"Figure 11a: The final three months of 2021 saw a rise in the proportion of business reporting increases in prices of inputs bought ","" "Percentage of businesses currently trading, broken down by industry, excluding businesses with 0 to 9 employees, three-wave moving average, weighted by count, UK, 1 June 2020 to 20 Feb 2022","" "","" "Notes","1. Businesses were asked for their experiences for the reference period of each wave. However, businesses may respond from the point of completion of the questionnaire. Data are plotted in the middle of the period of each wave." "Unit","%" "","" "","Food and beverage industry","Manufacturing","Wholesale and retail trade","All businesses" "Jun-20","16.8","14.0","20.1","20.5" "Jul-20","13.5","15.4","17.0","19.1" "Jul-20","13.8","16.2","15.6","19.1" "Aug-20","14.9","17.3","16.2","18.6" "Aug-20","13.2","17.2","15.3","17.6" "Aug-20","11.1","16.3","14.8","16.2" "Sep-20","11.3","16.0","14.1","15.1" "Sep-20","11.1","17.2","14.3","14.9" "Oct-20","12.7","20.1","14.2","15.4" "Oct-20","12.6","21.4","13.9","14.9" "Nov-20","13.1","21.2","14.1","15.4" "Nov-20","15.3","22.4","16.7","15.5" "Dec-20","16.5","22.0","18.2","15.5" "Dec-20","19.3","23.0","21.5","15.7" "Jan-21","21.0","25.3","24.2","17.1" "Jan-21","22.4","31.5","27.5","18.8" "Jan-21","22.3","35.1","29.3","20.3" "Feb-21","21.8","37.5","30.1","20.8" "Feb-21","22.2","37.3","30.3","21.3" "Mar-21","20.6","38.3","30.6","21.4" "Mar-21","19.1","39.1","30.1","21.7" "Apr-21","17.8","40.5","30.1","22.3" "Apr-21","18.5","42.4","30.1","23.5" "May-21","19.7","44.6","31.3","24.9" "May-21","21.7","48.6","33.0","27.1" "Jun-21","26.1","51.4","35.0","28.6" "Jul-21","29.5","52.1","37.0","29.8" "Aug-21","34.9","52.0","39.4","31.6" "Sep-21","40.4","56.1","44.6","36.3" "Oct-21","49.0","62.4","50.0","41.9" "Nov-21","55.9","67.5","54.4","46.4" "Dec-21","59.7","67.1","53.5","46.7" "Jan-22","61.5","65.7","54.0","47.5" "Feb-22","61.5","64.4","53.3","47.2"