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UK Fishing Sector Sees More Job Losses If Post-Brexit Export Troubles Not Tackled Soon

Britain could lose more jobs in its fishing sector if the current delays and increased costs involved in exporting to the EU post-Brexit are not ironed out...

UK Grocery Sales Soar 15% On Lockdown Boost

British grocery sales soared 15.1% year-on-year in the four weeks to February 21, the fastest growth since June 2020, as the latest national lockdown curta...

UK Shopper Numbers Rise For Sixth Straight Week: Springboard

The number of people heading out to shops across Britain climbed 11% last week from a week earlier, in a sixth week of gains despite a national lockdown, m...

Greencore To Make All Packaging Recyclable Or Reusable By 2025

UK-based convenience foods company Greencore has pledged to make all packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025 as part of a new sustainability strategy anno...

UK Retailers See Sharp Fall In Sales And Mounting Job Losses, CBI Says

British retail sales fell in the year to February as stores cut jobs at a rapid rate, with only supermarkets reporting any growth during the latest COVID-1...

UK Shopper Numbers Rise For Fifth Straight Week Despite Lockdown: Springboard

The number of people heading out to shops across Britain increased by 6.8% last week versus the previous week, a fifth straight week of uplift despite the...

Lockdown Decimates UK Retail, Borrowing Surge Slows

British retail sales tumbled in January as shops went back into lockdown, official data showed, but lower-than-expected public borrowing gave at...

UK Consumers Most Confident Since Pandemic Struck: GfK

British consumers are their most confident since the COVID-19 pandemic struck almost a year ago, buoyed by hopes that the country's fast COVID-19 vaccinati...