Many people spend their entire lives planning for their big day, but just a few of us are preparing for it.
A study
by BMO InvestorLine revealing that on average, Canadians plan to spend
$15,000 on their wedding and invite an average of 100 guests.
Interestingly enough, almost 40-percent of those people feel like they
won't be able to afford the wedding day of their dreams with only
28-percent actively investing for the event.
Those
who plan on getting married between the ages of 18 to 44 plan to spend
the most at an average of more than $18,000 while those 65 and older
plan to spend the least at almost $5000.
Traditional
wellness programs are failing employees because they're not addressing
the elephant in the room which is the problem of how they can better
manage their personal finances.
Frank
Wiginton, C-E-O of Employee Financial Well Being estimates 61 per cent
of workers are financially stressed. By contrast, only 16 per cent are
considered obese yet every wellness programme focuses on diet and
exercise.
He also
points out people who are stressed out are six times more likely to be
depressed and 7 times more likely to suffer from high anxiety which are
not good for productivity on the job.
Do you like juice in your beer?
Moosehead hopes you do. The company rolling out a new product called Radler.
Ray Gracewood of Moosehead tells us consumers want products that are not traditional beer flavours.
He
says they are very excited about the response from testing on this
product adding it feels different and tastes different and a whole
different consumption experience.
Radler-style beverages have
been around for 100 years in Europe. The Moose Light version blends
grapefruit, grape and lemon juice with beer.
It will be available in New Brunswick liquor stores next week and will begin shipping to Nova Scotia in early May.
Some lucky Saint Johners might find it in local liquor stores this weekend.
It's a sad fact for
supporters of local arts and culture that those sectors are the first
places to suffer in an economic downturn.
Symphony New Brunswick
President Reid Parker tells us even though many people would
rather give to a children's charity or their local hospital rather than a
symphony or theatre company, the arts are still a worthy investment.
Parker
says music and the arts are still crucial to growing our cities because
they provide an incentive for people to move here, and improve the
quality of life for those who live here already.
Traditional wellness
programs are failing employees because they're not addressing the
elephant in the room which is the problem of how they can better manage
their personal finances.
Frank
Wiginton, C-E-O of Employee Financial Well Being estimates 61 per cent
of workers are financially stressed. By contrast, only 16 per cent are
considered obese yet every wellness program focuses on diet and
exercise.
He
also points out people who are stressed out are six times more likely
to be depressed and 7 times more likely to suffer from high anxiety
which are not good for productivity on the job.
