It followed a 0.7% fall seen in October, according to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Sales growth of 0.5% had been forecast by economists. Behind the fall was a steep drop in ...

We talk more about the treatment of Black Friday in our Wrapping up 'Black Friday': How the ONS captures the effect of a major shopping trend blog. Historically, school half term for England and Wales ...

Experimental statistics of detailed industry wages from the Monthly Wages and Salaries Survey, with comparison industry output price data, from the article "Analysis of wage and price increases, UK: ...