"Figure 8: Nearly one-third of businesses in the accommodation and food service activities industry reported stock levels were lower than normal for this time of year","" "Stock levels, businesses not permanently stopped trading, broken down by industry, weighted by turnover, UK, 28 June to 11 July 2021 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Final weighted results, Wave 35 of the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS’) Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS). 2. Mining and quarrying has been removed for disclosure purposes, but its total is included in “All industries”. 3. Industries will not sum to 100% as the response options “Not sure” and “Not applicable” have been removed. 4. Businesses were asked for their experiences for the reference period 28 June to 11 July 2021, however, for questions regarding the last two weeks, businesses may respond from the point of completion of the questionnaire (12 July to 25 July 2021). " "Unit","%" "","" "Industry","Stock levels are higher than normal","Stock levels have not changed","Stock levels are lower than normal" "Accommodation and food service activities","6.9","45.2","29.9" "Arts entertainment and recreation","6","32","25.8" "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles","16.1","49","20.4" "Other service activities","5.9","55.3","15" "Manufacturing","20.8","51.5","14.8" "Construction","9.1","44.4","10.2" "Education","*","31","9.8" "Real estate activities","0","16.6","7.9" "Administrative and support service activities","2.5","24.6","4.7" "Human health and social work activities","7.2","52","3.8" "Transportation and storage","1.9","34.9","3.5" "Information and communication","2.3","23","3.3" "Water supply; sewerage waste management and remediation activities","3.8","44.5","2.3" "Professional scientific and technical activities","1.7","15.6","1.6" "All industries","8.8","37.4","12.3"