Shopper footfall across the UK continued to improve in March as many consumers enjoyed their first full month free of COVID-19 restrictions, new figures show. All COVID-19 restrictions in England and Northern Ireland were scrapped in February. Restrictions in Scotland and Wales have also been scaled down significantly. In March, all UK shopping locations enjoyed higher footfall levels than earlier in the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, according to figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and retail consultancy Sensormatic IQ. Though total UK footfall was down 15.4 percent in March from three years previously, it saw a 1.2 percentage point improvement from February. Footfall on high streets was 17.8 percent lower in March than three years ago, but it was 3.1 percentage points better than that of February. BRC Chief Executive Helen Dickinson said: “March saw another gradual improvement to footfall levels across the UK. As the first …