Really exciting addition to the data produced on rents. This thread 👇 also contains info on new autotrader data for measuring second hand car prices - also very exciting.

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Do the chart police do Christmas call-outs? 🚨🚔🚨🚔 bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

This is the first of a series of threads looking back at the UK economy in 2023. Today, my focus is on the labour market. The usual disclaimers apply… 🧵Thread. 1/

As to so-called ‘greedflation’, it is hard to find evidence in UK company data. The manufacturing net rate of return has been falling since 2018, while services profitability remains around pre-pandemic levels. #profitability #statistics 6/15 ons.gov.uk/economy/nation…

#AiGAwards WINNER! The winner of the AiG Communication Award is... The Digital content Innovation team Office for National Statistics (ONS) for their work on Census localised content. Huge congratulations to the team! 🎉🏆🌟🎉#ProudToBeAGovernmentAnalyst Anna Khoo 4/4

Congratulations to Ahmad Barclay and the ONS Innovate team! Also shout outs to Daniel Wainwright, Rob Fry and Theo Jolliffe, who were part of this work and have since left for pastures new. Really proud of all the wonderful stuff we made to give census back to the people.

This looks like a great opportunity* for making an impact on how local government operates. Also nice to see more civil service roles in "informing the public / citizens / non-data-experts" space. #dataviz *Unless you're on my team, in which case you won't like these roles 😬

This is a REALLY good tool, that busts the myth that the biggest problem facing deprived areas is that there talented young people leave. Let's take the case of Hartlepool... 🧵

🚨🗺️📊Calling all UK local data nerds… After more than a year of development, we’ve just launched #ExploreLocalStatistics, a brand new way to explore 57 datasets from across government right down to a local authority level! …lore-local-statistics.beta.ons.gov.uk 🧵1/5

We’ve launched our new Explore local statistics service allowing you to easily find and understand the data in your area 🔎 With up to 57 indicators to choose from, you can compare and visualise statistics about places in the UK. ➡️ …lore-local-statistics.beta.ons.gov.uk

Behold, a new addition to our #milestones series, exploring the ages at which people tend to have experienced key life events like starting work, having children and getting married 💼🐣💍 ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

Come and work with us! Happy to field questions.

Never even liked tennis anyway.

We're hiring for a couple of data vis roles at ONS. Come and join the team! civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi?…

Today sees the launch of a preview of our first transformed website content - a new look Retail Sales release. Help us gather early and valuable insight into the new design, navigation, and approach to content. This will shape how we move forward ⬇️ nwp-prototype.ons.gov.uk

Tell us what you think!

We're doing some web/content development work at ONS. The goal is to improve the site for those who use it. If that's you (or if it could be you) please have a look at this very early preview and leave your thoughts on the survey that pops up on it. nwp-prototype.ons.gov.uk

We're hiring for a data journalist role Office for National Statistics (ONS) Closes on the 28th. Very happy to field questions! civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi?…

📈📉We've just published a nifty new #ONS tool that allows you to see how different factors affect population projections! Adjust life expectancy, fertility rate and net migration to see how they affect estimates... (hats off to Sam Bennett for this one!)