A Virgin spokesman said the Northern Rock's customers did not need to take any action and would eventually benefit from an improved service and better range of financial products.
The schoolchildren, when asked to choose the factors which would motivate them to choose healthier food products at fast food and takeaway outlets, the most popular factor was to have better choice of products, followed by cheaper prices and chances to win prizes and to have a wider and better range of fruit (figure 2).
Green said: "The Government will offer an expanded, better-coordinated range of products to large and small businesses alike, working closely with the banks to widen access to the capital and credit insurance exporters need to make the most of their opportunities.
Chief executive Dave Lewis said the group, Britain's biggest retailer, had benefitted from lower prices on an improved range of products and better customer service.
Rule of thumb: The costlier sites provide better customer support and a broader range of products and services.
Fitbit, founded in San Francisco six years ago, claims to be the leader of the pack, with a bigger range of products and better distribution than the likes of the Jawbone Up or Nike's Fuelband.
While Coke is the official sponsor, the majority of our respondents at 60% named Pepsi, mainly because they considered it the superior brand with a "wider range of products" and "better taste".
That leaves a huge range of products and services that other countries can make better than China or most emerging economies.
Since so many of Samsung's wide range of products, from refrigerators to TVs, are already connected, Samsung is probably better placed than almost any other company to make this work.
