Pub sales rose last month

CONSUMERS left their cars at home last month and instead took to the pubs.

Figures show sales in bars jumped 1.6% in June while fuel sales fell 0.7%, bringing the yearly drop in fuel sales to 12%.

Car sales rose last month by 4.8%, bringing the annual increase to almost 22%. Sales were boosted ahead of the ending of the “scrappage scheme” at the end of June. While clothing sales are down 0.5% annually, they increased 3.1% last month.