Here is a round up of this week’s consumer news…..

Consumer behaviour harder to predict  http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/54ac38da-1406-11df-8847-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1

Customers more cautious and choosy http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4fc68a58-1403-11df-8847-00144feab49a.html

New plan gives solar power to the people http://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/new-plan-gives-solar-power-to-the-people-1891548.html

House price growth slowing http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/house-and-home/property/house-price-growth-slowing-survey-shows-1889311.html

Society is split between those who embrace technology and those who don’t have the skills – or the money – to live in a wired world http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/decoding-britains-digital-divide-1887395.html

Motorway Man holds key to general election victoryhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/feb/07/motorway-man-election-winner

Cheap credit has pulled the UK’s poorest families into a spiral of debthttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/feb/07/cheap-credit-poorest-spiral-debt

If you put your trust in a brand for its reliability, then it’s hard to forgive when it lets you down http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/07/heather-mcgregor-toyota-recall

Cloud computing: how information giants are setting the pace for the internet’s next decade http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/feb/07/cloud-computing-google-apple

Football club doubles its matchday attendance by offering pay-what-you-want scheme for tickets http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/mansfield_town/8502204.stm

Marmalade vanishing from the nation’s breakfast tables http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/7175487/Marmalade-a-preserve-we-must-preserve.html

Would you feed your family out-of-date food to ease the landfill crisis? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/7175927/Food-Inc-saved-from-the-bin.html

Facebook ‘cash scam’ grows http://www.independent.co.uk/money/spend-save/facebook-cash-scam-grows-1890749.html