Britain to narrowly avoid recession – but meagre growth will make it ‘feel a lot like one’ anyway

Britain will narrowly avoid a recession this year – but people and businesses will still feel the pain akin to the 2008 financial crash, according to an influential business network. The UK economy is on course to eke out growth of 0.4 per cent over 2023, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) predicted in its [...]