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Understanding growth in small businesses: supporting data for BIS research paper 216

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9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses
Table 1	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
S3/S4. Number of employees - banded	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	601	279	322	137	190	158	116	43	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	448	153	340	261	153	187	166	90	76	414	55	222	379	561	40	310	291	322	279
Weighted Bases	601	389	212	124	192	151	134	43	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	442	159	325	276	146	178	152	78	74	431	50	212	389	558	43	292	309	324	277
10-19 people?	389	389	0	79	132	100	79	27	66	93	197	70	141	160	175	111	77	280	109	195	194	83	112	89	42	48	291	30	130	260	355	35	166	223	218	172
Not set	65%	100%	0%	64%	69%	66%	59%	63%	68%	63%	65%	71%	65%	63%	61%	70%	67%	63%	69%	60%	70%	57%	63%	59%	53%	64%	68%	59%	61%	67%	64%	80%	57%	72%	67%	62%
20-55 people?	212	0	212	45	60	51	56	16	32	54	104	29	76	94	110	48	37	162	50	129	83	63	66	63	36	27	139	21	82	130	203	9	126	86	106	106
Not set	35%	0%	100%	36%	31%	34%	41%	37%	32%	37%	35%	29%	35%	37%	39%	30%	33%	37%	31%	40%	30%	43%	37%	41%	47%	36%	32%	41%	39%	33%	36%	20%	43%	28%	33%	38%
Base for stats	598	388	210	124	190	151	134	43	98	147	298	100	217	254	285	159	114	439	159	324	274	146	178	152	78	74	428	50	211	387	555	43	292	306	324	274
Mean	19.08	13.04	30.21	20.38	18.02	18.78	19.72	19.89	19.63	19.54	18.5	18.41	18.3	19.91	20.43	17.51	17.8	19.63	17.56	20.4	17.51	21.09	19.83	20.67	21.91	19.37	18.4	20.97	20.23	18.45	19.42	14.64	21.28	16.98	18.82	19.38
Standard error	0.4	0.17	0.48	0.96	0.67	0.73	0.96	1.63	1.09	0.85	0.53	0.93	0.62	0.66	0.62	0.73	0.79	0.49	0.69	0.59	0.53	0.88	0.78	0.84	1.15	1.23	0.46	1.51	0.73	0.48	0.43	0.96	0.63	0.47	0.56	0.59
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 2	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	601	279	322	137	190	158	116	43	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	448	153	340	261	153	187	166	90	76	414	55	222	379	561	40	310	291	322	279
Weighted Bases	601	389	212	124	192	151	134	43	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	442	159	325	276	146	178	152	78	74	431	50	212	389	558	43	292	309	324	277
ABCDEF (Primary/production)	124	79	45	124	0	0	0	3	11	31	75	23	45	53	55	44	22	86	38	75	49	30	45	50	28	23	72	20	42	81	114	10	63	60	85	39
Not set	21%	20%	21%	100%	0%	0%	0%	7%	11%	21%	25%	23%	21%	21%	19%	28%	19%	19%	24%	23%	18%	21%	25%	33%	35%	30%	17%	39%	20%	21%	20%	22%	22%	20%	26%	14%
GHI (Retail, transport, food etc.)	192	132	60	0	192	0	0	17	29	44	97	20	82	77	87	48	41	136	56	114	78	53	61	41	18	23	145	16	66	126	171	21	71	121	136	56
Not set	32%	34%	28%	0%	100%	0%	0%	40%	30%	30%	32%	20%	38%	30%	31%	30%	36%	31%	35%	35%	28%	36%	34%	27%	23%	31%	34%	31%	31%	32%	31%	49%	24%	39%	42%	20%
JKLMN (Business services)	151	100	51	0	0	151	0	16	32	37	65	35	35	75	89	31	24	124	27	79	72	28	51	46	28	17	100	9	64	87	145	6	92	59	52	99
Not set	25%	26%	24%	0%	0%	100%	0%	38%	32%	25%	22%	35%	16%	29%	31%	19%	21%	28%	17%	24%	26%	19%	29%	30%	36%	23%	23%	17%	30%	22%	26%	14%	31%	19%	16%	36%
PQRS (Other services)	134	79	56	0	0	0	134	7	26	35	64	23	55	50	54	37	28	95	39	57	77	35	22	15	4	11	113	7	39	95	128	6	67	67	51	83
Not set	22%	20%	26%	0%	0%	0%	100%	15%	27%	24%	21%	23%	25%	20%	19%	23%	24%	22%	25%	18%	28%	24%	12%	10%	5%	15%	26%	13%	19%	24%	23%	15%	23%	22%	16%	30%
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 3	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
