83% save money shopping around

CASH-STRAPPED consumers are still missing out on cost savings by failing to shop around to find the best deals on car and health insurance, phone, broadband, tv and other services.

Just over half (56%) of consumers surveyed have ever switched from one service provider to another, despite the fact that the vast majority (83%) of those who have switched say making the change saved them money.

Mobile phone users are most likely to switch, with 27% saying they have moved from one network provider to another, followed by people buying car insurance (26%), landline phone services (17%) and groceries (16%).