CPI
This coverage explores the impact of the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) on UK retail operations, strategy, and planning. Reporting highlights inflation trends, price pressures, consumer behaviour shifts, and their implications for pricing, margins, and demand. Designed for retail executives, finance teams, and managers, the content supports informed decisions around cost management, stock planning, and competitive positioning in an inflation-sensitive market.
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Aug- 2022 -17 AugustEconomy
Inflation hits new 40-year high at 10.1%
Inflation has once again broken records with a new 40-year high recorded last month, as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) hit 10.1% in the 12 months to July 2022, up from 9.4% in June. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the biggest contribution to this figure was rising…
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Jun- 2022 -16 JuneEconomy
BoE raises interest rates to 1.25%
The Bank of England’s (BoE) Monetary Policy Committee has voted to raise interest from 1% to 1.25% – marking its fifth rise in a row as it bids to offset the impact of rising inflation. The Monetary Policy Committee voted by a majority of 6-3 to increase the rate to…
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10 JuneEconomy
Inflation increases strain between supermarkets and suppliers
The increase in inflation and cost price has weakened the relationships between the UK’s supermarkets and their suppliers, according to the findings of the latest survey from the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA). Supermarkets are facing a series of arbitration hearings with the GCA, after adjudicator, Mark White, revealed the number…
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May- 2022 -5 MayNews
BoE raises interest rates to highest level since 2009
The bank of England (BoE) has raised interest rates to its highest level since 2009 – marking the fourth time it has taken action since December. The new rate of 1%, up from 0.75%, is the BoE’s latest attempt to curb the rampant rise in inflation – also at its…
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Apr- 2022 -13 AprilEconomy
UK inflation hits 7% amid rising fuel costs
The annual rate of inflation has hit a new 30-year record with a rise of 7% in the 12 months to March 2022, up from 6.2% in February, with rising prices for motor fuels resulting in the largest upward contribution to the monthly rate. According to the Office for National…
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Mar- 2022 -23 MarchNews
Inflation hits 30-year high at 6.2% in February
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 6.2% in the 12 months to February 2022, up from 5.5% in January, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It revealed this is the highest CPI 12-month inflation rate in the national statistic series which began in January 1997, and the…
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17 MarchEconomy
BoE raises interest rates to 0.75%
The Bank of England has raised interest rates back to the pre-pandemic level of 0.75% as it tries to mitigate the effect of the rising costs of living and the impact that the conflict in Ukraine is having on the global economy. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted with a…
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Feb- 2022 -16 FebruaryEconomy
Inflation hits 30-year high amid rising cost of living
Inflation rose by 5.5% in the 12 months to January 2022, up from 5.4% in December 2021, marking the highest annual inflation rate since May 1992. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the largest upward contributions to the change in the inflation rate between December 2021 and January…
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Jan- 2022 -19 JanuaryNews
Inflation hits 30-year high
Inflation reached 5.4% in December, its highest rate since CPIH stood at 5.1% in May 1992, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It revealed the consumer prices index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) rose 4.8% in the 12 months to December 2021, up…
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Oct- 2021 -20 OctoberEconomy
UK Inflation falls to 3.1% despite rising fuel costs
UK inflation fell slightly in September to 3.1% despite rising fuel costs, according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The figure is down from 3.2% in August but still remains much higher than the Bank of England’s target of 2%. The largest upward contribution to…
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