Jan 27, 2022 | Current Affairs
The volume of retail sales fell by 3.7% in December 2021 but remains 2.6% higher than pre-pandemic levels, data from the Office for National Statistics shows. It is the largest monthly fall in sales since January 2021, when sales fell by 8.3%, and follows 1% growth in...
Jan 20, 2022 | Current Affairs
Soaring food costs and the energy bill crisis pushed inflation to 5.4% in the 12 months to December 2021, figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. The last time inflation, as measured by the Consumer Prices Index, was higher was in March 1992, when...
Jan 19, 2022 | Current Affairs
The number of payrolled employees grew 0.6% in December 2021, with 184,000 more employees on payroll compared to the previous month. There were 29.5 million payrolled employees in December 2021, figures from the Office for National Statistics show. That represented an...
Jan 17, 2022 | Current Affairs
UK GDP is estimated to have grown by 0.9% in November 2021 and is above its pre-pandemic level for the first time, by 0.7%, according to the Office for National Statistics. Services and construction output are both 1.3% above pre-pandemic levels after having increased...
Jan 13, 2022 | Current Affairs
The majority of people are concerned about their finances as inflation - as measured by the Consumer Prices Index - reaches a decade high of 5.1%, research suggests. In a survey carried out by Opinium on behalf of Aegon UK, 64% of individuals told surveyors they were...
