£329 – The amount spent by UK parents on new gadgets for their children before they return to school in September, according to uSwitch.
60% – The proportion of UK families who say they are worried about the impact of rising household bills, according to the Citizens Advice Bureau.
£2bn – The mount by which UK motorists are overpaying by auto-renewing their car insurance policies, according to comparison site topcashback.com.
66p – The amount earned by women in full-time employment for every £1 earned by men; a pay gap of 34.2%, according to the TUC.
11.5% – The rate of unemployment across the Eurozone as of July 2014, down from 11.9% a year earlier.
£40.5bn – Total amount paid out in bonuses to UK workers in the year to April 2014, according to the Office for National Statistics.
26% – The proportions of workers who say they plan to do voluntary work in retirement, says financial planning firm Towry.