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31 March 2020
As cases of Covid-19 began to spread in the UK, GfK’s Consumer Confidence measure dipped two points to -9 in March. The threat of a dramatic slowdown to the economy has seen pessimi...
31 March 2020
Four weeks to 21/22 March 2020 Grocery sales rose 20.5%, year-on-year, in the four weeks to 21 March, according to the latest figures from Nielsen, as fears around COVID-19 grew. Sales we...
26 March 2020
As shoppers battled extreme rainfall in February, retail sales (value, non-seasonally adjusted, excluding fuel) rose by 2.3% year-on-year in the month, following a 3.8% uplift in January according...
18 March 2020
The UK labour market continued to hit records in the three months to January 2020, with the proportion of 16 to 64 year olds in work at a joint-high according to ONS data. However, the coronavirus...
18 March 2020
Visa's UK Consumer Spending Index was up by 0.6% year-on-year in February, ending a 16-month run of declines. However, since the spread of the coronavirus has significantly developed since Febr...
03 March 2020
Four & 12 weeks to 22/23 February 2020 Grocery sales rose 0.7%, year-on-year, in the four weeks to 22 February, according to the latest figures from Nielsen, unchanged from the previo...
28 February 2020
Confidence rose for the third successive month, with GfK’s Consumer Confidence measure increasing by two points to -7 in February – the highest level since August 2018. ...
23 February 2020
The coronavirus was first discovered towards the end of December 2019 in China. We take a look at the current trends in consumer behaviour concerning the virus and the potential ramifications shoul...
18 February 2020
The UK labour market hit another record in the final three months of 2019, with the proportion of 16 to 64 year olds in work reaching an all-time high according to ONS data. However, earnings growt...
13 February 2020
The New Year and post-election environment has brought optimism in the housing market, with renewed activity among buyers and sellers in January according to RICS’s Residential Survey....
31 January 2020
Early indications suggest a modest Boris bounce in consumer sentiment, with GfK’s Consumer Confidence measure increasing by two points to -9 in January. Four out of the five compone...
31 January 2020
Activity in mortgage markets improved in December, according to the latest Bank of England figures. The additional amount households borrowed rose by £0.4 billion to £4.6bn, above the p...
17 January 2020
Retail sales (value, non-seasonally adjusted, excluding fuel) rose by 3.4% year-on-year in December following a 0.3% dip in the previous month according to the latest figures from the ONS.
16 January 2020
RICS has reported an uplift in housing market activity following the Conservative government win. New instructions to market properties, as well as buyer demand and agreed sales, moved into positiv...
16 January 2020
Visa's UK Consumer Spending Index continued to fall in December, with expenditure down by 1.2% year-on-year, driven by a strong ecommerce performance. This was up on the 2.0% decline in Novembe...