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

28 Aug 2015 01:22 PM

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.
• All investment data referred to are estimates of seasonally adjusted chained volume measures. No periods are being revised in this release.
• In Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2015, GFCF was estimated to have increased by £0.7 billion (0.9%), compared with the previous quarter, to £76.8 billion. This is the highest level that has been recorded for this series, which began in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 1997.
• In Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2015, business investment was estimated to have increased by £1.4 billion (2.9%), compared with the previous quarter, to £47.8 billion.
• In Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2015, GFCF was estimated to have increased by 4.9% compared with Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2014.
• In Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2015, business investment increased by 5.0% compared with Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2014.
• Changes were made to the Quarterly Survey of Capital Expenditure in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2015. Adjustments have been included for Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2015 to maintain consistency with the previous survey.

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