Thirty-two percent of more than 2,200 Barclaycard Commercial card holders "fail to claim back all of their expenses

, amounting to an average £373 (US$614) in unclaimed business travel expenses each year," according to a Barclaycard business travel survey conducted in December 2008. Barclaycard concluded that U.K. businesses "are becoming less rather than more financially prudent." The survey also found a greater likelihood for unclaimed expenses among senior executives, males and private-sector employees, compared with those lower in corporate hierarchies, females and public-sector workers, respectively.