Tag: Barclays
Barclays: Card Spending Growth Hits 15-Month High in October
Consumer card spending grew 2.3% year-on-year in October, up from 2.0% in September and the highest growth since July 2025, according to the latest...
The Collapse of the Great Banking Divide
The recent announcement that Lloyds Banking Group is to shut another 136 branches by March next year is the continuation of a trend seen...
Kester Capital Sells UK’s Second Largest Pet Retailer, Jollyes, to TDR...
Kester Capital, a UK lower mid-market private equity firm, today announced an agreement to sell its portfolio business, Jollyes Retail Group Limited ("Jollyes"), to...
UK Consumer Spending Slows in December, Yet Entertainment and Travel Sectors...
In December 2023, the UK witnessed a modest rise in consumer card spending, increasing by 2.3% year-on-year, which fell short of the CPIH inflation...
April Consumer Card Spending Growth Fails to Match Inflation; Brits Turn...
Consumer card spending grew just 4.3 per cent year-on-year in April – less than half the latest CPIH* inflation rate of 8.9 per cent...
Consumer spending grew 4.4% in December, but Online retail was impacted...
Consumer card spending grew 4.4 per cent year-on-year in December – slightly higher than November (3.9 per cent) but well below the 9.3 per...
Barclays calls for more robust regulation of all buy-now-pay-later products
Barclays is calling for more robust regulation of all buy-now-pay-later products as new research suggests the lack of consistent affordability assessments among short term...
Retail sales fall in July for first time since shops reopened
UK retail sales slipped last month to the weakest performance since shops reopened in April after lockdown restrictions, according to official figures.
The Office for...
