Shoppers are expected to spend £3.7bn this Boxing Day – but that’s 3% less than a year ago as the sales are now overshadowed by…
View More Boxing Day shoppers expected to spend £3.7bn, a big drop on last yearTag: Consumer spending
Black Friday fails to rally UK shoppers as sales look sluggish
Shoppers took to their laptops and flocked to high streets on Black Friday in what is expected to be one of the busiest retail days…
View More Black Friday fails to rally UK shoppers as sales look sluggishUK workers will be worse off in 2024 than in 2019, thinktank warns
UK workers’ living standards will flatline next year, leaving them on track to be 4% worse off heading into the next election than they were…
View More UK workers will be worse off in 2024 than in 2019, thinktank warnsPlanning a UK mini-break? See how the price has gone up – from hotels to fish and chips
It’s enough to make you drop your chips – official figures show that over the past five years the price of a takeaway fish supper…
View More Planning a UK mini-break? See how the price has gone up – from hotels to fish and chipsHard-pressed UK shoppers feel food ‘shrinkflation’
Hard-pressed consumers feel they are becoming the victims of food industry “shrinkflation” amid signs the UK’s persistent cost of living crisis is making households more…
View More Hard-pressed UK shoppers feel food ‘shrinkflation’Bank of England raises UK interest rates to 4.5%
The Bank of England has raised interest rates by a quarter of a point to 4.5% as it forecast inflation would stay higher for longer…
View More Bank of England raises UK interest rates to 4.5%UK households turn to TV subscriptions as they cut back on nights out
UK consumers cut back on groceries, clothes shopping and eating out last month but streaming and pay TV subscriptions jumped as cash-conscious viewers switched to…
View More UK households turn to TV subscriptions as they cut back on nights outUK households ‘spent 12% more on essentials in February than year earlier’
Inflation and rising bills mean UK households are spending 12% more on essentials than they were a year ago, with almost four in 10 people…
View More UK households ‘spent 12% more on essentials in February than year earlier’UK credit card borrowing soars to highest monthly level since 2004
Credit card borrowing in the UK soared in November to its highest monthly level since 2004 amid mounting pressure on households from the cost of…
View More UK credit card borrowing soars to highest monthly level since 2004UK food price inflation hits new high of 12.4%
UK food price inflation hit a new high of 12.4% in November as the price of basics such as eggs, dairy products and coffee shot…
View More UK food price inflation hits new high of 12.4%