A1. And can I check, including you, how many other people are owners, partners or proprietors in the business?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	601	279	322	137	190	158	116	43	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	448	153	340	261	153	187	166	90	76	414	55	222	379	561	40	310	291	322	279
Weighted Bases	601	389	212	124	192	151	134	43	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	442	159	325	276	146	178	152	78	74	431	50	212	389	558	43	292	309	324	277
1	215	142	73	34	68	53	60	8	33	57	112	35	91	84	104	61	43	151	64	119	96	54	65	48	27	21	163	20	68	147	200	15	102	113	101	114
Not set	36%	36%	35%	27%	36%	35%	45%	18%	34%	39%	37%	35%	42%	33%	36%	38%	38%	34%	40%	37%	35%	37%	36%	32%	34%	29%	38%	39%	32%	38%	36%	34%	35%	37%	31%	41%
2	206	142	63	51	68	48	39	20	37	59	86	31	72	86	106	45	36	150	55	115	91	52	63	51	25	26	149	15	73	133	194	12	101	105	134	71
Not set	34%	37%	30%	41%	35%	32%	29%	48%	37%	40%	29%	31%	33%	34%	37%	28%	31%	34%	35%	35%	33%	35%	35%	33%	32%	35%	35%	29%	34%	34%	35%	27%	35%	34%	41%	26%
03-May	133	78	55	36	47	35	15	10	19	29	74	28	39	63	60	41	25	104	29	74	60	31	42	43	22	20	87	11	54	79	118	16	64	69	80	53
Not set	22%	20%	26%	29%	25%	23%	11%	23%	19%	19%	25%	28%	18%	25%	21%	26%	22%	24%	18%	23%	22%	21%	24%	28%	29%	28%	20%	22%	26%	20%	21%	36%	22%	22%	25%	19%
6+	38	22	16	2	7	11	18	3	7	2	24	5	14	19	13	12	9	28	10	15	23	7	7	9	3	6	27	4	13	25	38	1	21	17	8	31
Not set	6%	6%	7%	2%	4%	7%	13%	7%	7%	1%	8%	5%	6%	7%	4%	8%	8%	6%	6%	5%	8%	5%	4%	6%	3%	9%	6%	8%	6%	6%	7%	1%	7%	6%	2%	11%
Don't Know	9	4	4	1	1	4	2	2	2	1	4	1	1	4	3	0	1	8	1	3	6	2	1	1	1	0	4	1	3	6	8	1	4	4	1	8
Not set	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	3%	2%	4%	2%	1%	1%	1%	*%	2%	1%	0%	1%	2%	*%	1%	2%	1%	*%	1%	1%	0%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	3%
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 4	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
A2/A2a. Years trading - banded	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	601	279	322	137	190	158	116	43	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	448	153	340	261	153	187	166	90	76	414	55	222	379	561	40	310	291	322	279
Weighted Bases	601	389	212	124	192	151	134	43	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	442	159	325	276	146	178	152	78	74	431	50	212	389	558	43	292	309	324	277
Less than one year	4	3	1	0	0	3	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	4	4	0	2	2	2	3
Not set	1%	1%	1%	0%	0%	2%	1%	10%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	1%	0%	3%	*%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	*%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	*%	1%
1 - 2 years	16	9	7	1	10	2	3	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	4	11	5	2	10	4	4	1	11	1	8	9	16	1	6	11	9	8
Not set	3%	2%	3%	1%	5%	1%	2%	39%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	3%	2%	4%	2%	1%	6%	3%	5%	1%	3%	3%	4%	2%	3%	1%	2%	3%	3%	3%
3 - 4 years	22	14	8	2	7	11	2	22	0	0	0	4	5	13	14	4	3	21	1	15	7	5	10	6	3	2	16	2	13	9	20	2	13	9	9	13
Not set	4%	4%	4%	1%	4%	7%	1%	51%	0%	0%	0%	4%	2%	5%	5%	2%	3%	5%	1%	5%	3%	3%	6%	4%	4%	3%	4%	5%	6%	2%	4%	4%	4%	3%	3%	5%
5 – 10 years	99	66	32	11	30	32	26	0	98	0	1	10	34	54	65	18	13	83	15	57	41	23	34	27	15	12	65	10	37	61	93	5	51	48	53	46
Not set	16%	17%	15%	9%	16%	21%	19%	0%	100%	0%	*%	10%	15%	21%	23%	11%	12%	19%	10%	18%	15%	16%	19%	18%	20%	16%	15%	19%	18%	16%	17%	13%	17%	15%	16%	16%
11 – 20 years	147	93	54	31	44	37	35	0	0	147	0	32	48	67	81	37	29	112	35	81	66	47	34	33	22	11	109	10	58	89	135	12	70	77	74	73
Not set	24%	24%	25%	25%	23%	25%	26%	0%	0%	100%	0%	32%	22%	26%	28%	23%	25%	25%	22%	25%	24%	32%	19%	22%	28%	15%	25%	20%	28%	23%	24%	27%	24%	25%	23%	26%
