"Figure 2: Manufacturing and construction had the highest proportion of businesses expecting to restart trading in the two weeks following responding to the survey","" "Intentions to restart trading for businesses temporarily closed or paused trading, broken down by industry, UK, 4 May to 17 May 2020 ","" "","" "Notes","1. Final results, Wave 5 of the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS’) Business Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey (BICS); the percentages in this chart relate to the businesses that had temporarily closed or paused trading during this period. 2. Estimates for five industries (Other Services; Mining and Quarrying; Real Estate Activities; Water Supply, Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities; and Human Health and Social Work Activities) are not shown either for disclosure purposes or because of small sample sizes, but their totals are included in “All industries”. 3. Responses to the survey were collected up to 31 May 2020, of which 5% were received after the announcement by the UK government on 26 May that non-essential retailers in England could begin reopening from 15 June. For the 5% of businesses that replied to the survey between 27 May and 31 May 2020, the announcement may have impacted on their intentions to restart trading. Of the business responding from 27 May, 12% reported having temporarily paused trading and of those, 36% indicated they intend to restart trading in the next two to four weeks." "Unit","%" "","" "Industry","Not Sure","More than 4 weeks","2 to 4 Weeks ","Next 2 Weeks " "All Industries","45.0","30.4","9.0","15.6" "Manufacturing","35.8","12.3","16.0","35.8" "Construction","55.4","1.4","8.1","35.1" "Wholesale And Retail Trade; Repair Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles","49.4","8.8","15.3","26.5" "Professional Scientific And Technical Activities","50.0","25.0","0.0","25.0" "Transportation And Storage","50.0","25.0","6.3","18.8" "Accommodation And Food Service Activities","39.1","37.4","11.2","12.4" "Information And Communication","54.2","37.5","0.0","8.3" "Education","57.1","35.7","0.0","7.1" "Administrative And Support Service Activities","61.4","32.9","0.0","5.7" "Arts Entertainment And Recreation","45.5","47.5","3.0","4.0"