Menswear specialist Moss Bros said like-for-like sales for its hire business lifted 6.4 per cent in the 15 weeks to May 16, continuing the encouraging trend for 2015 wedding bookings.

The Clapham-based retailer, which runs 130 high street stores, added that its overall trading performance continued to improve on the prior year, with group like-for-likes up 7.4 per cent and total sales also up 6.4 per cent.