FILE PHOTO: Big Issue vendor Simon Mott demonstrates using his Chip and Pin device outside South Kensington Tube Station in London November 28, 2013. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth
September 9, 2021
LONDON (Reuters) – Spending on payment cards in Britain rose sharply last week to 99% of its pre-pandemic level, up from 93% in the previous week, the Office for National Statistics said on Thursday.
Job adverts listed by online portal Adzuna rose to 128% of their February 2020 level as of Sept. 3, up 2% from the previous week, the ONS said.
(Reporting by Andy Bruce; Editing by William Schomberg)
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