Online retail parcel delivery order volumes were up + 13.9% year on year in April, according to IMRG data. Easter fell early this year (in March), so a dip in volumes may have been expected in April due to a tough comparator with last year, when Easter was in April. However, the monthly decline on
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Alan Monahan writes: A bouquet for the Federation of Small Businesses, which has once again turned the spotlight on retailers. This was prompted by a rise in employment to 75.4% – the highest level since records began – and a drop in the number of self-employed people by 30,000 to 4.76 million. It is independents
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Spring budget was meant to squash the doom and gloom and present a picture of hope for the British economy, with a forecast that envisaged more growth coupled with less inflation and debt in the year ahead. For the retail sector his March 13 speech set a new date of 2021 for
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