Archive: July 2016

Leisure Spending, JDW, Brexit

Barclaycard has updated on Q2 spending, says ‘business as usual’ Barclaycard says consumer spending was +3.1% in Q2 April was +1.9% (known to have been sluggish) & May & June were +3.6% Spending in pubs & restaurants (+12.1% and +11.6%) was impacted by football & by higher contactless limits (£20 to £30). This will annualise…

Leisure & the Brexit vote – Assessing the Impact

The initial financial impact. 52% of voters (38% of the electorate) voted to leave the EU on 23 June The FTSE100 fell then rose. It is now +3% since 23 June. But FTSE100 is an international index. In US$ terms (pound down 13%), it is down 10%. The largely domestic FTSE250 is down 9% in…