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Long working hours. Tiring commutes. Cheap migrant labour. More mothers returning to work. All these have led to a society where many of us are too tired - or too lazy - to do the cleaning. A soci...ety of cash-rich but time poor workers has fuelled the rising demand for domestic help within the home, and is the reason behind the rise of lifestyle management companies that not only cater for the high-flying executives and millionaires among us but also for the "ordinary" people. This social trend of outsourcing our private lives to "domestic professionals" has created an industry estimated to be worth £4bn a year.
Long working hours. Tiring commutes. Cheap migrant labour. More mothers returning to work. All these have led to a society where many of us are too tired - or too lazy - to do the cleaning. A soci...ety of cash-rich but time poor workers has fuelled the rising demand for domestic help within the home, and is the reason behind the rise of lifestyle management companies that not only cater for the high-flying executives and millionaires among us but also for the "ordinary" people. This social trend of outsourcing our private lives to "domestic professionals" has created an industry estimated to be worth £4bn a year.
| Series: | The Money Programme |
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| First transmission date: | 30-03-2006 |
| Published: | 2006 |
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| Duration: | 00:28:58 |
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| Producer: | Amanda Austen |
| Contributors: | Tanya Biegler; Jo Brand; Alex Cheatle; Willow Corbett-Winder; Rosie Cox; Chris Gorman; Robert Halton; Sharon McIlhaney; Jackie Mills; Russell O'Conell; Richard Perris; Libby Potter; Niall Power; Sophie Silver; Kim Woodburn |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://open2.net/money/index.html |
| Subject terms: | Housekeeping |
| Production number: | LSGB692N |
| Videofinder number: | 7425 |
| Available to public: | no |
