July heatwave keeps shoppers at home in blow for high street

England recorded the weakest performance of any UK nation with an overall footfall drop of 3% (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Wire)

Heatwave conditions continued to bear down on shopper footfall in July, with the high street particularly badly affected, figures suggest.

Total UK footfall was down 2.1% on a year earlier, but an improvement on the 3.4% drop seen in June, according to British Retail Consortium (BRC)-Sensormatic data.