More than 20 years	311	202	109	78	100	66	67	0	0	0	300	54	131	121	125	101	69	207	104	156	155	66	90	82	33	48	224	27	95	216	287	24	150	161	177	134
Not set	52%	52%	51%	63%	52%	44%	50%	0%	0%	0%	100%	54%	60%	47%	44%	63%	61%	47%	65%	48%	56%	45%	51%	54%	43%	65%	52%	54%	45%	55%	51%	55%	51%	52%	55%	48%
Don’t know / refused	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	1
Not set	*%	*%	*%	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%
Base for stats	588	383	205	120	186	150	131	43	98	147	300	100	210	250	279	155	113	430	157	321	267	144	176	149	78	71	421	48	207	380	544	43	286	302	318	269
Mean	28.02	27.5	28.97	31.05	30.55	24.14	26.1	2.39	7.66	15.75	44.32	31.54	31.39	25.5	24.38	30.8	36.18	25.15	35.85	26.48	29.86	28.27	25.01	24.41	21.47	27.66	29.8	26.9	24.72	29.81	27.72	31.76	26.81	29.16	27.84	28.23
Standard error	1.07	1.44	1.67	1.9	2.21	1.97	2.28	0.21	0.18	0.28	1.58	2.66	1.85	1.52	1.39	2.05	2.79	1.14	2.43	1.41	1.64	2.35	1.7	1.42	1.77	2.24	1.41	3.29	1.51	1.44	1.11	4.08	1.36	1.66	1.34	1.72
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 5	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
A3. Number of employees 2 years ago - banded	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where trading for at least 3 years	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	578	269	309	134	180	153	111	22	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	428	150	323	255	147	176	161	86	75	397	54	214	364	539	39	301	277	311	267
Weighted Bases	578	375	203	122	181	146	130	22	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	423	156	308	270	140	168	148	74	74	413	49	203	375	536	43	284	294	313	265
Zero	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	1
Not set	*%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%	0%	6%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	1%	*%	1%	0%	*%	1%	*%	*%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	2%	1%	0%	*%	0%	1%	0%	*%	*%
01-Apr	8	7	1	1	1	5	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	8	7	0	1	7	1	5	3	0	5	2	2	0	6	1	5	3	8	0	4	4	3	4
Not set	1%	2%	*%	1%	1%	4%	0%	17%	4%	0%	0%	0%	0%	3%	3%	0%	*%	2%	*%	2%	1%	0%	3%	1%	2%	0%	2%	1%	2%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	2%
05-Sep	77	75	2	10	28	21	19	4	21	16	34	0	0	77	43	23	8	58	19	45	32	23	23	23	9	15	51	5	28	49	71	6	41	36	36	41
Not set	13%	20%	1%	8%	15%	15%	14%	18%	21%	11%	11%	0%	0%	30%	15%	15%	7%	14%	12%	15%	12%	16%	13%	16%	12%	20%	12%	10%	14%	13%	13%	15%	15%	12%	11%	16%
Oct-19	273	250	23	62	86	65	61	6	45	74	145	35	140	99	138	81	50	197	77	129	145	60	69	57	29	28	210	20	92	182	249	24	116	157	163	111
Not set	47%	67%	11%	51%	47%	45%	47%	28%	46%	50%	48%	35%	64%	39%	48%	51%	44%	46%	49%	42%	54%	43%	41%	38%	39%	38%	51%	41%	45%	48%	47%	57%	41%	53%	52%	42%
20-49	188	29	158	41	55	48	43	5	24	52	103	52	71	64	88	50	47	136	52	113	75	52	61	59	31	28	125	18	67	121	176	12	107	81	97	91
Not set	32%	8%	78%	34%	31%	33%	33%	24%	24%	36%	34%	52%	33%	25%	31%	32%	41%	32%	33%	37%	28%	37%	36%	40%	42%	38%	30%	37%	33%	32%	33%	27%	38%	28%	31%	34%
50-249	6	0	6	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	4	6	0	0	2	1	3	5	1	4	2	2	2	3	2	1	3	1	3	3	6	0	4	2	3	3
Not set	1%	0%	3%	2%	1%	1%	0%	0%	1%	*%	1%	6%	0%	0%	1%	*%	3%	1%	*%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	3%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%
Don't know	23	11	13	4	9	4	7	2	3	4	13	7	7	5	5	3	6	18	6	11	13	2	8	4	2	2	16	3	7	17	23	1	10	14	9	14
Not set	4%	3%	6%	3%	5%	3%	6%	7%	3%	3%	4%	7%	3%	2%	2%	2%	5%	4%	4%	3%	5%	2%	5%	3%	2%	3%	4%	7%	3%	4%	4%	1%	3%	5%	3%	5%
Base for stats	555	365	190	118	172	142	122	20	95	143	287	93	211	250	280	156	109	405	150	298	257	138	159	144	72	71	397	46	197	358	513	42	274	281	303	251
