Survey of more than 7,100 businesses reveals improvements in the manufacturing sector in the third quarter.
Talks between the EU and Britain have been strained, with disagreements over the cost of the divorce bill.
Chancellor says he considers such an outcome highly unlikely, but stressed that uncertainty about Brexit is acting as a dampener on the British economy.
UK chancellor Philip Hammond said he would not spend billions to prepare Britain in the event of a hard Brexit saying he had a duty to be "realistic".
The prominent blogger said that he stood by Brexit even though he "didn't like" how it was turning out.
Industrial production figures and improved retail sales help the sterling reverse recent losses.
I'm not expecting Brussels to do Britain any favours; I'm simply expecting it to act in its own interest.
We must dare to dream of a Corbyn government, a second UK referendum, and a transformed Britain entering a European Democratic Union.
Consumer spending index falls 0.3% compared to a year earlier in September following a 0.2% increase in August.
Theresa May has been urged to sack the chancellor Philip Hammond and leave in place the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson.
The foreign secretary asserted his loyalty to May in his Sunday Telegraph column, urging Tory MPs and voters to get behind the PM.
The Prime Minister started by eulogising free markets in her Tory Party Conference speech and ended up talking price controls in a paradoxically daft narrative.
Permanent staff placements rose at the slowest pace in five months in September, fresh survey suggests.
The youth do not want their global, outward-looking international future taken away from them, yet they believe it is already gone for good.
Federation of German Industries says it is reluctantly coming to the conclusion that a hard Brexit was appearing inevitable.
Senior Bank official says the impact of the City's first phase of Brexit contingency planning would be "relatively modest" on jobs.
The most chaotic, bumbling, amateur hour conference speech in history could have at least had a good message behind it, rather than just self-preservation.
The UK desperately wants talks to move on to future trade and security arrangements but EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says more needs to be done on the withdrawal issues first.
Number of UK financial professionals looking for work in Ireland up 39% compared to pre-Brexit levels.
Speculation has also been sparked over Home Secretary Amber Rudd's Number 10 ambitions.
UK chancellor acknowledges businesses need more clarity on the road ahead.
Johnson's 'manoeuvres' dominate first day of Tory party conference.