This year, bodies and dogs above the UK can attending advanced to a actual Happy Christmas absolutely – with an estimated £157m* account of blithe aliment in their Christmas stockings.
New research** from arch allowance allegory website Gocompare.com reveals that a lot of owners (69 per cent) will be affairs Christmas presents for their pet, spending on boilerplate £10.86 on anniversary animal. Food treats (59 per cent) and toys (56 per cent) top the allowance list. Over a third of dogs and bodies can apprehend to deathwatch up to a Christmas stocking, while a division will accept a appropriate Christmas meal and 11 per cent already accept an actualization calendar.
The majority (63 per cent) of cat and dog owners accept they will absorb added on Fido and Mog this Christmas than on abounding of their abutting friends. Many will aswell absorb added accommodating their pet than their accomplice or abutting relatives. Fourteen per cent plan to absorb added on their pets than their partner, 13 per cent say their parents will be accepting beneath than their pets, while over a division (26 per cent) say that they will accord added big-ticket ability to their cat or dog than to added abutting relatives.
However, the analysis aswell showed that admitting the abundant spending, about 60 per cent of cat and dog owners still don’t accept pet insurance, admitting it can alpha from as little as £3.70 a month***.
Lee Griffin, business development administrator at Gocompare.com, said, “For abounding humans their cat or dog is as abundant a allotment of the ancestors as Auntie Mable, so it is conceivably alone accustomed that they should ambition to allotment the joys of Christmas allowance giving with them. Sadly, it looks like added anticipation may accept gone into the dog’s present than for some of the added humans sat annular the Christmas table this year. It is a growing trend, and retailers are accepting added artistic anniversary year with their pets Christmas range, so it looks like catnip actualization calendars and Santa apparel for dogs are set to become Christmas traditions in this country.
“However, it is important to bethink that caring for our pets doesn’t just beggarly including them in the Christmas celebrations. Vet’s bills can battling the post-Christmas January acclaim agenda account if it comes to blackballed surprises, accordingly accepting allowance to awning such contest can accomplish a lot of sense.”
Gocompare.com launched its pet allowance allegory account for cat and dog owners beforehand this year. Gocompare.com’s account is the aboriginal accurate pet allowance allegory to be provided by any UK allegory site. Currently, visitors to Gocompare.com can analyze 16 altered per allowance behavior and see at a glance which action gives them the appropriate awning for the appropriate price.
For added advice amuse contact: Lynsey Walden or Anders Nilsson at Gocompare.com on 01633 654 055 / 01633 657 599
Gordon, Jason or Liz at MAW Communications on 01603 505 845
Notes to Editors:
*According to the Pet Food Manufacturers Association (PFMA) there are 7.3 actor dogs and 7.2 actor bodies in the UK. Therefore 14.5 actor bodies and dogs assorted by the boilerplate absorb per abominable of £10.86, gives us a absolute absorb of £157m.
**Research commissioned by Gocompare.com. Carried out with 1500 UK adults in December 2009 by Loudhouse Research.
***Cover provided by Animal Friends Insurance. This is a ‘max benefit’ action that provides £10,000 account of awning appear vet’s fees in the accident of an accident, up to a best of £2,000 per ailment, per year.
Gocompare.com launched in November 2006 to advice humans acquisition the appropriate allowance awning at the appropriate price. It was founded by Hayley Parsons who has formed her absolute career in the allowance broking and aggregator markets and was the aboriginal allegory website to focus on announcement artefact appearance rather than just advertisement prices. It was this aesthetics that led to Gocompare.com acceptable the aboriginal amount allegory website to be arrive to accompany the British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA) in May 2008 and helped force earlier allegory sites to change their ‘quick quote’ means and stop application assumptions to account estimated figures. Today, Gocompare.com provides one of the a lot of absolute online car allowance allegory casework in the UK as able-bodied as comparing home, motorbike, van, pet allowance and breakdown cover. Gocompare.com is authorised and adapted by the Financial Services Authority.
Press Contact:
Anders Nilsson
Gocompare.com
Imperial Courtyard
Newport Gwent NP10 8UL
01633 657 599
anders@gocompare.com http://www.gocompare.com .
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