Fridays and Saturdays the favoured days for partying and posing tough questions
Friday, 29 October 2010
Friday is the best day of the week to pose those vital questions, such as badgering the boss for a pay rise or asking your partner if you can go on holiday with the lads (or lasses!), a survey by online insurer swiftcover.com has found.
Research amongst 1,000 Brits found:
• 58% of all respondents said that Friday was the best day to ask for a pay rise
• 32% said Friday was the best day to propose a holiday away with the guys or girls
Surprisingly women were slightly more confident about asking the ‘holiday’ question than men were – 34% said they thought Friday was the best day to pitch the question, compared with 30% of blokes. Conversely, Tuesdays were found to be the worst day for this type of discussion, favoured by only 5% of those surveyed.
Research also found:
• 38% of people said Saturday night is their favourite party night, with Friday night close behind, as chosen by 35% of people. For men there was not such a stark preference between a Friday and Saturday night, with 36% and 37% respectively. For women there was a clear winner with 39% opting for a Saturday night.
• 45% of people rate Sunday afternoons as their favourite time for relaxing
Tina Shortle, Marketing Director for swiftcover.com said: “The weekend is the time when most Brits choose to go and ‘get a life’, whether it’s for partying, relaxing or plucking up enough courage to ask their partner’s permission to go on holiday with the boys or the girls.
“swiftcover.com is keen to help people waste no time in planning their weekends. Our new Get A Life social media campaign gives lots of ideas for things to do, whether it’s sky diving or driving around a race track in a sports car, or discovering the freshest festival or cultural experiences.”
swiftcover.com’s Get A Life campaign can be found at www.facebook.com/getalife.swiftcover and is chock-a-block with hints, tips, competitions and more.
ENDS
Note: Research carried out amongst 1,000 people
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About swiftcover:
Based in Cobham, Surrey and employing over 800 people, www.swiftcover.com started trading in June 2005 and was born out of a desire to revolutionise the general insurance market.
swiftcover.com offers car, travel and pet insurance online, and is Britain's only insurance company without call centres, which means that the cost savings can be passed directly onto the customer and premiums are kept low. In 2008 swiftcover.com featured as the cheapest insurance quote on the comparison website moneysupermarket.com more often than any other insurer.
This powerful operating model combined with successful marketing and competitive pricing has proven to be a tremendous success. In 2008 swiftcover.com achieved over half a million live policies and in May 2009 sold their one millionth policy. They are considered to be the fastest-growing insurer in the UK.
In 2007, AXA UK acquired swiftcover.com. It is now a wholly owned subsidiary of AXA Insurance UK PLC which forms part of AXA Group.
About AXA:
AXA UK is a part of the AXA Group. AXA is a world leader in financial protection. AXA’s operations are diverse with major operations in Western Europe, North America and the Asia/Pacific area. AXA employs 120,000 staff and tied agents and, as of June 30 2006, had €1,091 billion in assets under management. AXA reported total IFRS revenues of €72 billion and IFRS underlying earnings of €3,258 million for the full year 2005. Our previous company performance is not a guide to how we may perform in the future.
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