MONEY MESSAGE Conte is frustrated by his board's reluctance to loosen
purse stringsThere has also been a rise in the proportion of children receiving pocket money over the last year across Britain as households ease their
purse strings, from 77% in 2012 to 84%.
"From next season the
purse strings should loosen a bit more, but in terms of this season it was always on the understanding it was going to be tight in terms of finance."
Mr Barker described the elephants' new home as a paradise, adding: "To think one of them might not survive the trip in a truck touched my heart and
purse strings."
I suppose I am also dreading having to hold the
purse strings when we do get married.
TAMWORTH have loosened the
purse strings to allow manager Gary Mills to add young prospect Scott Barrow to their squad.
The Tory and LibDem government are telling us a lot about how all General Practitioners are to hold the
purse strings for their patient's entire treatment in the NHS.
BUSINESS services group Capita said its half year figures were impacted by a fall in new contracts as public
purse strings are tightened, but added that the public sector's quest for savings should work in its favour as a key provider of outsourced services.
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Parliament's official record has Lord
Purse Strings telling peers last week that UK borrowing this year will be pounds 1,067billion when the real figure is pounds 167billion.
Women make 91 of home-buying decisions holding the
purse strings on about 2 trillion-worth of buying power annually according to a Harvard study quoted here.
Retailers predicted a late Christmas rush this year and have been cutting prices to persuade shoppers to loosen their
purse strings. Many stores reported a surge in sales at the weekend.
Even if you're one of the lucky few who isn't having to tighten the
purse strings, would you really want to spend dhs16,300 on a mobile phone?
Ask parents, and they'll tell you: Kids have an enormous influence over the family's
purse strings. The graph at right shows the degree to which various purchases were influenced by kids ages 13 to 21.