Keeping your money safe seems to be the theme at present – rather than the “borrow and be blowed” culture we’ve become used to.
Some things are worth spending your money on though and department store Debenhams has reported an unprecedented run on … of all things … piggy banks. Sales have rocketed by an amazing150 per cent.

Many people are failing to see the point in keeping their money in the bank, given the abysmal interest rates and are keeping it safely at home instead.

Another turn on the “keep your money under the bed” appeared in the news. There’s a bed firm selling beds with built in safes. Apparently it started a bit of a tongue-in-cheek publicity stunt but there’s been lots of interest.

As far as the piggy-banks go – the top sellers are labelled “Handbag Fund”, “Shoe Fund” and “Shopping Fund”. It seems the women are the savers.
Maybe men just aim higher – there’s still a demand for the “Ferrari Fund”!