Bank holidays 'cost economy £19bn' says economic group
The Centre for Economics and Business Research says if public holidays were scrapped it would add £19bn to Britain's annual economic output.
Research by the think tank found that each bank holiday costs the UK economy £2.3bn.
Britain normally gets up to 10 bank holidays a year, with different dates in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Joe Lynam reports
Douglas McWilliams, Centre for Economics and Business Research
09 Apr 2012
- From the section UK