"Figure 1: Across all industries, 96% of responding businesses reported they were currently trading","" "Percentage of businesses, current trading status, broken down by industry, UK, 10 August to 23 August 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Final results, Wave 12 of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Business Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey (BICS) (n = 5,318). 2. Bars may not sum to 100% because of rounding, percentages less than 1% being removed for disclosure purposes, and those permanently ceased trading being removed. 3. Other services and Mining and quarrying have been removed for disclosure purposes, but their totals are included in “All Industries”. 4. Businesses were asked for their current trading status and so responses will be from the point of completion of the questionnaire (24 August to 6 September 2020). " "Unit","%" "","" "Industry","Currently trading","Temporarily closed or paused trading" "Arts Entertainment And Recreation","78.7","21.3" "Accommodation And Food Service Activities","90.9","7.6" "Education","94.7","5.3" "Information And Communication","93.6","5.2" "Administrative And Support Service Activities","94.7","4.5" "Professional Scientific And Technical Activities","94.5","3.9" "Human Health And Social Work Activities","97.1","2.1" "Construction","97.4","1.5" "Wholesale And Retail Trade","98","1.5" "Transportation And Storage","98.6","1.4" "Manufacturing","99.1","*" "Water Supply Sewerage Waste Management And Remediation Activities","98.1","0" "Real Estate Activities","100","0" "All Industries","95.6","3.6"