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- Warm weather and panic fuel buying helped push up retail sales volumes by 3.3 per cent year-on-year in March, the Office for National Statistics has said today.Inflation helped retail sales to rise 5.7 per cent in value compared to last year accor...

- Official government figures show retail sales grew 3.2 per cent in value and one per cent in volume year-on-year during February, but month-on-month volumes dropped further than expected.The Office for National Statistics published a report today ...

- The government’s official inflation rate the consumer price index (CPI) fell slightly in February, it was revealed today, but still remains damagingly high for household finances.Inflation, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), ha...

- Teenage fiction, tablet computers and stout beer have all been added to the typical basket of goods used by the Office for National statistics (ONS) to measure inflation, it was revealed today.Each year the official statistics body adds and subtra...

- Nearly all areas of retail have been hit by a significant decline in spending since the recession three years ago, government statistics produced today show.Clothing & footwear is the only product category which has seen both value and volume of s...

- Retail sales in January were up 4.4 per cent in value while volumes increased two per cent year-on-year, according to official government figures released today.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that overall sales across the UK ros...

- Upward pressures on the cost of living for UK consumers eased again last month, with figures released today showing the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has fallen to 3.6 per cent.CPI, the government’s official measurement of inflation, dropped by 0.6 p...

- Headline inflation in the UK witnessed its steepest annual fall for three years, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) today.The Consumer Price Index (CPI), the government’s official measurement of inflation, in...

- The average cost of items needed for Christmas dinner has risen with some up by as much as 50 per cent, according to figures released today.Taken from the CPI/RPI basket of goods, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that the cost...