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Auto Trader announces data partnership with ONS
- 21/03/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) will use Auto Trader’s market pricing data to inform its inflation measurements such as the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). Prior to the partnership, official inflation in car prices was calculated by tracking a sample of about 100 different models at three different [...] -
Exported cars bring in £2.4bn
- 13/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Car exports accelerated ahead in August, in a welcome boost for UK trade figures. The collective value of exported motors soared to a record £2.4 billion during the month, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), up £600 million from July. Production among car manufacturers in the UK [...] -
UK pension savings at record high
- 03/09/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
According to the ONS, more than half (59.4%) of employees were members of a workplace pension in 2014, up from 49.8% in 2013 and the total of 46.5% in 2012, and the highest since 1997. The overall growth was driven by auto-enrolment and increases in membership of occupational defined contribution (DC), as well as [...] -
UK’s economic growth revised up
- 30/06/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The UK economy grew faster than previously estimated in the first three months of the year, according to new figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the economy grew by 0.4% in the quarter, compared with an earlier estimate of 0.3%. Growth was boosted by a better performance from the [...] -
Stolen vehicles down 70%
- 24/04/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The number of vehicles stolen in England and Wales has fallen by 70% in the past decade, according to data released today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Latest figures show 69,547 vehicles were stolen last year, compared to 231,323 in 2004. Vehicle theft fell by 1.2%, or 842 incidents, compared with [...]