Mean	17.75	12.38	28.03	18.66	16.92	17.96	17.78	12.75	16.09	18.47	18.26	24.97	18.1	14.73	17.49	16.89	20.06	17.96	17.18	18.63	16.73	18.71	18.56	19.74	20.37	19.11	17.08	18.49	18.05	17.58	17.98	14.97	19.24	16.29	17.73	17.77
Standard error	0.46	0.3	0.69	0.94	0.72	1.1	0.94	2.05	1.22	0.83	0.65	1.59	0.63	0.56	0.69	0.75	1.07	0.57	0.74	0.64	0.66	0.88	0.91	1.11	1.51	1.65	0.48	1.51	0.82	0.55	0.49	1.18	0.74	0.53	0.6	0.72
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 6	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
A3a. Whether more or less employees than 2 years ago	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where trading for at least 3 years	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	578	269	309	134	180	153	111	22	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	428	150	323	255	147	176	161	86	75	397	54	214	364	539	39	301	277	311	267
Weighted Bases	578	375	203	122	181	146	130	22	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	423	156	308	270	140	168	148	74	74	413	49	203	375	536	43	284	294	313	265
More than now	100	70	29	23	20	35	23	4	10	32	54	100	0	0	26	25	45	69	31	52	48	20	32	28	15	12	70	9	34	66	89	11	49	51	49	51
Not set	17%	19%	14%	19%	11%	24%	18%	17%	10%	22%	18%	100%	0%	0%	9%	16%	40%	16%	20%	17%	18%	14%	19%	19%	20%	17%	17%	19%	17%	17%	17%	26%	17%	17%	16%	19%
Less than now	255	160	94	53	77	75	50	13	54	67	116	0	0	255	175	55	18	208	47	158	97	79	80	73	38	35	173	28	107	147	245	10	150	105	132	123
Not set	44%	43%	47%	43%	42%	51%	39%	60%	55%	45%	39%	0%	0%	100%	61%	34%	16%	49%	30%	51%	36%	56%	47%	49%	52%	47%	42%	57%	53%	39%	46%	23%	53%	36%	42%	46%
About the same as now	217	141	76	45	82	35	55	5	33	48	125	0	217	0	83	79	50	143	74	93	124	41	53	46	20	27	165	12	61	156	196	21	83	134	130	87
Not set	38%	38%	38%	37%	45%	24%	42%	23%	34%	33%	42%	0%	100%	0%	29%	50%	43%	34%	48%	30%	46%	29%	31%	31%	26%	36%	40%	24%	30%	42%	37%	50%	29%	46%	42%	33%
Don't know	7	4	3	1	3	1	2	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	4	5	2	1	4	1	1	0	5	0	1	6	6	1	2	4	2	5
Not set	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	0%	2%	0%	0%	0%	*%	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%	1%	1%	2%	1%	2%	0%	1%	0%	*%	2%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	2%
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 7	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
A4. Number of employees 5 years ago - banded	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where trading for at least 5 years	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No	Not set
Unweighted Bases	556	259	297	132	173	142	109	96	150	298	93	208	248	281	149	109	408	148	308	248	142	166	156	84	72	381	51	200	356	519	37	288	268	302	254	Not set
Weighted Bases	556	361	195	120	174	135	128	98	147	301	96	212	242	271	156	111	402	154	294	263	136	158	142	71	71	397	47	191	366	515	41	271	285	304	253	Not set
Zero	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	Not set
Not set	*%	*%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	1%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	3%	1%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	Not set
01-Apr	22	19	3	2	4	9	6	16	5	2	0	0	22	19	0	3	19	3	12	9	4	9	10	7	3	12	1	9	12	22	0	13	9	7	15	Not set
Not set	4%	5%	1%	2%	2%	7%	5%	16%	3%	1%	0%	0%	9%	7%	0%	3%	5%	2%	4%	4%	3%	5%	7%	9%	4%	3%	3%	5%	3%	4%	0%	5%	3%	2%	6%	Not set
05-Sep	101	99	2	13	37	31	21	25	24	50	7	23	71	56	35	7	77	24	63	38	32	31	28	11	18	71	8	39	63	94	8	46	56	57	44	Not set
Not set	18%	27%	1%	11%	21%	23%	16%	25%	16%	17%	8%	11%	29%	21%	22%	7%	19%	16%	21%	15%	23%	20%	20%	15%	25%	18%	17%	20%	17%	18%	19%	17%	20%	19%	18%	Not set
