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Summer weather boosts UK retail sales - ONS

By Abigail Townsend

Date: Friday 19 Sep 2025

(Sharecast News) - Retail sales moved higher in August, official data showed on Friday, boosted by the warm summer weather.
According to the Office for National Statistics, retail sales volumes rose 0.5% last month, following a downwardly-revised 0.5% increase in July.

Analysts had been expecting a more modest 0.3% rise...

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