UK business has worst month in more than three years, figures show

GDP looks set to contract by 0.2% this quarter.

Businesses have been building up stock and then running it down, as two Brexit deadlines were missed this year (Yui Mok/PA)

By August Graham, PA City Reporter

The British private sector has contracted at its fastest rate since the aftermath of the Brexit referendum as the UK missed its second deadline to leave the EU, according to new figures.

The economy got smaller in November, data from IHS Markit and CIPS shows.