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Plastic bag use falls for fourth year
The number of plastic bags handed out to supermarket shoppers has fallen for the fourth year in a row, according to retail industry figures. In the year to May 2010 there was a 43% reduction in...
SME lending 'in decline'
Lending to small businesses is in decline, the latest banking industry figures suggest. Although the British Bankers' Association (BBA) small business support figures show that lending to small...
June sales find consumers making hay while sun shines
Retail enjoyed a better June than last year, as sales responded to a consistently sunny month. According to the retail sales monitor, produced by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and...
'Volatility over' for shop prices
Shop price inflation slowed last month, signalling an end to the "volatility" in the retail sector. According to June's shop price index, overall inflation fell to 1.5% in comparison to the same...
'Tough' Budget finds broad business welcome
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne's self-proclaimed 'tough but fair' emergency Budget - which seeks to tackle the country's debt crisis - has been broadly welcomed by business groups....
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