£4.6m for NW Romeo and Juliets
MANCHESTER'S lovesick romantics will lavish £1.6m on saying it with flowers on St Valentine's Day.
And another £2.35m will be spent on wining and dining, followed by a Bridget Jones-style night of passion in a love nest hotel.
Yorkshire Bank has been sounding out the intentions of Manchester's would-be Romeos and Juliets and discovered that a total of £4.6m will be spent on love tokens ranging from boxes of chocolates to items of jewellery.
"We undertook the research to see how much people were planning on splashing out on their loved ones this Valentines Day and we were amazed to see how much people in Manchester spend on flowers for just one day," said Yorkshire Bank's Alexander Wright.
"I think we can safely say that, while they may not almost show it, when it comes to the big day, Manchester is definitely full of romantics."
Egg, the Prudential's online bank, has also been researching the amorous intentions of Mancunians for Valentine's Day and has discovered that many feel cash can buy you love. "Our findings show that when it comes to dating, the colour of money speaks volumes," said Egg's Nick Cross.
"It seems that at the moment, people are happy to go out and get what they want from life - and if that means paying for it, then they will."
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