Business activity across Scotland’s private sector has decreased for the second month running.
The Royal Bank of Scotland Business Activity Index - a measure of combined manufacturing and service sector output - was little changed from 48 in August to 47.8, showing it fall for a second consecutive month.
Compiled from responses to questionnaires sent to a panel of about 500 manufacturers and service providers, it stated that despite easing, a high inflationary environment drove the latest decline in business activity.
