BUSINESS LIVE: GDP shrinks 0.2%; Business travel lifts Heathrow

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BUSINESS LIVE: UK economy shrinks 0.2%; Return of business travel lifts Heathrow; Beazley faces $120 million loss from Hurricane Ian

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UK GDP shrank 0.2 percent in the three months to September, marking the start of what is expected to be a protracted recession, data from the Office for National Statistics shows. However, this is a smaller contraction than the 0.5 percent decline that economists predicted.

The FTSE 100 opens at 8 a.m. Among the UK companies with reports and updates are Heathrow, Beazley, GSK, Halma, TheWorks and AstraZeneca. Read the Business Live blog from Friday 11 November below.

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