Office for National Statistics (ONS)

We’ve updated our Economic activity and social change real time indicator dashboard. It provides weekly overview of the UK economy and society, based on rapid response surveys, novel data sources and innovative methods. Explore the dashboard 🔎

There were 69,895 business creations in Quarter 3 (Jul to Sept) 2026, a fall of 3.5% on Quarter 3 2025. The most significant falls came from health and social care (26.4%) and accommodation and food services (16.2%). Read the article ➡️

There were 63,035 business closures in Quarter 3 (Jul to Sept) 2026, down 1.1% on Quarter 3 2025. The most significant fall came in business administration and support services (16.7%).

💻 Livelihood insecurity, productivity and earnings 🗓️ 4 Nov, 10:10am Join Dr Nikos Tzivanakis and Rafael Carrascosa Marzo from the UCL IGP as they present their new research on how household-level insecurity shapes individual earnings and productivity

10,094 deaths were registered in England and Wales in the week ending 16 October 2026. · 9.5% lower than expected (1,060 fewer deaths) · 11.6% involved influenza or pneumonia (1,166 deaths) Updated dashboard 🔎

Provisional UK greenhouse gas emissions on a residence basis were an estimated 473 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2e) in 2025.  This was 1.0% down from 2024, and 42.4% below 1990 levels. Read more➡️

Consumer expenditure - consumption of fuels and other products by individuals in the UK, as opposed to the production of these by industry - remained the largest single contributor to UK emissions on this measure, at 26.5% of the 2025 UK total.

UK greenhouse gas emissions are reported on three bases: territorial, residence (or production) and footprint (or consumption). Find out more about the three official measures🔎

In the UK in 2025: ▪️There were an estimated 645,000 people aged 90 years or over, up 55.2% since 2005 and an increase of 3.1% since mid-2024. ▪️Of the people aged 90 years and over, 77.6% were younger than 95 years old. Read more ➡️

Between 2005 and 2025 the number of men aged 90 years or over has more than doubled, while the number of women has increased by just over one-third. Men made up 34.1% of people aged 90 years and over in 2025, and 18.8% of centenarians.

There were 16,400 centenarians (people aged 100 years and over) in the UK in 2025, up 20.2% from 13,700 in 2015. Wales had the highest rate of centenarians (26.1 per 100,000 people) in the UK, the rate of centenarians has increased in all four UK countries since mid-2024.

Retail sales volumes rose by 0.7% in the three months to September 2026 compared with the previous three months. Fuel sales rose following their poor previous quarter, whilst warm weather helped sales of food and beverages in the latest three months.

Commenting on today’s retail sales figures, ONS senior statistician Hannah Finselbach said 💬 Read the full article ➡️

We've published the latest data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, which provides critical insights about the earnings of employees in the UK. Liz McKeown & Kate Davies look at the findings & improvements made to the survey over the past year ⬇️

Latest from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026. Median pay for full-time employees was £811.20 per week in April 2026, up 5.8% on the year in nominal terms and 2.7% in real terms (adjusted for inflation using CPIH). Read more ➡️

The gender pay gap for full-time employees has continued to decline in the UK. It was 6.8 % in April 2026, down from 7.2% in April 2025. This compares with 9.4% a decade ago and 16.4% 25 years ago.

The proportion of low-paid jobs has been generally decreasing in the UK since 2013, although it increased slightly to 2.8% in April 2026, from 2.6% in April 2026. The proportion of high-paid employee jobs increased slightly to 23.7% from 23.4% in 2025.

Consumer activity was weaker in Sept 2026 than in Aug 2026: · UK retail footfall fell 1% · automotive fuel demand fell 1 percentage points (pp) · fuel prices rose 6pp · Direct Debit failure rate rose 1% Read more ➡️

In Sept 2026 compared with the previous month: · the System Average Price (SAP) of gas increased 25% · the System Price of electricity decreased 1% Both were higher than September 2025 by 137% and 100%, respectively.

In Sept 2026 the seasonally adjusted: · number of new property sales listings increased by 1% compared with Aug 2026 but decreased by 1% when compared with Sept 2025 · average time on market for property sales was 69.3 days, up 1% from Aug 2026 and 3% higher than September 2025