UK consumers’ debit and credit card spending slumped in 2025 for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic as wider economic ...

Senior ministers have written to Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressing their alarm at the scale of spending cuts that their departments face in the UK budget due in less than two weeks, people ...

MANCHESTER, England, Dec 9 (Reuters) - British ‌consumers kept a tight rein on ‌their spending in November as they awaited finance minister Rachel Reeves' budget, while retailers said Black Friday ...

UK shoppers' spending on their debit and credit cards dropped in 2025 for the first time since the pandemic, according to ...

Trade body TIGA has responded to the spending review outlined by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, calling the government's commitment to increasing funding for the creative industries as ...

Shoppers in the UK pared back spending last month as higher household bills and poor weather drove them away from high streets. Card spending in May grew at the slowest pace in more than three years, ...

The UK government is calling on artists, architects, and engineers to submit design proposals for a memorial commemorating ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Catherine Erdly is a UK-based small business retail expert. What are the key UK retail trends that will impact this year's holiday ...

(Bloomberg) -- Rishi Sunak pledged to increase defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by end of the decade, as the prime minister seeks to ease concerns at home and abroad about the level of investment in ...

(Sharecast News) - UK households cut back on spending at the fastest pace in almost five years in November, according Barclays, as consumers delayed Christmas shopping. Barclays said card spending ...

UK consumer spending on video games reached £7.6 billion ($10.1bn) in 2024, more than double the £3.5bn ($4.6bn) spent in 2013. That's according to Ukie's 2025 Consumer Market Valuation report which ...