"Figure 3: Average levels of investment in transport equipment during the coronavirus pandemic are lower than pre-pandemic periods ","" "UK business investment, chained volume measure, seasonally adjusted, Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 1997 to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2021 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Q1 refers to Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar), Q2 refers to Quarter 2 (Apr to June), Q3 refers to Quarter 3 (July to Sept) and Q4 refers to Quarter 4 (Oct to Dec). " "Unit","£ " "","" "","Transportation and Storage Investment Levels","Pre- 2008 economic downturn","Post- 2008 economic downturn","Post-EU Referendum","Coronavirus Pandemic" "1997Q1","3398","4056.644444","","","" "1997Q2","3453","4056.644444","","","" "1997Q3","3683","4056.644444","","","" "1997Q4","3527","4056.644444","","","" "1998Q1","4217","4056.644444","","","" "1998Q2","3754","4056.644444","","","" "1998Q3","3625","4056.644444","","","" "1998Q4","4041","4056.644444","","","" "1999Q1","4203","4056.644444","","","" "1999Q2","3721","4056.644444","","","" "1999Q3","3966","4056.644444","","","" "1999Q4","4097","4056.644444","","","" "2000Q1","3381","4056.644444","","","" "2000Q2","3478","4056.644444","","","" "2000Q3","3314","4056.644444","","","" "2000Q4","3821","4056.644444","","","" "2001Q1","3413","4056.644444","","","" "2001Q2","4782","4056.644444","","","" "2001Q3","4386","4056.644444","","","" "2001Q4","3766","4056.644444","","","" "2002Q1","4029","4056.644444","","","" "2002Q2","4676","4056.644444","","","" "2002Q3","4585","4056.644444","","","" "2002Q4","4681","4056.644444","","","" "2003Q1","4436","4056.644444","","","" "2003Q2","3756","4056.644444","","","" "2003Q3","4320","4056.644444","","","" "2003Q4","4079","4056.644444","","","" "2004Q1","3957","4056.644444","","","" "2004Q2","4035","4056.644444","","","" "2004Q3","3881","4056.644444","","","" "2004Q4","3762","4056.644444","","","" "2005Q1","3655","4056.644444","","","" "2005Q2","3656","4056.644444","","","" "2005Q3","3824","4056.644444","","","" "2005Q4","4127","4056.644444","","","" "2006Q1","4643","4056.644444","","","" "2006Q2","3785","4056.644444","","","" "2006Q3","4823","4056.644444","","","" "2006Q4","4885","4056.644444","","","" "2007Q1","4857","4056.644444","","","" "2007Q2","4790","4056.644444","","","" "2007Q3","4736","4056.644444","","","" "2007Q4","4367","4056.644444","","","" "2008Q1","4178","4056.644444","","","" "2008Q2","4282","","4470.606061","","" "2008Q3","4390","","4470.606061","","" "2008Q4","4435","","4470.606061","","" "2009Q1","3575","","4470.606061","","" "2009Q2","4172","","4470.606061","","" "2009Q3","4148","","4470.606061","","" "2009Q4","3898","","4470.606061","","" "2010Q1","4154","","4470.606061","","" "2010Q2","3767","","4470.606061","","" "2010Q3","4498","","4470.606061","","" "2010Q4","6716","","4470.606061","","" "2011Q1","3286","","4470.606061","","" "2011Q2","3256","","4470.606061","","" "2011Q3","3860","","4470.606061","","" "2011Q4","4590","","4470.606061","","" "2012Q1","4830","","4470.606061","","" "2012Q2","2581","","4470.606061","","" "2012Q3","3108","","4470.606061","","" "2012Q4","3607","","4470.606061","","" "2013Q1","2352","","4470.606061","","" "2013Q2","2643","","4470.606061","","" "2013Q3","3765","","4470.606061","","" "2013Q4","4061","","4470.606061","","" "2014Q1","3913","","4470.606061","","" "2014Q2","4672","","4470.606061","","" "2014Q3","4886","","4470.606061","","" "2014Q4","5088","","4470.606061","","" "2015Q1","7159","","4470.606061","","" "2015Q2","5573","","4470.606061","","" "2015Q3","5267","","4470.606061","","" "2015Q4","6711","","4470.606061","","" "2016Q1","7298","","4470.606061","","" "2016Q2","6989","","4470.606061","","" "2016Q3","7856","","","5808.142857","" "2016Q4","5752","","","5808.142857","" "2017Q1","7048","","","5808.142857","" "2017Q2","7797","","","5808.142857","" "2017Q3","6994","","","5808.142857","" "2017Q4","6223","","","5808.142857","" "2018Q1","4611","","","5808.142857","" "2018Q2","3644","","","5808.142857","" "2018Q3","5682","","","5808.142857","" "2018Q4","6405","","","5808.142857","" "2019Q1","4043","","","5808.142857","" "2019Q2","4614","","","5808.142857","" "2019Q3","5608","","","5808.142857","" "2019Q4","5037","","","5808.142857","" "2020Q1","4630","","","","3329.428571" "2020Q2","2097","","","","3329.428571" "2020Q3","3833","","","","3329.428571" "2020Q4","3962","","","","3329.428571" "2021Q1","2463","","","","3329.428571" "2021Q2","4112","","","","3329.428571" "2021Q3","2209","","","","3329.428571"