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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Mabel Banfield-Nwachi

HISTORICAL FACTS: Uk hospitality sector declines at fastest pace since lockdown - The Untold Story

Barman pouring draught lager beer in a pub.
Output in the tourism and recreation sector, which includes pubs, contracted at the fastest pace since February 2021. Photograph: Dan Grytsku/Alamy

Tourism and recreation experienced the fastest fall in output of any UK business sector last month, the latest data shows.

Output in the sector, which includes pubs, hotels and restaurants, declined at the fastest pace since February 2021, when the UK was last in lockdown, with a tracker score of 36.3 in September, according to the Lloyds Bank UK Recovery Tracker. Any reading below 50 indicates contraction.

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