Oct-19	217	183	34	52	68	46	51	33	63	120	35	108	75	102	65	45	149	68	101	115	50	51	46	24	22	164	17	75	142	191	26	98	119	128	89	Not set
Not set	39%	51%	17%	44%	39%	34%	40%	34%	43%	40%	36%	51%	31%	38%	41%	41%	37%	44%	35%	44%	37%	32%	32%	34%	31%	41%	36%	39%	39%	37%	62%	36%	42%	42%	35%	Not set
20-49	155	33	122	34	49	40	32	16	39	97	46	61	48	64	42	48	107	48	87	68	37	51	44	21	23	108	14	48	107	148	6	83	72	87	67	Not set
Not set	28%	9%	62%	28%	28%	29%	25%	16%	27%	32%	47%	29%	20%	23%	27%	43%	27%	31%	30%	26%	27%	32%	31%	30%	32%	27%	30%	25%	29%	29%	16%	31%	25%	29%	27%	Not set
50-249	5	1	4	3	0	1	2	1	0	3	2	2	1	2	2	1	4	1	3	3	1	1	3	1	2	2	1	3	3	4	1	4	1	1	4	Not set
Not set	1%	*%	2%	3%	0%	*%	1%	1%	0%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%	2%	1%	3%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	*%	*%	2%	Not set
Don't know	55	24	31	14	16	10	16	8	17	27	7	18	24	29	11	7	46	9	27	28	12	15	11	7	4	38	4	17	39	55	1	27	28	24	31	Not set
Not set	10%	7%	16%	12%	9%	7%	12%	8%	11%	9%	7%	9%	10%	11%	7%	6%	11%	6%	9%	11%	9%	9%	8%	10%	6%	10%	9%	9%	11%	11%	1%	10%	10%	8%	12%	Not set
Base for stats	501	337	164	106	158	125	112	90	130	274	89	194	218	243	145	104	356	145	267	235	123	143	131	64	67	359	43	174	327	461	40	244	257	280	222	Not set
Mean	16.92	12.52	25.93	20.18	15.63	16.22	16.44	12.51	16.22	17.96	23.2	18.19	13.21	15.38	17.63	20.06	16.57	17.77	16.71	17.16	16.45	16.94	18.68	17	20.3	16.3	21.01	16.17	17.32	17.01	15.9	17.64	16.24	16.7	17.19	Not set
Standard error	0.61	0.76	0.78	1.92	0.73	1.06	1.21	1.2	0.88	0.67	1.43	1.15	0.68	0.71	1.58	1.02	0.62	1.49	0.66	1.09	0.94	0.93	1.7	1.42	3.14	0.56	4.37	0.85	0.82	0.64	2.07	0.79	0.94	0.62	1.14	Not set
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 8	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
A4a. Whether more or less employees than 5 years ago	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where trading for at least 5 years	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No	Not set
Unweighted Bases	556	259	297	132	173	142	109	96	150	298	93	208	248	281	149	109	408	148	308	248	142	166	156	84	72	381	51	200	356	519	37	288	268	302	254	Not set
Weighted Bases	556	361	195	120	174	135	128	98	147	301	96	212	242	271	156	111	402	154	294	263	136	158	142	71	71	397	47	191	366	515	41	271	285	304	253	Not set
More than now	117	83	34	31	30	34	22	9	29	78	71	33	13	31	32	52	81	37	58	59	23	35	34	16	18	81	11	32	86	102	15	57	61	60	57	Not set
Not set	21%	23%	17%	26%	17%	25%	17%	9%	20%	26%	73%	16%	5%	11%	20%	47%	20%	24%	20%	22%	17%	22%	24%	23%	25%	20%	24%	17%	23%	20%	37%	21%	21%	20%	23%	Not set
Less than now	307	195	112	62	93	80	71	69	93	139	21	68	218	189	81	29	239	68	186	121	90	96	86	44	43	211	29	125	181	297	10	164	143	167	140	Not set
Not set	55%	54%	57%	52%	54%	60%	55%	71%	63%	46%	22%	32%	90%	70%	52%	26%	59%	44%	63%	46%	67%	61%	61%	61%	60%	53%	62%	66%	50%	58%	25%	60%	50%	55%	55%	Not set
About the same as now	124	79	45	24	47	19	33	19	25	77	4	108	10	49	42	29	78	46	45	78	22	24	20	10	10	99	5	30	93	109	15	46	77	73	51	Not set
Not set	22%	22%	23%	20%	27%	14%	26%	19%	17%	26%	4%	51%	4%	18%	27%	26%	19%	30%	15%	30%	16%	15%	14%	14%	14%	25%	11%	16%	26%	21%	37%	17%	27%	24%	20%	Not set
Don't know	9	4	5	2	4	1	2	1	0	7	0	3	1	3	2	1	5	3	4	5	1	3	2	1	1	6	2	3	5	8	1	4	4	3	5	Not set
Not set	2%	1%	2%	2%	2%	1%	1%	1%	0%	2%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	2%	*%	2%	1%	2%	1%	1%	3%	2%	1%	2%	1%	2%	1%	1%	2%	Not set
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 9	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
A7. Did you start up this business yourself, inherit or buy it?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	601	279	322	137	190	158	116	43	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	448	153	340	261	153	187	166	90	76	414	55	222	379	561	40	310	291	322	279
