It is easy to see just why the Honda Dio features so high ... rose to fame with the tagline, ‘Why should boys have all the fun?” It is quite obvious that the scooter was targeted at women.

Some mums say going back to work and paying for childcare means they'll struggle to break even or end up in the red each month ... The figure rose to a third of women with children under five.

It is not just women ... high at £1.2975. The highs of £1 buying €1.21 early in March seem far away, as sterling hangs around €1.19. On the stock markets, the UK's benchmark FTSE 100 index ...