Despite a fall in May, the number of businesses in services (15.6%), manufacturing (8.5%) and construction (30.5%) that reported they were not trading remained higher than usual https://t.co/jWhHue2pZm pic.twitter.com/cEhVTwWeiM

— Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) July 14, 2020

1/6 Thread on today’s UK GDP figures (just published). GDP in the three months to May fell by 19.1% and increased by 1.8% in the month of May. In context, UK economy was nearly a quarter smaller in May than Feb. pic.twitter.com/oOni9m2IdB

— Rob Kent-Smith (@Rob_KS_ONS) July 14, 2020

3/6 Most areas of manufacturing saw some growth pic.twitter.com/VK5QuoyffV

— Rob Kent-Smith (@Rob_KS_ONS) July 14, 2020

5/6 In services growth was particularly strong in the retail sector which grew 12.0%, in other areas the picture was much more muted, with a number of areas seeing further falls. pic.twitter.com/KnKiXGVJEC

— Rob Kent-Smith (@Rob_KS_ONS) July 14, 2020