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
The motoring industry showed shoots of recovery in April with dealers posting strong sales despite showrooms being shut for half of the month. A total of 141,583 new cars were registered in April, an ‘artificial’ 30-fold increase on the same month a year ago, when dealerships were forced to shutter their businesses. Showrooms were given … Read more
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: 22:25 GMT, 7 March 2021 Amy Schumer is looking back on the days pre COVID-19 pandemic, as she shared … Read more
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
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 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 But the recovery was slowing down even before the … Read more
UK plc could return to pre-pandemic levels in SIX MONTHS after vaccine breakthrough, economists claim – despite Bank of England warning it would take until 2022 By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 10:54 GMT, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 10:54 GMT, 11 November 2020 Economists have raised hopes UK plc could return to … Read more
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
Britain may be answering Boris Johnson’s rallying cry for workers to go back to the office, figures showing a steady climb in travel activity suggest. Road traffic has almost fully bounced back to levels, with government data last week putting current congestion at 93 per cent of an average day in non-crisis times. It had … Read more
Is Britain finally going back to work? Traffic returns to 93% of pre-Covid levels as numbers using Tube and trains is highest since first week of lockdown – while private equity firm Carlyle orders returning staff NOT to use public transport Public transport usage has been creeping up since restrictions were eased But carriages are … Read more