Introduction

About the new journal

Launching in January 2007 and an essential resource for all users of UK economic and labour market statistics, Economic & Labour Market Review (ELMR) draws together the expert research and analysis and range of content found in Economic Trends and Labour Market Trends to build an up-to-date, comprehensive and unique statistical picture of the UK economy and labour market.

With impartial commentary and analysis and intelligently illustrated with tables, charts and diagrams, ELMR provides readers with an independent, cohesive view of the state of the economy, including the labour market, and gives them an insight into how the statistics behind the analysis are produced and interpreted.

Bringing statistics to life through news, reviews and features, ELMR uses clear, concise language to make complex, technical issues engaging and easy to understand. It unpicks difficult statistical concepts and, in a regular special article, gives clear, easy-to-follow explanations of the methodologies used by the producers of official statistics. It assesses the impact of new statistical methodologies and highlights the benefits to users of newly released or improved official statistics.

ELMR provides existing readers of Economic Trends and Labour Market Trends with a broader range of statistics, commentary and analysis from which they can draw a fuller, more comprehensive picture of the UK economy and labour market.

Subscribers to Economic Trends and Labour Market Trends

Current subscribers to Economic Trends and Labour Market Trends will begin to receive issues of ELMR in place of ET and LMT in January 2007. There will be no interruption to your subscription.

If you have queries at all regarding your subscriptions to Economic Trends and Labour Market Trends and their transfer to ELMR, please contact our dedicated ONS helpline on 01256 302611 or email ons@palgrave.com.

United Kingdom Economic Accounts

Currently available as a quarterly supplement to Economic Trends, from January 2007 United Kingdom Economic Accounts (UKEA) will be made available via an annual subscription. The last issue to be included with a subscription to Economic Trends will be No 55, publishing in October 2006.

To ensure we continue to supply UKEA without interruption, all current Economic Trends subscribers will receive a renewal invoice for UKEA later this year.

For more details, visit the UKEA website.

Economic Trends Annual Supplement

The last issue of the Economic Trends Annual Supplement will be the 2006 edition, No 32.