World Cup and heatwave boosts UK GDP to 0.6%

According to the Office for National Statistics, services saw the strongest area of growth with the industry growing 0.6%, boosting overall growth to its highest level since August 2017. Furthermore, retail trade and wholesale trade expanded by 2.1% and 1.6%, respectively. However, manufacturing production dropped by 0.2% in July due to negative growth in pharmaceutical products. Rob Kent-Smith, head of GDP at the ONS, said: "Growth in the economy picked up in the three months to July. Services grew particularly strongly, with retail sales performing well, boosted by warm weather a...