Cost Pressures

August sees retail sales increase

In August, UK retail sales increased by 1.3 percent on a like-for-like basis from August 2016, according to the BRC.…

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Majority of small firms stretched to meet NLW

New research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) shows the majority (64 percent) of small firms impacted by the…

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Debit cards overtake cash as a payment method

For the first time ever, cards have overtaken cash as the most common payment method, reports the The British Retail Consortium…

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Small firms ‘squeezed’ by inflationary pressure, says FSB

The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) remains above the Government’s 2 percent target. The CPI is a measure that examines the…

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Online sales slow according to new data

Year-on-year internet sales growth has slowed and fallen below the long-run average, according to the latest CBI Quarterly Distributive Trades…

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Small business confidence continues to rise

UK small business confidence is at its highest level in over a year, according to the latest Federation of Small…

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Brexit strategy ‘must focus on fair deal for consumers’, says BRC

The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has called on the government to put consumers first in the forthcoming Brexit talks. In…

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