You can tell it has been a bleak midwinter when quarterly growth figures of 0.1 per cent sets the pulses racing.

UK consumer spending surged to its highest level in nearly two years, rising by 2.6% in January. While discretionary spending ...

People are "already paying" for the Chancellor's Budget "with ever rocketing taxes, hundreds of thousands of job cuts and ...

Factors such as tightening financial conditions and global trade uncertainties could dampen private sector confidence in the ...

Over half of UK adults said last month that they are reducing discretionary spending to cope with higher costs for essentials, official figures showed. Despite one of the best years on record for real ...

British retailers reported a reasonable start to 2025 after a disappointing 2024 but are concerned about rises in employment ...

Deb Taylor emerged empty-handed from her branch of budget fashion retailer Primark in Southampton, southern England, ...

(Ben Curtis/AP) The Morning Consult also found a souring mood in its index of consumer confidence, which dropped between January 25 and February 3, driven primarily by concern over the country’s ...

There have been concerns over consumer confidence after the British Retail ... “It’s been a slow start for UK car sales in 2025 and the electric vehicle surge needs a bigger push.

An injection of consumer confidence and more demand from house-buyers is needed to accelerate building activity in Yorkshire ...