UK Prelim Business Investment q/q

UK business investment fell by 0.1% in Quarter 2 (Apr to Jun) 2024 and is 1.1.% below the level in the same quarter a year ago. This release contains datasets for Quarter 2 2024 business investment provisional results; for further commentary on these data please see our GDP first quarterly estimate, UK: April to June 2024 bulletin. Following an accessibility review, we are updating our data tables in line with the Accessibility statement for the Office for National Statistics in the Quarter 2 2024 revised release to be published on ...

UK business investment increased by 0.9% in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2024 and is 0.6% below where it was for the same quarter a year ago. This release contains datasets for Quarter 1 2024 business investment provisional results; for further commentary on these data please see our statistical bulletin GDP first quarterly estimate, UK: January to March 2024. Sector and asset breakdowns of gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), including business investment and revisions, in current prices and chained volume measures, non-seasonally ...

UK business investment increased by 1.5% in Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2023 and is 3.7% above where it was the same quarter a year previous. Annual UK business investment increased by 6.1% in 2023. This release contains datasets for Quarter 4 2023 business investment provisional results; for further commentary on these data please see our statistical bulletin GDP first quarterly estimate, UK: October to December 2023. Quality and methodology information on strengths, limitations, appropriate uses and how the data were created is ...

UK business investment fell 4.2% in Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2023, but is 2.8% above where it was the same quarter a year ago. • This release contains updated datasets for Quarter 3 2023 Business investment provisional results; for further commentary on these data please see our GDP quarterly national accounts, UK: July to September 2023 bulletin. • All Business investment in the UK provisional results bulletins will now follow this headline only format; accompanying datasets are unaffected and for more details on this change please ...

Business investment rose by 3.4% in Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2023 following a 3.3% increase in the previous quarter. Quarter 1 2023 (Jan to Mar) marked the end of the super-deduction incentive, this saw some investment in qualifying assets brought forward from later quarters. For further information see Section 3: Super-deduction. Transport was the main contributor to the increase in business investment in Quarter 2 2023. Transport investment can be particularly volatile because of the high value of some transport equipment. Transport ...

Business investment rose by 0.7% in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2023, following a 0.2% fall in the previous quarter. Positive contributions from information and communication technology (ICT) equipment and other machinery and equipment, and intellectual property products (IPP) contributed to this growth in business investment. Business investment is at its highest level since the pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic period (Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2019), but remains 1.4% below that level. The primary driver of growth in Quarter 1 2023 was ...

The economy narrowly avoided recession in the second half of last year, according to early official figures, despite growth going into a sharp reverse in December partly due to the impact of strikes and lack of Premier League football. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that output between October and December was flat at 0%. A negative figure would have met the technical definition of a recession because the economy contracted over the previous three months to September as the cost of living crisis took a heavy toll ...

Business investment has still not returned to pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic levels while whole economy investment (technically known as Gross Fixed Capital Formation - GFCF) has returned to pre-pandemic levels as of Quarter 3 2022. This reflects the different patterns of investment by government and businesses observed throughout the coronavirus pandemic (Figure 2). The positive growth of dwellings and government investment in the latest quarter are the main factors in GFCF returning to its pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic ...