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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Holly Williams

UK business activity slows to three-month low amid Iran war inflation pressure

Figures show that while activity in the private sector expanded in September for the third month in a row, the pace of growth slowed to the weakest since June (Jaguar Land Rover/PA) - (PA Media)

Growth across Britain’s private sector has slowed to a three-month low in September amid a “worrying combination” of sluggish expansion and rising inflation in the wider economy, according to a report.

New early figures show that while activity in the private sector expanded for the third month in a row, the pace of growth slowed to the weakest since June.

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