The UK's economy has performed better than that of any other G7 state in the year running to the end of June.
Official estimates of growth were revised up on Friday to show that ouput was 3.2pc higher in the quarter to the end of June, compared with the same period a year earlier.
The UK's performance contrasts starkly with its developed world peers.
The services sector was yet again left to do the heavy lifting, contributing 0.79 percentage points of total second quarter growth of 0.83pc.
Yet the headline services number obscured "some big divergences", said John Hawksworth, chief economist at PwC.
Output in finance and insurance fell by 1.3pc over the past year, an area "which is still scaling back in the aftermath of the crisis", said Mr Hawksworth.
Over the same period, wholesaling and retailing saw growth of 5pc, while output from professional, scientific, administrative and support services jumped by an "astonishing" 9.3pc.
Mr Hawksworth said that those sectors "are the powerhouses of the UK recovery" as they now account for nearly a quarter of total output.
telegraph