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Business Investment, Quarter 2 (April to June) 2015 Revised Results

Main points

  • These estimates are short-term indicators of investment in assets, such as dwellings, transport equipment, machinery, buildings and intangible assets. This release covers asset breakdowns of total gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), of which business investment is one component.
  • This release includes improvements to methods and data emanating from the changes to Gross National Income (GNI) on the European System of Accounts 1995 (ESA 1995) basis. These estimates are consistent with the UK Annual National Accounts (Blue Book) 2015 and have been revised from Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 1997 to the latest period.
  • All investment data referred to are estimates of seasonally adjusted chained volume measures.
  • In Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2015, GFCF was estimated to have increased by £0.8 billion (1.0%), compared with the previous quarter, to £76.3 billion. This is the highest level since Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2007.
  • In Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2015, business investment was estimated to have increased by £0.7 billion (1.6%), compared with the previous quarter, to £43.5 billion.
  • In Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2015, GFCF was estimated to have increased by 3.4% compared with Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2014.
  • In Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2015, business investment increased by 3.1% compared with Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2014.

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