Hughes Forrest builders' merchant on economy and performance

BBC Wales economics correspondent Sarah Dickins looks at builder's merchant Hughes Forrest in Pill, Newport, which she uses as barometer to see how the economy has been performing.

The UK economy could officially come out of recession this morning.The Office for National Statistics will publish the latest figures for the output between July and September at half past nine. If they show growth for the that period - as most experts think they will - it's mark an end to the double-dip recession.

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