Weighted Bases	601	389	212	124	192	151	134	43	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	442	159	325	276	146	178	152	78	74	431	50	212	389	558	43	292	309	324	277
Started business myself / with others	269	182	87	63	68	81	57	20	45	89	110	42	87	127	137	71	44	200	70	157	113	68	88	76	40	35	186	24	101	168	254	15	130	140	144	125
Not set	45%	47%	41%	51%	35%	54%	42%	46%	46%	61%	37%	42%	40%	50%	48%	45%	39%	45%	44%	48%	41%	47%	49%	50%	52%	48%	43%	48%	48%	43%	46%	35%	44%	45%	45%	45%
Inherited business / started by family	72	47	25	20	32	5	15	3	7	6	56	11	33	25	31	27	11	38	33	40	31	20	21	14	4	9	57	4	20	52	62	10	32	39	52	20
Not set	12%	12%	12%	16%	17%	4%	11%	6%	7%	4%	19%	11%	15%	10%	11%	17%	10%	9%	21%	12%	11%	13%	12%	9%	6%	12%	13%	7%	9%	13%	11%	22%	11%	13%	16%	7%
Bought business	140	96	45	29	58	27	27	9	31	31	64	22	63	48	63	35	31	105	36	74	67	32	42	32	16	16	107	10	43	97	130	11	66	74	82	58
Not set	23%	25%	21%	23%	30%	18%	20%	22%	31%	21%	21%	22%	29%	19%	22%	22%	27%	24%	22%	23%	24%	22%	23%	21%	21%	22%	25%	20%	21%	25%	23%	25%	23%	24%	25%	21%
None of the above	120	65	55	12	34	37	36	11	16	20	71	25	35	55	54	26	27	99	21	54	66	26	28	31	17	13	79	12	47	73	112	8	65	55	45	74
Not set	20%	17%	26%	10%	18%	25%	27%	26%	16%	13%	23%	25%	16%	22%	19%	16%	24%	22%	13%	17%	24%	18%	16%	20%	22%	18%	18%	24%	22%	19%	20%	18%	22%	18%	14%	27%
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 10	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
A9. Do you regularly use agency or temporary staff?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	601	279	322	137	190	158	116	43	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	448	153	340	261	153	187	166	90	76	414	55	222	379	561	40	310	291	322	279
Weighted Bases	601	389	212	124	192	151	134	43	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	442	159	325	276	146	178	152	78	74	431	50	212	389	558	43	292	309	324	277
Yes	105	61	44	25	28	34	18	12	20	22	49	14	35	51	54	28	18	88	17	61	44	23	38	38	19	19	60	11	49	56	102	3	67	38	51	54
Not set	17%	16%	21%	20%	14%	23%	13%	28%	21%	15%	16%	14%	16%	20%	19%	17%	15%	20%	11%	19%	16%	16%	21%	25%	24%	25%	14%	22%	23%	14%	18%	7%	23%	12%	16%	19%
No	495	329	167	98	164	116	116	31	77	125	252	86	182	204	231	132	97	354	142	264	232	123	140	114	59	55	370	39	162	333	456	40	226	270	272	223
Not set	82%	84%	79%	80%	86%	77%	87%	72%	79%	85%	84%	86%	84%	80%	81%	83%	85%	80%	89%	81%	84%	84%	79%	75%	76%	75%	86%	78%	77%	86%	82%	92%	77%	87%	84%	80%
Don't know	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1
Not set	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	1%	0%	*%	0%	*%
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 11	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
A10. Can you please tell me the approximate turnover of your business in the past 12 months?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	601	279	322	137	190	158	116	43	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	448	153	340	261	153	187	166	90	76	414	55	222	379	561	40	310	291	322	279
Weighted Bases	601	389	212	124	192	151	134	43	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	442	159	325	276	146	178	152	78	74	431	50	212	389	558	43	292	309	324	277
Less than £25,000	7	4	3	3	0	1	3	2	0	2	4	0	6	1	1	5	1	3	4	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	6	0	2	5	6	2	3	5	3	4
Not set	1%	1%	2%	2%	0%	1%	2%	4%	0%	1%	1%	0%	3%	*%	*%	3%	*%	1%	3%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	2%	0%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	4%	1%	2%	1%	2%
£50,000 to £72,999	6	6	0	0	1	3	2	2	2	0	3	0	1	3	4	0	0	3	3	0	6	0	0	1	1	0	5	0	2	4	5	1	2	4	0	6
