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Monthly Business Survey in the UK

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Summary

The survey collects retail turnover, total turnover, total import and export turnover, value of output.

Description

The Monthly Business Survey (MBS) collects turnover, new orders and employment information from UK businesses in production industries and Great Britain businesses in services industries. Monthly turnover results give an early indication of what is happening in the economy and contribute to a number of important economic measures, including the output measure of gross domestic product (GDP(O)), the Index of Production (IoP) and the Index of Services (IoS). The survey replaces other business surveys Monthly Inquiry into the Distributive and Services Sector (MIDSS) and Monthly Production Inquiry (MPI).

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About this data

Data creator
Office for National Statistics
Temporal coverage
01 January 2010 to 31 March 2022
Frequency
Monthly
Dataset theme
Business and economy
Restrictions for access
Access for all accredited researchers
Project approval
Projects must be accredited
Search keywords
Business Employment 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 2010 to 31 March 2022
FrequencyThe frequency at which the dataset resource is published or updated
Monthly
Geographic levelThe lowest level of geography covered by the dataset
Not applicable
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
No requirements
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
MBS
ProvenanceDetails of how this dataset resource came to be generated
SRS