UK retail sales logged a fourth straight monthly rise in August, the Office for National Statistics reported on 18 September.
Retail sales volumes rose 0.8% between July and August and a rise of 4% on February’s pre-pandemic level.
Economics
UK sees retail sales uptick for fourth month in a row
The Confederation of British Industry said nearly half the UK firms it surveyed plan to reduce hiring or not hire at all over the next year
