{"id":581024,"date":"2026-05-13T03:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/581024\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T03:52:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:52:21","slug":"uk-retail-sales-fall-3-in-april-as-iran-war-fallout-and-political-turmoil-weigh-on-confidence-proactive-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/581024\/","title":{"rendered":"UK retail sales fall 3% in April as Iran war fallout and political turmoil weigh on confidence &#8211; Proactive Investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxOYURuSmVkS1k3RkU1SGRyV1Q4MEZYVVpxS3Q3a1hKRksxOUV5Ny1CX3VNcVlWbmYyekRZNTRwYW00alowTmNwQTAxMjZrUE14V1lDQ2g5Ukxrdk43WTZLMFRVdzFySHBJdEZWdkE1NHBSZFBFb1hYZVR4ZjFBUVJRYldDbFEwbnlvcjRpSFctMTVlNjZJUVlDTnFKVXZHYzYtYm00YV94SVVqN1RjdV9xRlVjc2hFbGlUUG1HVzlueE53emt0eDdYSjR1bFJGM2VEWVdSM25WSndMTjZpQnd4ZU9oVGpjQnI4Z2hLS3JURzllLUtWUC1PYVlB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK retail sales fall 3% in April as Iran war fallout and political turmoil weigh on confidence<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Proactive Investors<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxNblFScWVkajY0WHJBbEsyTkdZQUZoMm1kYXR1TWJNaHF0WWJGRHc0RDYxdWV0RHJrTi1KZzBNQl9NakJkaEt5a3QyeVltaUdRNEtDQ0NBZlZscGY0YVhFQjBrZlIyc1VKVkJvY2IzNk9EV2NYTWZmWVVzRmJDMFY3TTEwaGJCemtBQlExQzY1Ri04ZDJmRVpTWGw1SVltR0RRXzZLTFptbDk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK households cut back spending at fastest rate in 16 months, Barclays says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxNSkJZVDR4c2NuZWpkbldvazdnbEpEaDFMRy0taEFiRjdjWUp0Zm1JT3NGMDZfeENicmRmQXN5alQxRnItdmdnNzR1NnhabkV2aVRBVjBJaUh4bEhlOGpTZk5YMWFseHZqN0lDRzVSQjNOWmJvN09DYjRUQzVwSldJSEJCbDZNd1Atd1lmZXJodGRQT3FSblk3ekFUY0tjS1FOV0pwVmFsSmcxTFBWbnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Middle East Conflict Contributes to Retail Sales Decline in April<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Insight DIY<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxOc2pSMHJQRHNoV09MVW40YWFjR0ZpSlJoYXlMeXJTTjdSMXBJN2NoeTllY1g1WkU0NEtwRWpoclVIakV1UTBrSWU1NGxIM01iQ01pSlpoa2hlNGc3M25kbkQzRk1XS0RkZ3JHZGFIa1dkanhiVW1xOEZhMG9FTFpRU21vNExGV2NycTU4VGl6ckVxNFh2a1JVbnBHNGlUZFZ3SUZaWEp1ZTlvZW9hOEVSVTFXT0hUVGFjbHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chart of the Week: April not as bad as it looks, but still\u2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Retail Week<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNR2Rxc2o2X3VHREh3bFAyenJpTkdKdS1qcE16Nk95LWNZVUQ3R3lEc29pZWxidTJ4S1JHX2FDMzFCbzdWUUQ3cFZYMVlFOXJkUnBKSTZtTnVOYnl1b1NVVDFSb2R4VHJsbVlQU01kTEVjYVc2S2ZQTGtZOTJJNWFLT2p3cVZ4R1BYMFM3bWVfZWRPTnJRWTZVM0Z3X29hUF9yUmdfNg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Retailers hope for World Cup boost as high street sales tumble<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK retail sales fall 3% in April as Iran war fallout and political turmoil weigh on confidence&nbsp;&nbsp;Proactive InvestorsUK&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550786,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-581024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}