2021-04-23 13:35:59 GMT2021-04-23 21:35:59(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LONDON, April 23 (Xinhua) Britain s retail sales volumes increased by 5.4 percent in March when compared with the previous month, although non-essential shops remained closed in the month amid the COVID-19 lockdown in the country, the British Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Friday. This signalled a continued recovery in the sector following the modest growth in February (2.2 percent), reflecting the effect of the easing of coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions on consumer spending, said the ONS. The strongest growth was in clothing stores, other non-food stores and automotive fuel retailers of 17.5 percent, 13.4 percent and 11.1 percent respectively, said the ONS.
Xinhua world economic news summary at 0930 GMT, April 21
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2021-04-19 17:05:50 GMT2021-04-20 01:05:50(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LONDON, April 19 (Xinhua) London reported the highest proportion of homeworkers in Britain in 2020 as 43 percent worked from home at some point in the past year, up from 31 percent in 2019, the British Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Monday.
London and surrounding areas had the highest rates of working from home in 2020, with many areas in Scotland and Northern Ireland having the lowest, said the ONS.
One of the reasons London had the highest rates of homeworking was because of the types of industries that predominate in London, it added.
However, people who mainly worked from home were less than half as likely to be promoted than all other workers between 2012 and 2017 and were around 38 percent less likely on average to have received a bonus compared with those who never worked from home between 2013 and 2020, said the ONS.
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