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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Anna Wise

‘Sluggish’ UK business activity picks up as tariff threat eases

Activity across the UK’s private sector has grown this month as some easing of US tariff policy helped lift business sentiment, new survey data shows.

The strengthening service industry helped offset a persistent slump in manufacturing in June.

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