The UK economy has come out of recession with figures released this morning showing weaker-than-expected growth of 0.1% in the fourth quarter of 2009.
The rise follows six consecutive quarters of contraction in the economy – the longest period of recession since quarterly records began in 1955.
The UK was the last major global economy to come out of recession with Germany and France recording economic growth last summer.
Economists had been predicting the UK economy would record growth of 0.4% for the fourth quarter and warned that the lower-than-expected result meant the economy was still very fragile.
