The UK economy expanded by 0.1% in the three months to November 2025, following flat growth in the three months to October and outperforming market expectations of a 0.2% contraction. Growth was driven by the services sector, which rose 0.2%, with the strongest contributions coming from real estate activities (+0.4%), administrative and support services (+0.8%), and wholesale and retail trade, including motor vehicle repairs (+0.4%). By contrast, production output declined by 0.1%, largely reflecting a drop in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers following August’s cyber incident. Construction output fell by 1.1%, marking the sharpest three-month decline since March 2023, as both new work and repair and maintenance decreased by 1.0% and 1.1%, respectively.