Cautious Gen Z’s spending less in pubs and bars – and more on insurance

Cautious Gen Zs are restricting their spending in pubs and clubs, and are instead splashing their cash on insurance. A poll of 2,000 adults has revealed the nation’s spending priorities for the next 12 months. More than one in three (35%) 18–24-year-olds plan to spend more on insurance – compared to just 11% of those aged 45–54. It comes as Gen Z were found to already have more insurance coverage for their personal belongings than older age groups. The younger generation are four times more likely to insure their jewellery…

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Inside ghost town shopping centre that lies abandoned 25 years after opening

An abandoned shopping centre lies empty and derelict 25 years after its flagship opening. Five Sisters Freeport Shopping Village in West Lothian, Scotland, opened in 1996, with over 40 stores, claiming to be Scotland’s new premier outlet for designer clothes. But after a huge decline by 2004, Freeport Leisure decided it was time to close the centre down and they shut up shop. The site has been derelict ever since, with the BBC using it for filming on a zombie children’s show in 2015, Edinburgh Live reports. The 50,000sq ft shopping centre attracted over a…

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