| ABI |
Annual Business Inquiry |
| ADR |
Adult/Older Workers’ Development Rate |
| AEI |
Average Earnings Index |
| ARD |
Annual Respondents Database |
| ASHE |
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings |
| AWB |
Agricultural Wages Board |
| BHA |
British Hospitality Association |
| BATC |
British Apparel and Textile Confederation |
| BHPS |
British Household Panel Survey |
| BRC |
British Retail Consortium |
| BSA |
Business Services Association |
| CBI |
Confederation of British Industry |
| CCPR |
Central Council of Physical Recreation |
| CIPD |
Chartered Institute of Personnel Development |
| CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
| CSSA |
Cleaning and Support Services Association |
| Defra |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| DfES |
Department for Education and Skills |
| DRC |
Disability Rights Commission |
| DTI |
Department of Trade and Industry |
| ES |
Enterprise Survey |
| EU |
European Union |
| FAME |
Financial Analysis Made Easy |
| FSB |
Federation of Small Businesses |
| FTE |
Full-time Education |
| GB |
Great Britain |
| GCSE |
General Certificate of Secondary Education |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GMLPU |
Greater Manchester Low Pay Unit |
| HEA |
Hairdressing Employers Association |
| ICON |
Independent Care Organisations Network |
| IDS |
Incomes Data Services Ltd |
| ILO |
International Labour Organisation |
| IPREM |
Indicator Público de Rentas de Efectos Multiples (or public index of various goods) |
| IR |
Inland Revenue |
| KFAT |
National Union of Knitwear, Footwear and Apparel Trades |
| LFS |
Labour Force Survey |
| LMWP |
Leicester Minimum Wage Project |
| LPC |
Low Pay Commission |
| NES |
New Earnings Survey |
| NFU |
National Farmers’ Union |
| NGH |
National Group on Homeworking |
| NHF |
National Hairdressers’ Federation |
| NHS |
National Health Service |
| NICs |
National Insurance Contributions |
| NMW |
National Minimum Wage |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| ONS |
Office for National Statistics |
| PAYE |
Pay As You Earn |
| PPP |
Purchasing Power Parity |
| QLFS |
Quarterly Labour Force Survey |
| RPI |
Retail Price Index |
| RPIX |
Retail Price Index excluding mortgage interest payments |
| SBS |
Small Business Service |
| SIC |
Standard Industrial Classification |
| SME |
Small and Medium-sized Enterprise |
| SOC |
Standard Occupational Classification |
| T&G |
Transport and General Workers Union |
| TUC |
Trades Union Congress |
| UK |
United Kingdom |
| UKHCA |
United Kingdom Home Care Association |
| US |
United States |
| Usdaw |
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers |
| VAT |
Value Added Tax |
| WRS |
Workers Registration Scheme |
| WTC |
Working Tax Credit |
| YDR |
Youth Development Rate |
