in the south and west will drift and eastwards. dry spells with sunshine in between. some lengthy spells of sunshine in the south east of england. some showers could be heavy. maximum temperature is 19 24. feeling pleasant when you get sunshine. sunday, a familiar story. showers in from the south west, decent sunny spells between and temperatures around the average for the time of year. the latest gdp figures come through, which give some indication of the health of the uk economy. let s go to emma in lancaster to talk us through it. we are keeping a night on growth, albeit very slow growth, but any signs of growth. that is right, the gdp figure we bring generally every quarter. in the last few minutes showing in the
not willing to spend that money. thank you. when the economy is not growing very fast, the effects are felt by many businesses and individuals. we went to the seaside town of morecambe to get an insight into how the sluggish growth affects businesses there. brewing is a delicate art. a bit like managing the economy. a year of slow growth, with businesses feeling the pressure from rising costs, means it s no surprise that many are feeling cautious about their ambitions for branching out. we ve struggled to try to work out a rationale for expanding. so we re growing to develop a whiskey warehouse very shortly, but that should have happened two years ago. we ve held back because of the market, because of the commercial situation. but we ve got two impacts we ve got the internal pressure, which is the cost of food and drink, and then we ve got the external pressure, which is the lack of money in people s pockets. so we have been hit by sort of two
second quarter this year, gdp grew by 0.2%, the economy is still very sluggish but marginally better than the 0.1% growth we saw in the first part of this year. it is playing into the continuing big picture of the uk struggling to bounce back after the pandemic. the economy is often compared to others in the world that have been growing faster. there had been warnings over the past year we could slip into recession. that still has not yet happened but experts feel we are still not out of the woods. 0.2% figure, why does gdp matter? it is the value of goods and services in the value of goods and services in the economy and that is how we calculate the health of the country s finances. if more goods and services are produced, more money is going around and people potentially can get better wages and we can feel better off but it has
difficult to come back from the andemic? . , ,,~ . pandemic? except in the usa, which has done rather pandemic? except in the usa, which has done rather well, pandemic? except in the usa, which has done rather well, a pandemic? except in the usa, which has done rather well, a lot pandemic? except in the usa, which has done rather well, a lot of- pandemic? except in the usa, which has done rather well, a lot of the - has done rather well, a lot of the eurozone economies are struggling. but we have had the added issue of brexit and tight labour market with a lot of people going back to their own countries. we have had labour shortages and shortages in sectors like hospitality, which have forced employers to offer higher wages, which has pushed up inflation, which has led to the situation we are in, which is dire. which is dire. what do you think it would take which is dire. what do you think it would take to which is dire. what do you think it would take to turn which is d
will continue to rise. gdp figures are out shortly. we take a look at the gdp figures are out shortly. we take a look at the health gdp figures are out shortly. we take a look at the health of gdp figures are out shortly. we take a look at the health of the gdp figures are out shortly. we take a look at the health of the economy | a look at the health of the economy after a year of slow growth and what it means for businesses at a seaside resort. the new premier league season begins today. but england s top division might soon be missing one of its top strikers as bayern munich and tottenham agree a deal in principle for harry kane. we ll be joined by former duran duran guitarist andy taylor to talk about his solo album and living with terminal prostate cancer. the hot air balloons are being picked out nicely in bristol this morning with some grey skies. many have a mixture of sunny spells and showers. fresherthan have a mixture of sunny spells and showers. fresher than yesterd