According to the data released by the Office for National Statistics, UK's industrial production output decreased 0.3% during the three months to August 2025, compared with the three months to May 2025.
The largest negative contributor to the three-monthly fall in August 2025 came from "electricity and gas" (down 2.6%); this was partially offset by increases in "water supply and sewerage" (up 1.0%) and "mining and quarrying" (up 0.2%), while "manufacturing" remained flat (0.0%).
The decline in "electricity and gas" during the three months to August 2025 came from "manufacture of gas" (down 15.3%); this was partly because of strong growth in March 2025.
Monthly production output increased 0.4% in August 2025; this follows a decline in July 2025 (down 0.4%) and a rise in June 2025 (up 0.9%).
The rise in monthly production output in August 2025 resulted from increases in "manufacturing" (up 0.7%), "electricity and gas" (up 0.4%) and "water supply and sewerage" (up 0.3%); this was partially offset by a fall in "mining and quarrying" (down 2.3%).
8 of the 13 manufacturing subsectors saw a monthly increase in August 2025, with the largest positive contribution coming from "basic pharmaceutical products" (up 3.0%).