Turnover in selected services up 6.1% over second quarter last year

In the second quarter, working-day adjusted turnover in selected services activities increased by 6.1 per cent over the corresponding period of 2014. Provisional seasonally adjusted services turnover increased by 4.8 per cent.

When compared to the second quarter of 2014, working-day adjusted turnover went up by 6.1 per cent. Turnover increased in all sectors, namely professional, scientific and technical activities (29.4 per cent), real estate activities (19.9 per cent), accommodation and food service activities (9.1 per cent), information and communication (7.7 per cent), administrative and support service activities (6.7 per cent), transportation and storage (5.5 per cent), motor trade (4.7 per cent), retail trade (3.2 per cent) and wholesale trade (2.8 per cent).

Employment, gross wages and salaries and hours worked increased by 0.8, 3.0 and 1.2 per cent respectively over the comparative quarter of 2014.

When compared to the previous quarter, seasonally adjusted turnover in the second quarter of 2015 increased by 4.8 per cent (Table 2). Increases were registered in information and communication (11.6 per cent), real estate activities (11.1 per cent), wholesale trade (7.5 per cent), professional, scientific and technical activities (7.2 per cent), administrative and support service activities (6.0 per cent), accommodation and food service activities (4.9 per cent), transportation and storage (2.7 per cent) and retail trade (1.6 per cent). A decrease of 3.8 per cent was registered in the motor trade sector.

Seasonally adjusted employment, gross wages and salaries and hours worked increased by 0.4, 0.3 and 0.4 per cent respectively over the previous quarter.