<sod >âWe certainly need companies investing more and creating a bigger footprint in fast-growing markets, and while some risks remain, we expect the economy to continue to strengthen through 2014.â Britain's gross domestic product is expected to have risen by 0.7 per cent quarter-on-quarter in the last three months of the year, compared with 0.8 per cent in the third quarter.< eod>< sod > She added: "We certainly need companies investing more and creating a bigger footprint in fast-growing markets, and while some risks remain, we expect the economy to continue to strengthen through 2014." Official gross domestic product numbers due at 9.30 am are expected to show the economy grew 0.7 per cent in the fourth quarter, compared with 0.8 per cent in the third quarter.< eod>