UK services activity up in all sectors
29 August 2012
All areas of the UK services economy grew in February amid further rises in business activity and new orders, according to the latest purchasing managers' index (PMI) report.
The services sector business activity index - a composite indicator of sector conditions from CIPS and NTC Research in which an index of 50 indicates no change on the previous month, fell to 55.1 - from January's 55.9.
The IT and computing sector enjoyed the biggest rise in activity, although the slowdown led some services companies to make redundancies.
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