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Expert analysts consider what the technical recession means for consumer spending

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As the UK slipped into technical recession, the fall in economic output was steeper than most economists expected, with the economy barely growing over the course of last year. In light of this, analysts at Mintel have offered additional insights and debunked what that means…

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