.Joining the outgoing US president in the accommodation provider’s ‘Hotel Room 101’ will be the sayings ‘social distancing’ (59 per cent), ‘rule of six’ (51 per cent), ‘tiers’ (50 per cent) and the classic ‘new normal’ (49 per cent).The word ‘bubble’, once used to describe something light-hearted and airy, is something nearly half (43 per cent) of adults are desperate to leave behind in 2020, never to be heard again. Fleetwood Weekly News…