"Most industries have seen an increase in staff in the workplace despite renewed restrictions in autumn and winter 2020 and early 2021","" "Proportion of UK businesses working at normal place of work across a two-week period in lockdown, by industry, UK, 23 March 2020 to 21 February 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. Final unweighted results, Wave 1 to Wave 6, and final weighted results, Wave 7 to Wave 25, of the Office for National Statistics' (ONS') Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS); businesses not permanently stopped trading. Please note, businesses were asked for their experiences during a 2-week reference period, where Wave 1 reference period was 9 March to 22 March 2020. This will be different from trading status question, where Wave 1 refers to the period of completion which was 23 March to 5 April 2020.  2. Unweighted estimates from Waves 1 to 6 should be treated with caution, as results reflect the characteristics of those that responded and not necessarily the wider business population.  3. “Spring 2020 lockdown” refers to Wave 1 (trading period 23 March to 5 April 2021) of BICS when the UK was in [national lockdown](https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-address-to-the-nation-on-coronavirus-23-march-2020), this wave is unweighted and should be treated with caution when comparing with Waves 7 onwards. “Autumn and winter 2020 restrictions” refers to Wave 19 (trading period 16 to 29 November) when [England](https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-commons-statement-on-coronavirus-2-november) was already in lockdown and new restrictions were put in place for [Wales](https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-update-first-ministers-statement-tuesday-17-november-2020/), [Scotland](https://gov.wales/written-statement-coronavirus-fire-break) and [Northern Ireland](https://covid-19.hscni.net/news/covid-restrictions-in-ni/). ""Early 2021 lockdown” refers to Wave 25 (trading period 8 to 21 February 2021) when all nations had restrictions in place to varying degrees ([England](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-announces-national-lockdown), [Wales](https://gov.wales/written-statement-alert-level-four-restrictions), [Scotland](https://www.gov.scot/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-update-first-ministers-statement-monday-4-january-2021/) and [Northern Ireland](https://covid-19.hscni.net/news/covid-restrictions-in-ni/)). For more information on all waves, please see [Business Insights and impact on the UK economy](https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessservices/bulletins/businessinsightsandimpactontheukeconomy/latest).   4. Industries may not sum to 100% because of rounding and percentages less than 1% being removed for disclosure purposes.  5. Mining and quarrying was removed for disclosure purposes, but its total is included in “All industries”.   6. Businesses were asked for their experiences for the reference period. However, for questions regarding the last two weeks, businesses may respond from the point of completion of the questionnaire. " "Unit","%" "","" "","Spring 2020 lockdown","Autumn and Winter 2020 restrictions","Early 2021 lockdown " "Water Supply Sewerage Waste Management And Remediation Activities","61.8","70.0","65.5" "Human Health And Social Work Activities","59.4","73.4","72.9" "Manufacturing","58.7","72.1","68.3" "Transportation And Storage","58.1","61.9","64.6" "Wholesale And Retail Trade; Repair Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles","41.3","54.2","46.7" "Accommodation And Food Service Activities","39.1","49.4","39.6" "Construction","37.9","65.9","59.3" "Administrative And Support Service Activities","37.7","54.6","48.7" "Arts Entertainment And Recreation","17.3","25.3","18.3" "Professional Scientific And Technical Activities","13.6","23.9","22.9" "Education","11.7","49.0","19.8" "Information And Communication","10.0","15.7","10.8" "","","","" "All Industries","36.6","51.4","44.2"