Sainsbury’s boss has called for the Budget to boost consumer confidence

Simon Roberts

Source: Sainsbury's

Sainsbury’s chief executive Simon Roberts has called on the government to use the coming Budget to boost increasingly gloomy consumer confidence.

Roberts told Reuters that even with falling inflation, rising wages and strong employment, UK consumer confidence was still gloomy and customers were nervous about spending.

 

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