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UK Index of Services, June 2015
The Index of Services is estimated to have increased by 3.0% in June 2015 compared with June 2014. All of the 4 main components of the services industries increased in the most recent month compared with the same month a year ago. The largest contributions came from: business services and finance, which contributed 1.4 percentage points to total growth; and distribution, hotels and restaurants, which contributed 0.8 percentage points to total growth. The latest Index of Services estimates show that output increased by 0.5% between May 2015 and June 2015, following an increase of 0.2% between April 2015 and May 2015. ... (full story)