• Barclays hospitality and leisure report flagged continued expansion plans despite rising costs, with 51% of UK firms targeting growth over three years.
• Experience-led spending remained the core strategy, with 65% increasing investment; 60% saw experience demand outpacing physical products.
• Confidence stayed elevated, with 88% positive on the next year despite a 5.6% sector-wide drop in cash inflows last quarter.
• Consumer caution rose, with 72% expecting Middle East tensions to lift living costs through 2026; 57% anticipated higher event prices this summer.
• Financing split widened, with SME borrowing down 12.7% and savings up 1.9% year on year; larger firms lifted borrowing 3.2%.

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