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Annual Business Inquiry in the UK

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Summary

The financial variables covered include turnover, purchases, employment costs, capital expenditure and stocks.

Description

The Annual Business Inquiry (ABI) was conducted in two parts: employment and financial information. This release deals with the financial inquiry which collects information for about two thirds of the UK economy, covering production, construction, motor trade, wholesale, retail, catering and allied trade, property and service trades; and from the 2000 inquiry agriculture (part), hunting, forestry and fishing. The financial variables covered include turnover, purchases, employment costs, capital expenditure and stocks. Approximate gross value added (GVA) is calculated as an input into the measurement of gross domestic product (GDP). The survey is replaced by the Annual Business Survey (ABS).

About this data

Data creator
Office for National Statistics
Temporal coverage
01 January 1999 to 31 December 2007
Frequency
Historical
Dataset theme
Business and economy
Restrictions for access
Access for all accredited researchers
Project approval
Projects must be accredited
Search keywords
Business Economy Employment Industry GVA Turnover

Metadata

Metadata

Dataset themeMain category for the topic of the resource
Business and economy
Dataset resource typeThe type of the dataset resource
Survey
Geographic coverageThe geographic area covered by the dataset
UK
Temporal coverageThe timeframes covered by these data
01 January 1999 to 31 December 2007
FrequencyThe frequency at which the dataset resource is published or updated
Historical
Geographic levelThe lowest level of geography covered by the dataset
Postcode
Data creatorThe name of the organisation that produced or published this resource
Office for National Statistics
Data contributorsThe name(s) of any organisation(s), other than the data supplier or provider, that have data which are included in this dataset resource
Licensing statusThe license used for making this resource available and defining how it can be used
Restricted
Disclosure controlThe standard or bespoke disclosure control rules that apply to this dataset
Bespoke disclosure rules apply
Restrictions for accessRestrictions for users and researchers accessing data in Google Cloud Platform
Access for all accredited researchers
Research outputsThe approval route researchers must take for their outputs to be published
Research outputs must be approved by the data owner
Project approvalThe project approvals needed for this resource
Projects must be accredited
Research disclaimerThe disclaimer required to be published with the outputs for this dataset
No requirements
AcronymAny other names or acronyms used to refer to the data
ABI
ProvenanceDetails of how this dataset resource came to be generated
Survey