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We regularly publish a summary of reports compiled by our twelve regional Agents following discussions with at least 700 businesses across the UK every reporting period.
Published on
16 May 2018
This publication generally covers intelligence gathered from business contacts between late February and mid-April 2018. It generally makes comparisons with activity and prices over the past three months on a year earlier.
Consumer spending growth slowed markedly, in part due to adverse weather.
Recruitment difficulties became more broad-based; total labour cost growth rose.
Agents' summary of business conditions - May 2018