The IMN Blog
Posted by Catriona on 29 November 2012
The recession has caused us to cut back on many things, but there’s one thing that women still see the value of investing in – and that’s their face.
Today, one of the biggest ever beauty surveys has been released, and it reveals for the first time since 2010 how women’s attitudes towards their beauty regime has changed. It’s shown that despite four in ten women believing they’ve actually increased their beauty spending, there’s actually been a 15% drop in purchases, with women’s perceptions of...
Posted by Daisy on 10 October 2012
We are in the studio with Naomi Gibson (founder of Girls in Gloves) - After watching Nicola Adams win a gold medal in this year’s Olympic games has inspired a quarter of women to take up boxing and has changed public attitudes towards the sport.
Despite this summer marking the first encounter with women’s boxing for three in four of us, the ‘Adams effect’ has caused 28% of men and 24% of women to feel more positively about the sport, admitting to feeling uneasy about watching it before London...
Today we are in the studio with Derek, Prentice, Chair of the Dental Complaints Service Advisory Board.
The body which looks into problems with private dental care has today revealed that private dental complaints are up by 17% (Between May '11 and April '12)
Currently in its sixth year, the Dental Complaints Service dealt with more than one thousand eight hundred complaints in the year to April 2012 - resolving two thirds of those in less than a week.
Receiving over fourteen thousand calls in...
A new report from Llyods TSB into how families are saving has exposed a revolutionary shift in the balance of financial power in the modern household, with women taking a firm grip on the family purse strings, whilst also leading the way in a rising trend of more active financial planning.
The report has uncovered a long term trend towards "money mummies", who are planning and budgeting the family's expenditure, from long term planning, choosing financial providers through to paying the bills....
Women - brace yourselves, you could be expected to pay up to £2,000 more for your car insurance come December.
Scott Kelly, head of Go Compare is in the studio with us today to discuss fall out that this change in EU Law may cause.
GoCompare have released a new report which has analyzed 10 million quotes over the past 20 months. This has revealed that men are currently shelling out almost double the amount paid by women - an average difference of £315.
ECJ Gender ruling means that insurance...
Taking part in a hobby may have previously seemed like little more than a way to fill time, but new research has revealed that it can in fact provide huge benefits to your health, improving both mental and physical fitness. Doctors are even supporting the theory, with 1 in 20 people being urged by their GP to take up a hobby, and to take some time to themselves.
And hobbies are making a comeback - amongst all ages! We're in the studio with Anthea Turner (self proclaimed knitting enthusiast)...
Posted by Emma on 10 September 2012
Instead of jumping out of a plane, going mountain biking or whisking the other half away on a romantic break this weekend, two thirds of us are more likely to be sitting in front of the TV, with our most adventurous excursion probably taking us to the local supermarket.
This is evidence from Groupon research out today which looked into the outgoing nature of the nation - exposing half of us to be 'stuck in a rut!'
Joining us in the studio this morning to advise people on how to ditch their...
What does it for you most? The smell of bacon wafting through the house on a lazy Sunday morning? Or the prospect of licking the leftover cake mix in the bowl?? Hmm, let me think about that as I eat my bacon sarnie... tough call.
I'm in the studio with psychologist and behaviour expert, Dr Jane McCartney - research by Denhay Farms has confirmed that taste and smell are the most crucial factors when triggering feelings and flashbacks from our past. But why? What is it about the smell of roast...
...That's the message today from Tony Locke of Ramblers Worldwide Holidays.
9.1 million of us regularly walk in the outdoors for leisure - and this number could be set to soar in the aftermath of an inspiring Olympics. Walking is proving to be a bigger hit than cycling, going to the gym or even swimming - with almost all adults agreeing that it is a good way to stay healthy or even lose weight.
Tony is a real believer in the power of walking, as aside from being an excuse to get out in the...
Posted by Emma on 29 August 2012
As parents prepare for their children going back to school, checking their child for head lice should be top of their list this year.
With a national increase of 15%, the parasites have been given ideal humid breading conditions to multiply, putting children more at risk than ever.
An absence of nit nurses has left the responsibility in the hands of the parents, so why not log your concern on the new 'Nitwatch' campaign and protect your own child and everyone else in their classroom!
Helen...
