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British Retail Consortium (BRC) reports a 2.2% fall in footfall for December, compared to a year earlier.

That is slightly better than the 4.5% drop in November, but will provide little comfort to the shops that had been hoping for a end-of-year rebound during the all-important Christmas shopping season.

Figures from the BRC show that shopping centres were the hardest hit, followed by high street shops:

High street footfall decreased by 2.7% in December (year-on-year), up from -3.7% in November.

Shopping centre footfall decreased by 3.3% in December (year-on-year), up from -6.1% in November

Retail park footfall was unchanged at 0.0% in December (year-on-year), up from -1.1% in November. free parking!

Overall, it meant that fourth quarter footfall was down 2.5%, leaving full-year 2024 footfall down 2.2% compared to 2023.

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PRD, RKH, tick up.

HH88,

Thanks, same to you.

Hi HH88,

Hope you had a good Christmas too.

Tro,

Did your broker allow a limit order to buy MDH, or did you have to telephone the order?

Tro,

Hope you had a good Christams too obv.

:)

Hey Trek,

Hope you had a good Christmas.

TXP moving up :)

Hi evi,

Hope you had a nice Christmas too.

Hey nom,

FYI, the link says no content. Might require an account, but i usually get encouraged to create one when thats the reason.

Tro,

Yeah, that was quite epic, lol, and thoroughly deserved no doubt.

Tro,

Nice video :)

Hi kenny,

Thats great, and thanks, same to you :)

Hi kenny,

Hope you had a nice Christmas.

Hi nom,

Thanks. Yeah, it's just the title from the video on YouTube. Rather hyperbolic as you say, lol.

I can't complain though, it got my attention.

Suspect wearing body armour. With guns and rented truck.

Https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY1gRgGwAqs

Harry Metcalfe suggests that institutional buyers are likely to buy the land farmers are forced to sell as a result of the changes to IHT, to then be used for housing development, industrial estates, or solar farms.

Also known as, concrete over the countryside.

https://youtu.be/QBbrrusx3Io?t=900

The Mail reckon a family of four flying to Florida are now paying in excess of £400 to the chancellor in air passenger duty.

Treasury says: "It is only fair that the aviation sector plays its part to help address the £22bn hole and restore economic stability".

Insert rolling eyes emoji, lol.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14231069/Labours-400-tax-hit-family-holidays-Passengers-hit-highest-levies-flights-multi-billion-pound-raid.html

Https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/jan/01/energy-bills-gas-electricity-cap-rise-ofgem-great-britain