Output declines

Manufacturing output appears to be in the doldrums. 


Output from UK factories fell by 0.8% in the three months ending July compared with the previous three-month period, according to the Office for National Statistics. In June the fall was only 0.3%.


The decline dragged down overall industrial production (manufacturing, mining and utilities, where output rose by only 0.3% — down from 0.7% in June.


www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/iop/index-of-production/july-2015/stb-iop-july-2015.html