In the three months to January 2018, services output increased by 0.6% compared with the three months ending October 2017; this is the strongest growth since the three months ending December 2016.
Architectural and engineering activities made the largest contribution to the three-month on three-month growth, contributing 0.08 percentage points.
In the three months to January 2018, services output increased by 1.3% compared with the three months ending January 2017.
The Index of Services increased by 0.2% between December 2017 and January 2018.