Sales at Zara owner Inditex top pre-pandemic levels

Sales at Zara owner Inditex top pre-pandemic levels as customers return stores and online sales soar By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 9 June 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 9 June 2021 The owner of Zara said sales have recovered in the last five weeks and were ahead of pre-pandemic levels. … Read more

Amy Schumer marks one year of COVID-19 lockdown with a pre-pandemic photo series

Amy Schumer marks one year of COVID-19 lockdown with a pre-pandemic photo series as she asks her fans ‘What are you missing today?’ By Sarah Abraham For Dailymail.com Published: 22:16 GMT, 7 March 2021 | Updated: 22:16 GMT, 7 March 2021 Amy Schumer is looking back on the days pre COVID-19 pandemic, as she shared … Read more

Petrol is back above £1.20-a-litre: Fuel prices return to pre-pandemic levels

Petrol prices are now above what they were before the pandemic lockdown, new figures show. Unleaded in the UK averaged more than 120p-a-litre yesterday despite demand being far lower than it was in March 2020 – and while the nation remains in the depths of the latest lockdown. Average petrol prices climbed to 120.01p while … Read more

UK economy grew by just 0.4% in October but remains 7.9% below pre-pandemic levels

UK economy was ALREADY slowing before blanket lockdown in England with growth of just 0.4% in October leaving it 8% smaller than before pandemic – amid fears it has since gone into reverse again UK economy has grown for six months running according to official statistics  Office for National Statistics says it has grown by … Read more

UK economy could return to pre-pandemic levels in 2021 after vaccine news

UK economy could bounce back to pre-pandemic levels in SIX MONTHS thanks to vaccine breakthrough, experts claim – despite Bank of England warning it would take until 2022 Economists voice hope recovery could be quicker than feared due to vaccine  Bank of England suggested that UK plc will not reach 2019 levels until mid-2022 Claims … Read more

SMALL CAP MOVERS: AIM bounces back to pre-pandemic highs

The junior market has bounced back to its pre-pandemic highs, outperforming the big caps. Both the AIM-All Share index and the FTSE 100 were up 1.8 per cent to 982 and 6,012 respectively this week, but while the former has topped February levels, the latter is still lagging 19 per cent behind. The best-performing sectors … Read more

Retail sales surged past pre-pandemic levels in July

Shoppers tired of being holed up at home helped retail sales rise to pre-pandemic levels last month, new official figures have revealed. Retail sales volumes swelled by 3.6 per cent between June and July, which is 3 per cent higher than levels seen in February. But, in a sign of how hard enforced temporary closures … Read more

Traffic on Britain’s roads returns to 93% of pre-pandemic levels

Traffic on Britain’s roads returns to 93% of pre-pandemic levels while numbers using Tube and trains are at highest since first week of lockdown as private equity firm Carlyle orders staff going back to work NOT to take public transport Public transport usage has been creeping up since restrictions were eased  But carriages are still … Read more

Scientists line up to blast Boris Johnson’s aim of a return to pre-pandemic life by Christmas

Boris Johnson’s aim for a ‘significant return to normality’ by Christmas has been blasted by scientists. However, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said that Britons need a ‘sense of direction’.  The Prime Minister signalled another significant easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions in England on Friday, relaxing work-from-home guidance and paving the way for theatres and … Read more

Britons’ spending gradually returning to pre-pandemic levels

The amount of clash splashed at supermarkets was up 26 per cent last month compared to the same point a year ago, spending data shows.  However, Lloyds Bank suggests that a ‘return to normal’ for both essential and non-essential goods and services is still a long way off.  With millions continuing to work from home, … Read more