British consumers want to self-care but are becoming less confident in their own ability to do so effectively, reveals a new report from UK consumer healthcare industry association the PAGB.
PAGB Survey Shows Brits Losing Confidence In Self-Care, Time For UK Government To Act
UK consumers “may be falling back into pre-pandemic behaviours and there is a time-limited opportunity to embed the changes people had embraced during the pandemic,” argues PAGB CEO Michelle Riddalls as the association publishes its latest self-care survey.

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