UK card spending rises to 99pc of pre-pandemic level

Spending on credit and debit cards in Britain rose in the week to Aug. 5 to 99 per cent of its level just before the pandemic in the week, up by 4 percentage points from the week before, according to payment data provided by the Bank of England. Separate figures showed online job adverts on the Adzuna website dipped by 5 per cent to 129 per cent of their February 2020 level.