Growth in business investment was slowed by Brexit and the pandemic

UK business investment index, 1997 Q1 = 100

2008 financial

crisis, UK recession

23 March

First UK lockdown

180

23 June 2016

EU membership

referendum

160

140

120

31 January 2020

UK leaves the EU

100

1997

2002

2007

2012

2017

2022

2008 financial crisis,

UK recession

23 March

First UK lockdown

180

160

140

23 June 2016

EU membership

referendum

120

31 January 2020

UK leaves the EU

100

1997

2002

2007

2012

2017

2022

Guardian graphic. Source: ONS. Business investment in the UK: October to December 2022 provisional results. Note: chained volume measure, seasonally adjusted