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Sales surge lifts shops’ Christmas hopes

19.10.09
Retailers in London are hoping Christmas will not be as bad as feared after a dramatic surge in sales ... more

London’s back in business as activity hits 18-month high

14.09.09
London looks to have put the worst of the Lehman Brothers crisis behind it just a year after the collapse of the investment bank... more

London's shops hit by the worst slump since 7/7 attacks

14.09.09
West End stores have suffered their biggest slump in sales since the aftermath of the July 2005 terror attacks... more

Champagne and price cuts as West End joins a fashion celebration

27.07.09
London is to take part in a global festival of fashion with hundreds of stores offering champagne, discounts and free style advice and workshops... more

London’s retail sales shoot up 4.7% in heatwave

20.07.09
Retail sales jumped nearly 5% in London last month as the warm weather tempted shoppers nervous about the recession onto the High Street ... more

UK recovery hopes grow as pain eases

14.07.09
The UK economy showed tentative signs of stabilising if not recovering, as the Bank of England weighed up whether to print more money to drive demand... more

Shop sales shine as London leads in fighting recession

18.05.09
Retailers in London enjoyed a spring boost as the capital coped with recession better than the rest of the country ... more

Capital's high streets buck recession with an increase in sales

16.03.09
Retail sales in London jumped last month as the capital shrugged off the recession blighting high streets elsewhere in Britain... more

Tesco heads for profit of £3bn despite growth dip

13.01.09
Retail: Tesco profits are poised to smash through £3 billion this year despite the smallest rise in Christmas sales at its UK stores since the early 1990s... more

Christmas comes at last as sales spark £100m spree

22.12.08
Shops in the West End enjoyed one of their best weekends of the year as consumers, lured by unprecedented pre-Christmas discounts, spent more than £100million in just two days... more

Another 1% slashed from interest rates

04.12.08
Economy: The Bank of England slashes interest rates by another 1% as policymakers step up their battle to stave off a deep recession... more

Bank of England slashes interest rates to 2%

04.12.08
The Bank of England slashed interest rates by another 1% as policymakers stepped up their battle to stave off a deep recession... more

Bosses vent anger over plan for new stealth tax

03.12.08
Business slammed a new stealth tax revealed in the Queen's Speech, accusing the Government of damaging the economy... more

Toy sellers' double boost from VAT cut turmoil

25.11.08
The move to slash VAT could be particularly good news for Britain's struggling toy sector, which is now in line for two good Christmases on the trot... more

Crimewave hits high street as recession bites

10.11.08
Retailers are suffering a shoplifting crimewave as the economic downturn continues to bite, according to new figures on supermarket theft... more

Cost of living set to tumble

14.10.08
The cost of living is set to be brought down with record cuts in interest rates and a fall in inflation... more

Interest rates stay on hold

04.09.08
The Bank of England has delivered another blow to homeowners by keeping interest rates on hold again... more

Retailers call for tax cuts in a bid to ease the sales pain

21.08.08
Struggling retailers have demanded tax cuts in a desperate plea to the Government in the face of the looming recession... more

London rides downturn in shopping

18.08.08
Stores in London are weathering the economic slowdown better than those elsewhere in the UK... more

Bank risking recession by leaving interest rates at 5%

07.08.08
The Bank of England is in danger of pushing the country into recession, business and retail leaders have warned... more

Sales boom in West End as weak pound lures tourists

21.07.08
The West End is in the grip of an extraordinary summer spending boom that has defied predictions of a credit-crunch slump... more

Boost for London's hopes on property and retail

21.07.08
London will stave off the worst of the house-price slump, and is still enjoying strong sales on the High Street, two major studies show... more

Record UK retail sales increase 'is misleading'

19.06.08
A record month-on-month jump in retail sales was dismissed in the City as a misleading statistical anomaly twisted by the UK's capricious meteorology... more

Bank chief: two years of high inflation to come

17.06.08
Record oil prices and soaring supermarket bills will keep the rate of inflation high for another two years, the Bank of England has warned... more

London's shops get boost from Europe

21.04.08
Retailers in London shrugged off the worst of the credit crunch last month as visitors flooded in from Europe... more

High street hit by rising costs, falling spending

15.04.08
Fears of a high street meltdown grew today as figures showed stores caught in a deadly squeeze between rising costs and weak consumer spending... more

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