Data from the National Statistics Office today show that in the first quarter of 2016, working-day adjusted turnover in selected services activities increased by 11.3 per cent over the corresponding period of 2015. Provisional seasonally adjusted services turnover decreased by 1.1 per cent.

When compared to the first quarter of 2015, working-day adjusted turnover went up by 11.3 per cent. Turnover increased in all sectors, namely motor trade (27.8 per cent), accommodation and food service activities (19.7 per cent), wholesale trade (16.6 per cent), administrative and support service activities (14.2 per cent), real estate activities (11.2 per cent), transportation and storage (7.3 per cent), professional, scientific and technical activities (5.4 per cent), retail trade (4.0 per cent) and information and communication (1.3 per cent).

Employment, gross wages and salaries and hours worked increased by 4.9, 8.8 and 6.6 per cent respectively over the comparative quarter of 2015.

When compared to the previous quarter, seasonally adjusted turnover in the first quarter of 2016 decreased by 1.1 per cent. Decreases were registered in real estate activities (24.7 per cent), information and communication (13.8 per cent), wholesale trade (2.5 per cent) and transportation and storage (1.5 per cent).

Increases were registered in motor trade (8.4 per cent), professional, scientific and technical activities (6.1 per cent), administrative and support service activities (5.1 per cent), accommodation and food service activities (1.1 per cent) and retail trade (0.6 per cent).

Seasonally adjusted employment, gross wages and salaries and hours worked increased by 0.7, 1.9 and 1.5 per cent respectively over the previous quarter.

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