British Retail Consortium (BRC) April 2024 data

  • Total sales -4.0% year-on-year vs March +3.5%
  • Like-for-like sales -4.4% y,y vs March +3.2%
  • "Dismal weather and disappointing sales led to a depressing start to spring for retailers, even accounting for the change in timing of Easter"

Barclays UK April consumer spending +1.6% y/ vs. March was +1.9%

  • Barclays said annual growth in consumer spending on its payment cards slowed to its weakest since February 2021
UK media with the report that there is a fierce internal struggle over approving the trade agreeme