The index of services published by the ONS shows that the services sector grew by 2.4% in December 2011 compared with December 2010. All components of the service sector index reported growth. The biggest contributors to the increase were business services and finance which grew by 2.9% and government and other services which grew by 2.3%. The sector also increased on the monthly comparison by 0.2%.
The main contributors of the five components of the business services and finance section were other professional services and real estate. All five components showed an increase. Output increased in five of the six components of the government and other services category with human health and social work activities providing the main contribution with an increase of 3.1%
The public strike on the 30 November probably has an effect on the index but it is difficult to measure the effect directly.
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