August had worst economic growth since lockdown - despite Eat Out to Help Out
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mirror.co.ukThe economy grew 2.1% in August, the lowest figure since lockdown began to be lifted, despite the headline-grabbing Eat Out to Help Out scheme.
That's less than half of what experts had expected, and a major slowdown since July Overall, it means Britain's economy was still 9.2% lower than in February.
August's modest rise follows growth of rises of 2.7% in May, 9.1% in June and 6.4% in July 2020. But things would have been far worse without the Chancellor's discounted meals - with 65% of growth in the service sector coming from the plan to offer people half-price food. "Businesses continued to be impacted by the need to conform to Government health and safety guidelines, for example manufacturing and restaurant businesses adapting to a
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