Release

Economic activity and social change in the UK, real-time indicators: 2 May 2024

Released: 2 May 2024 9:30am
Next release: 10 May 2024

Summary

Early data on the UK economy and society. These faster indicators are created using rapid response surveys, novel data sources and innovative methods. These are official statistics in development.

Publications

Data

  • Sales and jobs in small businesses

    Monthly dataset showing change in sales and jobs recorded by Xero, an online accounting software platform. This dataset is updated on a quarterly basis. These are official statistics in development. Source: Xero.

  • System Price of electricity

    Daily data showing the System Price of electricity, and rolling seven-day average, in Great Britain. These are official statistics in development. Source: Elexon.

  • System Average Price (SAP) of gas

    Daily data showing System Average Price (SAP) of gas, and rolling seven-day average, traded in Great Britain over the On-the-Day Commodity Market (OCM). These are official statistics in development. Source: National Gas Transmission.

  • Online job advert estimates

    Weekly snapshot of online job advert indices covering the UK job market. These are official statistics in development. Source: Adzuna.

  • Traffic camera activity

    Daily data showing weekday adjusted busyness indices using traffic camera data to monitor flows of cars, pedestrians, cyclists, buses and commercial vehicles for selected cities and regions of the UK. These are official statistics in development. Source: Transport for London, Transport for Greater Manchester

  • Advanced notification of potential redundancies

    Weekly data showing the number of potential redundancies from Insolvency Service HR1 forms and the number of employers proposing redundancies, Great Britain. These are official statistics in development. Source: HR1.

  • Daily UK flights

    Daily data showing UK flight numbers and rolling seven-day average, including flights to, from, and within the UK. These are official statistics in development. Source: EUROCONTROL.

  • Transactions at Pret A Manger

    Weekly data showing transactions from approximately 400 Pret A Manger stores around the UK. These are official statistics in development. Source: Pret a Manger

  • UK spending on credit and debit cards

    Daily, weekly and monthly data showing seasonally adjusted and non-seasonally adjusted UK spending using debit and credit cards. These are official statistics in development. Source: CHAPS, Bank of England.

  • Company incorporations, voluntary dissolutions and compulsory dissolutions

    Weekly data showing the number of Companies House incorporations, voluntary dissolutions accepted, and companies placed into compulsory dissolution in the UK. These are official statistics in development. Source: Companies House.

Contact details

Name

Real Time Indicators team

Email

realtime.indicators@ons.gov.uk

Phone