Not set	1%	2%	0%	0%	1%	2%	1%	4%	2%	0%	1%	0%	1%	1%	2%	0%	0%	1%	2%	0%	2%	0%	0%	1%	2%	0%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	3%	1%	1%	0%	2%
£73,000 to £76,999	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	2
Not set	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	*%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	4%	0%	1%	0%	1%
£77,000 to £99,999	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	0
Not set	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	2%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	*%	0%	1%	0%	*%	0%
£100,000 to £249,999	25	21	4	0	7	3	15	1	8	6	10	3	10	12	17	3	6	14	11	11	15	7	3	3	0	3	22	0	11	14	23	3	10	15	13	12
Not set	4%	5%	2%	0%	4%	2%	11%	1%	8%	4%	3%	3%	5%	5%	6%	2%	5%	3%	7%	3%	5%	5%	2%	2%	0%	4%	5%	0%	5%	4%	4%	6%	3%	5%	4%	4%
£250,000 to £499,999	57	41	16	7	18	11	21	1	10	19	26	12	23	21	27	12	16	38	19	29	28	15	14	5	2	3	52	0	18	39	56	1	26	31	32	25
Not set	9%	11%	7%	6%	9%	7%	16%	3%	10%	13%	9%	12%	11%	8%	9%	8%	14%	9%	12%	9%	10%	10%	8%	3%	3%	4%	12%	0%	8%	10%	10%	2%	9%	10%	10%	9%
£500,000 to £999,999	105	86	19	23	33	31	18	10	15	31	47	13	46	40	51	29	18	84	21	61	44	34	26	18	7	11	86	8	40	65	100	5	43	62	61	43
Not set	17%	22%	9%	19%	17%	20%	13%	23%	16%	21%	16%	13%	21%	16%	18%	18%	15%	19%	13%	19%	16%	23%	15%	12%	9%	15%	20%	16%	19%	17%	18%	11%	15%	20%	19%	16%
£1m to £1.49m	96	70	25	24	28	27	17	9	21	16	47	12	28	53	43	33	17	74	22	56	39	24	32	24	12	12	69	9	30	65	86	9	48	48	48	47
Not set	16%	18%	12%	19%	15%	18%	13%	21%	22%	11%	16%	12%	13%	21%	15%	21%	15%	17%	14%	17%	14%	17%	18%	16%	15%	16%	16%	19%	14%	17%	16%	21%	16%	15%	15%	17%
£1.5m to £2.8m	86	44	41	26	27	24	8	5	13	25	42	15	24	44	48	17	20	64	21	55	31	17	37	35	16	19	51	14	37	49	82	4	49	37	48	37
Not set	14%	11%	20%	21%	14%	16%	6%	12%	13%	17%	14%	15%	11%	17%	17%	10%	17%	15%	13%	17%	11%	12%	21%	23%	21%	25%	12%	28%	17%	12%	15%	9%	17%	12%	15%	13%
£2.81m to £4.99m	43	16	27	13	19	8	2	2	4	6	30	9	8	22	21	14	6	31	12	31	11	16	15	21	10	11	21	8	22	21	41	2	24	19	22	20
Not set	7%	4%	13%	11%	10%	5%	2%	5%	4%	4%	10%	9%	4%	9%	7%	9%	5%	7%	8%	10%	4%	11%	9%	14%	13%	15%	5%	16%	10%	5%	7%	5%	8%	6%	7%	7%
£5m - £9.99m	26	8	18	12	5	6	2	0	2	8	15	9	4	13	18	3	5	23	3	19	7	9	9	14	10	4	12	3	13	13	25	1	19	7	14	12
Not set	4%	2%	8%	9%	3%	4%	2%	0%	2%	6%	5%	9%	2%	5%	6%	2%	4%	5%	2%	6%	3%	6%	5%	9%	13%	5%	3%	6%	6%	3%	4%	3%	7%	2%	4%	4%
£10m - £14.99m	8	4	4	1	7	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	0	7	5	2	1	7	1	3	5	0	3	5	2	3	3	3	2	6	8	0	5	3	7	1
Not set	1%	1%	2%	1%	4%	0%	0%	0%	1%	1%	2%	1%	0%	3%	2%	1%	1%	2%	*%	1%	2%	0%	1%	3%	3%	4%	1%	6%	1%	2%	1%	0%	2%	1%	2%	*%
£15m - £24.99m	4	0	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	1	2	1	1	4	1	0	4	0	4	1	1	3	3	2	1	2	0	2	2	4	0	3	1	3	1
Not set	1%	0%	2%	1%	1%	1%	0%	0%	1%	2%	*%	2%	1%	*%	1%	*%	0%	1%	0%	1%	*%	1%	1%	2%	2%	1%	*%	0%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	*%	1%	*%
£25m or more	5	2	4	0	1	3	1	0	1	2	3	1	1	4	5	0	1	5	0	2	3	1	2	2	1	1	3	1	1	4	5	0	3	2	1	5
Not set	1%	*%	2%	0%	1%	2%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	2%	2%	0%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	*%	1%	2%	2%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	*%	2%
Don't know	69	44	25	5	19	16	29	6	14	13	35	11	32	20	18	22	11	47	22	20	50	10	10	6	4	2	50	2	17	53	67	3	28	42	37	33
Not set	12%	11%	12%	4%	10%	10%	22%	13%	14%	9%	12%	11%	15%	8%	6%	14%	9%	11%	14%	6%	18%	7%	5%	4%	5%	2%	12%	4%	8%	13%	12%	6%	9%	14%	11%	12%
Refused	61	40	21	8	24	16	13	6	5	15	31	11	32	15	24	17	15	42	19	31	30	8	22	13	8	5	47	2	15	46	49	12	30	31	33	27
Not set	10%	10%	10%	6%	12%	11%	10%	13%	5%	10%	10%	11%	15%	6%	8%	11%	13%	9%	12%	9%	11%	6%	12%	9%	11%	7%	11%	4%	7%	12%	9%	28%	10%	10%	10%	10%
