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Economy and public finances

Business investment

Improving
£326.7billion invested by businesses in the year to 2026 Q2, after inflation

+3.7% on the year before; +9.7% compared with 2019

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What it means: what businesses spend on buildings, machinery, vehicles, computers and software, and research. It is a sign of confidence and drives future productivity. The chart shows each quarter in today’s prices. A change of 2% or more over a year counts.

Source: ONS, business investment, series NPEL.