"Figure 2: Net Rate of Return of Manufacturing and Services Companies, Q1 1997 to Q2 2014","" "UK","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","%" "","" "","Manufacturing","Services" "Q1 1997","13.2","13.5" "Q2 1997","13.9","14.1" "Q3 1997","14.9","15.1" "Q4 1997","14.2","14.3" "Q1 1998","12.2","13.0" "Q2 1998","14.3","14.1" "Q3 1998","10.3","14.3" "Q4 1998","11.2","14.6" "Q1 1999","11.9","12.0" "Q2 1999","13.0","12.3" "Q3 1999","10.0","13.5" "Q4 1999","10.2","12.9" "Q1 2000","12.6","11.3" "Q2 2000","12.0","11.8" "Q3 2000","9.7","13.0" "Q4 2000","7.2","10.5" "Q1 2001","8.1","7.7" "Q2 2001","8.6","10.5" "Q3 2001","7.4","11.3" "Q4 2001","6.6","11.3" "Q1 2002","12.0","9.6" "Q2 2002","9.5","10.9" "Q3 2002","8.0","13.0" "Q4 2002","6.3","13.1" "Q1 2003","6.7","11.6" "Q2 2003","8.2","12.9" "Q3 2003","8.2","15.3" "Q4 2003","9.6","13.3" "Q1 2004","10.5","12.5" "Q2 2004","10.6","13.5" "Q3 2004","9.9","13.9" "Q4 2004","9.1","12.4" "Q1 2005","9.1","11.1" "Q2 2005","10.1","11.8" "Q3 2005","9.4","14.0" "Q4 2005","8.3","14.4" "Q1 2006","10.3","12.7" "Q2 2006","8.8","12.2" "Q3 2006","8.4","12.9" "Q4 2006","7.4","12.8" "Q1 2007","9.7","11.6" "Q2 2007","7.7","12.7" "Q3 2007","7.9","13.2" "Q4 2007","6.9","12.6" "Q1 2008","9.4","13.2" "Q2 2008","10.3","10.9" "Q3 2008","6.4","13.0" "Q4 2008","6.4","13.3" "Q1 2009","5.7","12.7" "Q2 2009","4.6","11.5" "Q3 2009","5.2","12.4" "Q4 2009","5.2","11.8" "Q1 2010","5.7","12.7" "Q2 2010","5.6","12.2" "Q3 2010","5.6","14.1" "Q4 2010","5.6","13.4" "Q1 2011","9.2","12.9" "Q2 2011","9.5","12.7" "Q3 2011","8.0","14.2" "Q4 2011","7.6","13.4" "Q1 2012","7.3","13.9" "Q2 2012","5.9","13.8" "Q3 2012","6.1","15.5" "Q4 2012","8.7","14.3" "Q1 2013","6.2","15.1" "Q2 2013","7.6","14.9" "Q3 2013","9.2","15.7" "Q4 2013","10.2","14.0" "Q1 2014","7.7","16.5" "Q2 2014","8.1","17.2"