Official data on Wednesday showed that the British manufacturing sector is growing at its fastest pace since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008.

January11,2018

Britain's buoyant manufacturing sector recorded strong growth in the fourth quarter, data released Tuesday showed, indicating that it will continue to provide support to wider economic growth.

January03,2018

December27,2017

December04,2017

The British economy continued to grow modestly in the third quarter (Q3), driven by robust consumer spending despite inflationary pressures on household budgets.

November24,2017

The weakness of sterling against other currencies since the Brexit referendum last year has given manufacturing exporters the biggest boost in the three months to November for 29 years.

November22,2017

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Monday morning downgraded its forecast for GDP growth in Britain to 1.7 percent for this year.

November14,2017

British economic growth moved up a notch in the third quarter, rising to 0.4 percent quarter-on-quarter growth from the 0.3 percent seen in the second quarter, according to the official preliminary estimate.

October26,2017

The British key inflation rate climbed to 3 percent, hitting its highest for more than five years in September, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released on Tuesday.

October18,2017

The British economic growth rate is estimated a slight increase in comparison with the second quarter, which will bolster the argument for the central bank the Bank of England (BOE) to raise the bank rate, a leading economic think-tank said Wednesday.

October12,2017

Britain's unemployment level has fallen to its lowest level since 1975, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported in London Wednesday.

September14,2017

Growth in the British services sector accelerated slightly in July, according to a survey of purchasing managers released on Thursday.

August04,2017

British economic growth is forecast to grow by 1.7 percent this year and by 1.9 percent next year, according to information released by a major British think tank here on Wednesday.

August03,2017

UK wage growth continues to lag behind rising inflation, relieving the pressure on policymakers to begin the return of the bank rate to more normal levels.

July13,2017

Britain's gross domestic product (GDP) growth during the first quarter of this year stood at a disappointing 0.2 percent, revised down in official figures from a preliminary estimate by economists of 0.3 percent.

May26,2017

British inflation rate has continued its upward trend, hitting a record high in April, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released Tuesday.

May17,2017

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond on Tuesday welcomed the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) upgrading of Britain's 2017 economic prospects.

April19,2017

The official revision of Britain's GDP growth data for the last three months of 2016 showed strong growth of 0.7 percent over the quarter.

April01,2017