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UK Index of Services, September 2015
The Index of Services is estimated to have increased by 2.7% in September 2015 compared with September 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 1.2 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 0.4% between August 2015 and September 2015, following flat growth between July ... (full story)