The UK economy continued to expand in the three months to August 2026, with GDP increasing by +0.7% compared with the three months to May.
This marks the eighth consecutive three-month period of growth, following upwardly revised growth of +0.5% in both the three months to July 2026 and the three months to June 2026.
On a monthly basis, GDP increased by +0.1% in August, following growth of +0.4% in both June and July.
The largest contribution to growth in the three months to August came from the services sector, which grew by +0.9%. There were falls in the other two main sectors, with construction down -1.0% and production down -0.2%.
Within services, output increased in 10 of the 14 sectors, with overall growth of +0.9%. The strongest growth came from administrative and support service activities (+3.0%), professional, scientific and technical activities (+2.8%), and information and communication (+2.8%).
Within construction, which fell by -1.0% in the three months to August 2026, both new work and repair and maintenance decreased, by -1.4% and -0.3%, respectively.
Production output fell by -0.2% in the three months to August 2026. The main falls came from water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities (-3.1%) and mining and quarrying (-0.6%). These were partially offset by growth in manufacturing (+0.1%) and electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (+0.4%).
There are more details in the range of ONS Statistical Bulletins which can be downloaded from their website at https://www.ons.gov.uk/releasecalendar (15 October) or on request from MTA.