"Figure 2: More than three quarters (77%) of businesses in the accommodation and food service activities industry reported an increase in the price of materials, goods or services bought in March 2022","" "Prices bought and sold have increased, businesses currently trading, broken down by industry, weighted by count, UK, 1 to 31 March 2022","" "","" "Notes","1. For presentational purposes, response options have been removed. 2. “Mining and quarrying” and “water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities” have been removed for disclosure purposes, but their totals are included in “All industries”. 3. From Wave 55, the question changed to ask about a specific calendar month rather than “over the last month, compared with normal price fluctuations"" in relation to the time of completion." "Unit","%" "","" "Industries","Prices bought increased","Prices sold increased" "Accommodation and food service activities","77.1","41.6" "Construction","67.1","31.6" "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles","61.3","29.4" "Manufacturing","61","32.4" "Transportation and storage","56","35.1" "Other service activities","54.6","6.5" "Administrative and support service activities","39","16.7" "Professional scientific and technical activities","34.1","14.1" "Arts entertainment and recreation","30.9","18.4" "Education","30.2","6.6" "Real estate activities","28.8","12.5" "Information and communication","27.1","11.2" "Human health and social work activities","24.6"," 8.2 " "All industries","50.1","23.5"