The Queen died on Thursday at the age of 96 after a 70-year-reign, the longest in UK history, two days after she publicly appointed new Conservative Party leader Liz Truss as her 15th prime minister.
The latest snapshot from S&P Global and the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (Cips) revealed a “severe and accelerated” decline in manufacturing output in August, alongside weaker activity in the UK’s dominant service sector.