The number of shoppers heading to British high streets and retail centres fell at the fastest pace in more than two years in June, with the weeks around the country’s vote to leave the EU hit particularly hard, a survey has found.

Footfall in Northern Ireland shops has improved slightly, despite “stubbornly” high numbers of vacancies, a new report has found.

UK retailers suffered a fourth month in a row of declining footfall in July, with high streets the hardest hit, figures showed today.