UK services sector grows at fastest pace for more than a year

Survey finds new business and job creation picked up in December, but companies raised prices at fastest rate for five years Britain’s services sector grew at the fastest pace for 17 months in December, according to a survey that has raised hopes for a strong end to 2016 for the economy.There was also a pick-up in new business and job creation, according to the poll of firms from the UK’s biggest sector, which includes banks, hotels and transport. But news that companies increased th