UK industrial production shrank in 2015
by Phillip Inman Economics correspondent from on (#13GAC)
'Dismal' December figures cap bad year for UK industry, which had shown signs of recovery in 2013 and 2014
Britain's industrial production fell by 1.1% in December after warm winter weather forced a sharp decline in energy output and the low oil price hit North Sea oil producers.
The manufacturing sector experienced a further fall from an already weak November, while mining and quarrying also dropped, fuelling concerns that the slowdown in the US and turmoil on global markets is undermining confidence across the UK's major export industries.
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