Commuters are returning to UK high streets, clutching their credit cards.
The return to the office has boosted credit card spending by 13.7% overall, according to Barclaycard, but that figure includes a 12% increase on essentials driven by rising fuel prices.
The figures, it said, were boosted by the easing of work-from-home guidance, which led to more workers going back to commuting.
Spending rose last month by 14.5% – its largest rise since November last year, before the emergence of the Omicron variant.
