Inflation
Inflation has significant implications for the UK jewellery trade, affecting everything from raw material costs to consumer spending habits. For jewellers, suppliers, and manufacturers, understanding how inflation influences pricing, margins, and operational decisions is critical to staying resilient in a shifting economic climate. Jewellery Focus provides expert coverage on inflation trends, market analysis, and insights into strategies trade professionals are adopting to mitigate its impact across the supply chain and retail sector.
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Jul- 2012 -9 JulyEconomy
UK business lending improves in May, says CBI
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has revealed that business lending fell to 3.1 per cent in the year to May – a marginal improvement on the 3.5 per cent from the year to April.
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6 JulyEconomy
Jubilee lifts early-June footfall
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee provided an increase in footfall for non-food stores, according to the latest Retail Traffic Index (RTI).
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Oct- 2011 -27 OctoberEconomy
RPI inflation could result in £350 million business rates rise
The new retail prices index (RPI) inflation figure suggests the possibility of a business rate increase of £350 million for retailers next April, which is the equivalent of at least 16,000 jobs in the sector. As a standard, business rates in England, Scotland and Wales rise every April in…
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Jul- 2011 -12 JulyUncategorized
BRC: retail sales show “modest improvement”
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) today reported year-on-year retail sales increased to June 2011. The figures, released by the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor – which measures changes in the actual value of retail sales – showed a “modest improvement” of 1.5 per cent in non-food retail sales.
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May- 2011 -20 May
No strong recovery for some time yet, warns CBI
The UK economy will continue to make headway in 2011, but growth will be patchy and slow, according to the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) latest economic forecast.
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