Of all deaths in the UK in week ending 17 September, 1,049 involved #COVID19, up 5.3% from the previous week.
Northern Ireland had the highest proportion of deaths involving COVID-19 at 16.8%, followed by Scotland (10.7%), Wales (9.9%) and England (7.6%) ow.ly/E4c950GhFTl
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.@transportgovuk figures show motor vehicle traffic volumes on Mon 27 Sept 2021 decreased by 6 percentage points from the previous week.
This was the lowest traffic volume on a non-Bank Holiday Monday since mid July 2021 ow.ly/sny850GjcHv
The week-on-week decrease in motor vehicle traffic was partially driven by a 6 percentage point fall in car and light commercial vehicle traffic.
Meanwhile heavy goods vehicle traffic fell by 3 percentage points ow.ly/QRqs50GjcKb
The 'transport, logistics and warehousing' category continues to see the highest volume of online job adverts relative to its Feb 2020, pre-pandemic level and is at 367% of this level in the latest week ow.ly/ovji50GjcMZ
Among tourist hotspots (the local authorities with the most travel and tourism businesses per resident population)
▪️Eden
▪️Powys
▪️and Derbyshire Dales
have all posted price rises of 10% or more in every month of 2021 so far (Jan to July) ➡️ow.ly/B1cH50GhG9k
Growth of tenant demand appears to be exceeding supply. Some landlords could be flipping second homes to holiday lets, leaving fewer lets for tenants.
This is a particular issue in tourist areas, where rates of second home ownership tend to be highest ow.ly/UVbt50GhGcK
Those working in tourist hotspots earn less on average than people who live there.
With hospitality being the largest employer, tourist hotspots were among the areas with the highest average furlough rates between June 2020 and July 2021 ow.ly/NlP950GhGh4