"Figure 2: Investment in ICT equipment and other machinery and equipment is particularly volatile relative to total business investment","" "Total business investment levels and selected components, chained volume measure, seasonally adjusted, UK, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2008 to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec) 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Q1 is Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2. Q2 is Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 3. Q3 is Quarter 3 (July to Sep) 4. Q4 is Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec)" "Unit","Index, Quarter 1 2008=100" "","" "","Business investment","ICT equipment and other machinery and equipment","Other buildings and structures","Intellectual property products" "Q1 2008","100.0","100","100","100" "Q2 2008","105.1","101.6","104.1","99.4" "Q3 2008","100.4","96.4","98.2","98.3" "Q4 2008","96.2","87.4","95.6","96" "Q1 2009","89.5","83.6","85","93.5" "Q2 2009","82.7","65.4","81.7","91.7" "Q3 2009","81.3","65.1","80.4","90.3" "Q4 2009","81.6","68.4","78.5","91.1" "Q1 2010","86.1","74.7","80.5","92.7" "Q2 2010","85.0","71.4","80.9","92.8" "Q3 2010","88.6","74.4","82.9","94" "Q4 2010","92.0","77.5","81","93.5" "Q1 2011","88.3","76.6","90.7","94.2" "Q2 2011","90.0","85","89.3","93" "Q3 2011","94.2","90.7","94","95" "Q4 2011","98.5","93.8","97.1","95.5" "Q1 2012","99.7","92.6","99.2","94.8" "Q2 2012","94.7","80.8","102.8","96" "Q3 2012","98.1","86.9","105.1","97.2" "Q4 2012","105.4","95.3","113.7","99.6" "Q1 2013","99.4","92.3","102.6","101.1" "Q2 2013","99.7","82.8","110.1","102.6" "Q3 2013","105.4","93.5","110.5","101.8" "Q4 2013","104.5","93.7","108","102.1" "Q1 2014","105.1","97.3","103.6","102.3" "Q2 2014","108.1","101.4","104.2","101.6" "Q3 2014","108.3","102.1","102.5","100.8" "Q4 2014","108.9","98.8","105.7","103.1" "Q1 2015","112.5","92.7","112.8","97" "Q2 2015","112.3","95.3","114.4","99.4" "Q3 2015","109.6","95.7","111.6","98.6" "Q4 2015","112.1","98.6","112.8","98.9" "Q1 2016","110.1","89.7","107.5","98.9" "Q2 2016","111.1","93.1","106.2","99.1" "Q3 2016","112.8","87.4","110.3","99.6" "Q4 2016","111.7","91.8","109.1","100.1" "2017 Q1","111.4","86.2","114.7","100.1" "2017 Q2","112.9","89.8","113","101.6" "2017 Q3","113.9","90.9","116.1","104.7" "2017 Q4","114.3","93.2","117.6","107" "2018 Q1","113.6","89.6","115.9","106.6" "2018 Q2","113.1","90.7","117.4","106" "2018 Q3","112.4","88.8","120.7","106.3" "2018 Q4","111.4","85","122","106"