23.12.200807:45:00UTC+00UK Services Output Grows In October

The UK service sector output grew 0.6% in October from the previous month driven by business services and finance, a report released by the Office for National Statistics showed Tuesday.

Distribution output was up 0.2% in October, while hotel and restaurant output rose 0.4%. Business services production grew 1.3% which was led by computer services. On the other hand, output from transport, storage and communication and government and other services decreased 0.1% each.

In the three months to October, output of the service sector decreased 0.2% compared with the three months to July and follows a decrease of 0.5% in the three months to September.

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