Shopper Footfall and Retail Sales Improve After UK Lifts COVID-19 Curbs

Members of the public walk along Oxford Street in London, England, on April 1, 2022. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Shopper footfall across the UK continued to improve in March as many consumers enjoyed their first full month free of COVID-19 restrictions, new figures show.

All COVID-19 restrictions in England and Northern Ireland were scrapped in February. Restrictions in Scotland and Wales have also been scaled down significantly.