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Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsEngland’s victory against Mexico in the World Cup last night was a win for the UK’s high streets too – footfall was up 143.6% year-on-year between midnight and 6am, according to figures from the monitoring company MRI Software (although it worth noting that there was no World Cup match at that time last year).Footfall in market towns was up 175.5%, and in historic towns it was up 159.9%, it found. Jenni Matthews, a retail analyst at MRI, said:For the hospitality sector, this is exactly the kind of result they’ll have been hoping for. At a time when consumers remain selective about where they spend, the World Cup is proving to be a powerful footfall driver, creating a welcome boost for the night-time, and local economy.As England pre