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Business Insights and Conditions Survey in the UK

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Summary

Business Insights and Conditions Survey is a fortnightly survey collecting data on the impact of challenges faced by economy and other events on UK businesses.

Description

The dataset contains individual business returns to the Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) collecting real-time information on the impact of challenges facing the economy and other events on UK businesses, such as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the end of the EU transition period. BICS is a voluntary fortnightly survey, where each wave of data covers a period of two weeks capturing business views on impact on turnover, workforce prices, trade and business resilience. The questions can change from wave to wave, so comparison and routing of the questions needs to be monitored closely. Coverage is also varied, so the number of responses and response rates should be carefully considered in any analysis.

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About this data

Data creator
Office for National Statistics
Temporal coverage
01 March 2020 to 31 January 2024
Frequency
Bimonthly
Dataset theme
Business and economy
Restrictions for access
Access for all accredited researchers
Project approval
Projects must be accredited and have approval from the data owner
Search keywords
Business Brexit COVID-19 Economy Turnover ADR World of Work Health and well-being

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 March 2020 to 31 January 2024
FrequencyThe frequency at which the dataset resource is published or updated
Bimonthly
Geographic levelThe lowest level of geography covered by the dataset
Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, Level 1
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
Standard 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 and have approval from the data owner
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
BICS
ProvenanceDetails of how this dataset resource came to be generated
Business Insights and Conditions Survey