Drivers take fewer trips to cut back on fuel and adjust spending, bank suggests

Consumers have been taking fewer trips in the car to cut back on fuel, new data suggests (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

Consumers have been taking fewer trips in the car to cut back on fuel and spending less on meals out in the face of the Iran war, new data suggests.

The conflict raising the spectre of interest rate hikes also prompted a rush in mortgage activity in March.