© Reuters/TOBY MELVILLE COVID-19 pandemic, in London LONDON (Reuters) - British consumers' spending on credit and debit playing cards rose by 6 percentage facets within the week to March 31 to four% above its pre-COVID degree, weekly figures from Britain's office for country wide records showed on Thursday.
The weekly spending figures - according to card payment statistics accrued by the financial institution of England - aren't seasonally adjusted and are often unstable.
A separate measure of restaurant bookings also confirmed an increase of 6 percent aspects, however visits to shops and undertaking areas have been 1% down on the week and 15% lower than before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ONS stated.
(Reporting by way of David Milliken, modifying by way of Andy Bruce)
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