The 100,000 missing lockdown weddings

The 9% decrease in 2023 opposite-sex weddings, reported today by the Office for National Statistics, conceals the long tail of lockdown. At least 100,000 couples whose weddings were cancelled during lockdown may still not have rearranged their weddings. Compared to 2019, the year before lockdown, there has been a combined surplus of just 18,000 weddings […]