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UK real-time indicators from government data (ONS): HR1 potential redundancies, Energy Performance Certificates, VAT flash diffusion indices release schedule and API

ONS. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0 (HR1 data: Insolvency Service; EPC data: MHCLG; VAT data: HMRC). Licence: OGL-UK-3.0.

Next releases

ReleaseUTCAgency local time
Real-time indicators09:30 local (UTCZ)
Real-time indicators09:30 local (UTCZ)
Real-time indicators09:30 local (UTCZ)
Real-time indicators09:30 local (UTCZ)
Real-time indicators09:30 local (UTCZ)

From the agency's own calendar, as of 2026-11-13. Reschedules and cancellations are in the API.

How fast it reaches the API

ReleaseMeasuredMedianFastestSlowestMissed
UK real-time indicators from government data (ONS): HR1 potential redundancies, Energy Performance Certificates, VAT flash diffusion indices188 s88 s88 s1

Time from the agency publishing to the data being on our feed, for releases caught live in the last 30 days. Every release counts, including slow ones and misses.

Get it by API

Series ids: GB.HR1_REDUNDANCIES.TOTAL.NSA, GB.HR1_EMPLOYERS.TOTAL.NSA.

# pip install econfeed-client
from econfeed_client import Client

ef = Client()  # ECONFEED_API_KEY from the environment
for e in ef.calendar(days=90, source="uk_ons_rti"):
    print(e.scheduled_at, e.release_name, e.reference_period)

# add as_of= for what was known then
page = ef.observations("GB.HR1_REDUNDANCIES.TOTAL.NSA", start="2024-01")

# pushed seconds after release
for ev in ef.stream(sources=["uk_ons_rti"]):
    print(ev.type, ev.data.release_id)

REST: GET /v1/calendar?source=uk_ons_rti, GET /v1/series/GB.HR1_REDUNDANCIES.TOTAL.NSA/observations. Webhooks: filter on source uk_ons_rti.