British Retail Consortium (BRC)

UK Retailers Report Higher Spending In March: BRC

British high street retailers reported higher spending in March compared with both a year earlier and before the start of the coronavirus pandemic, ahead o...

UK Consumer Spending Plunges As New Lockdown Bites: Barclaycard

Spending by British consumers plunged in January at the fastest rate in seven months as the country went back into a tight COVID-19 lockdown, payment card...

UK Consumer Spending Slides In December As Pandemic Flares: Barclaycard

British consumer spending fell in December at the fastest rate in six months, with pubs and restaurants especially hard hit by a resurgence of coronavirus...

UK Retailers Call For Police Help To Enforce Mask Rules

British retailers called on the police to help enforce the wearing of masks to limit the spread of COVID-19, with one of the biggest supermarkets saying it...

UK Retail Industry Warns Of 'Tariff Bombshell' With No EU Trade Deal

With prospects for a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU looking precarious, Britain's retail industry repeated a warning on Friday that shoppers face highe...

Prices In UK Shops Fall More Slowly In October: BRC

Prices in British shops fell more slowly this month than in September, reflecting the smallest discounting for non-food items since the start of the c...

Brexit 'Trade Talks Are Over', UK PM Johnson's Spokesman Says

Talks to agree a Brexit trade deal with the European Union are over, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said on Friday, saying there was no p...

UK Consumer Spending Recovers In July As Pubs And Restaurants Reopen

British consumers spent the most last month since the country went into a coronavirus lockdown in March, as pubs, restaurants, barbers and beauty salons re...