Production output was estimated to have decreased 0.3% during the three months to August 2025, compared with the three months to May 2025. The largest negative contributor to the three-monthly fall in August 2025 came from "electricity and gas" (down 2.6%); this was partially offset by increases in "water supply and sewerage" (up 1.0%) and "mining and quarrying" (up 0.2%), while "manufacturing" remained flat (0.0%). The decline in "electricity and gas" during the three months to August 2025 came from "manufacture of gas" (down 15.3%); this was partly because of strong growth in March 2025. Monthly production output ... (full story)