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Friday 13 February 2015 stanley cup canada 9:11 amBooze Britain Why over-65s are the UKrsquo fastest growing group of binge drinkersBy: Billy EhrenbergShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmailShare on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleWersquo;ve all seen them: in bars, on the s stanley uk treets, in the parks. Yep, the alarming statistic is true: young people in Britain going teetotal. And if you think the world is turning tipsy-turvey consider this: the fastest growing group of binge drinkers is the over 65s.According to data published by the Office for National Statistics today, in 2013 binge drinking was higher among the 25-44 age group than it was in the 16-24 age group, where it has long been declining. A binge is categorised as six or more units for a woman or eight or more for a man.The over 65s may be the lowest group, but look what happens when we index the data start it all from 100 per cent for 2005, so it only shows change . We should of course point out that the over-65s started off with very few binge drinkers ndash; so pensioners are unlikely to be heading inexorably into a Monty Python sketch.And according to the figures, over a fifth of adults in the UK no longer drink any alcohol at all. Meanwhile, the percentage of adult respondents who engage in binge drinking has fallen.If that sounds shocking, wait for the next shot: the proporti polene borse on of young adults, those aged 16-24, who said they were tee-total grew 40 per cent b Gnww Women: Use celebrity to get whatever you want
Thursday 13 May 2010 10:44 pmAstaire abandons Hoodless Brennan dealBy: KCS-contentShareFacebookShare on FacebookXShare on TwitterLinkedInShare on LinkedInWhatsAppShare on WhatsAppEmail stanley cup Share on EmailAdd as a preferredsource on GoogleSTOCKBROKER Astaire has been forced to shelve its takeover of rival Hoodless Brennan after abandoning hope of securing regulatory approval for the deal.Astaire last month requested a suspension of its shares from the Aim market after discovering a pound;1.4m black hole on the balance sheet of its retail stockbroking subsidiary Rowan Dartington. The firm said its own resources would be sufficient stanley thermobecher to cover the potentially irrecoverable debtor balances, though it warned the discovery would probably render those resources insufficient for the acquisition under existing offer terms.Astaire confirmed yesterday that it had formally dropped its pound;3.6m takeover offer, saying: This unforeseen change in circumstances is of such material significancehellip;that there is no prospect whatsoever of obtaining controller consent from the FSA.Astaire, which was renamed last year after Evolve Capitalrsquo ambitious chief executive Edward Vandyk took over Blue Oar Securities, is understood to have received a number of rival takeover approaches in recent weeks, including from investment bank Fairfax. Shar stanley isolierkanne e this articleFacebookXLinkedInWhatsAppEmailSimilarly tagged content: SectionsNewsCategoriesBusinessRelated TopicsNULLTrending Ar |
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