New Mortgages Surge, lending falls

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-economy-pmi/uk-factory-activity-and-consumer-lending-slow-in-early-2018-idUKKCN1GD4FD

Britain’s economy kept on its steady but slow course at the start of 2018, just over a year before the country is due to leave the European Union, as growth across factories cooled to an eight-month low and lending to consumers slowed.