Base for stats	471	305	166	110	149	119	92	32	79	119	235	77	153	220	243	121	89	353	118	274	197	127	147	133	66	67	334	47	180	291	442	29	235	236	253	218
Mean	2217302.91	1501500.69	3529999.84	2312080.92	2557599.27	2478174.25	1215025.54	1113481.45	2095973.25	2480077.83	2278850.38	2901852.92	1476010.34	2572468.39	2755784.15	1575581.84	1813454.73	2520164.75	1313289.07	2319633.28	2074880.3	1921020.72	2666382.41	3487728.25	3874944.22	3110093.14	1721715.1	3188875.05	2260963.04	2190389.07	2276471.66	1312645.22	2661381.82	1774435.07	2123323.54	2326799.39
Standard error	187466.11	183789.75	349618.94	257136.27	361195.7	465300.89	336780.4	120397.11	507195.28	422784.48	256233.25	547028.34	237785.84	306386.92	319490.38	205966.97	334567.14	242067.43	144532.5	233810.69	310233.3	272869.58	366909.27	429818.14	620701.21	595487.2	191799.7	649675.25	271156.04	254040.84	198140.09	290169.01	283738.08	239100.62	211489.76	322185.38
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 12	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
A11. Comparing the situation now with two years ago in 2012, would you say the turnover of your business has increased, decreased or stayed roughly the same?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where trading for at least 3 years	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	578	269	309	134	180	153	111	22	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	428	150	323	255	147	176	161	86	75	397	54	214	364	539	39	301	277	311	267
Weighted Bases	578	375	203	122	181	146	130	22	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	423	156	308	270	140	168	148	74	74	413	49	203	375	536	43	284	294	313	265
Increased	285	175	110	55	87	89	54	14	64	81	121	26	83	175	285	0	0	234	51	169	117	74	94	79	44	35	198	23	124	161	272	14	157	128	150	135
Not set	49%	47%	54%	45%	48%	61%	42%	63%	66%	55%	40%	26%	38%	69%	100%	0%	0%	55%	33%	55%	43%	53%	56%	54%	60%	48%	48%	46%	61%	43%	51%	32%	55%	43%	48%	51%
Decreased	114	77	37	22	41	24	28	3	13	29	68	45	50	18	0	0	114	73	41	61	53	25	36	28	12	16	86	11	38	76	103	11	50	64	63	52
Not set	20%	21%	18%	18%	23%	16%	21%	13%	14%	20%	23%	45%	23%	7%	0%	0%	100%	17%	27%	20%	20%	18%	21%	19%	16%	22%	21%	22%	19%	20%	19%	26%	18%	22%	20%	19%
Roughly the same	160	111	48	44	48	31	37	4	18	37	96	25	79	55	0	160	0	101	59	73	87	41	32	40	18	22	115	15	39	121	142	18	67	93	94	66
Not set	28%	30%	24%	36%	26%	21%	29%	17%	19%	25%	32%	25%	37%	21%	0%	100%	0%	24%	38%	24%	32%	29%	19%	27%	24%	30%	28%	31%	19%	32%	27%	41%	24%	31%	30%	25%
Don't know	19	12	7	1	5	3	11	2	2	0	15	3	5	7	0	0	0	15	4	6	13	1	5	0	0	0	14	0	2	17	19	1	9	10	6	13
Not set	3%	3%	4%	1%	3%	2%	8%	7%	2%	0%	5%	3%	2%	3%	0%	0%	0%	4%	2%	2%	5%	*%	3%	0%	0%	0%	3%	0%	1%	5%	3%	1%	3%	3%	2%	5%
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 13	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
A12. Between 2009 and 2012 would you say the turnover of your business increased, decreased or stayed roughly the same?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where trading for at least 5 years	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No	Not set
Unweighted Bases	556	259	297	132	173	142	109	96	150	298	93	208	248	281	149	109	408	148	308	248	142	166	156	84	72	381	51	200	356	519	37	288	268	302	254	Not set
Weighted Bases	556	361	195	120	174	135	128	98	147	301	96	212	242	271	156	111	402	154	294	263	136	158	142	71	71	397	47	191	366	515	41	271	285	304	253	Not set
Increased	262	158	104	55	82	73	52	61	76	122	29	83	148	172	61	28	207	55	158	104	77	82	81	46	34	177	24	95	167	253	9	150	111	143	119	Not set
Not set	47%	44%	53%	46%	47%	54%	41%	62%	52%	41%	31%	39%	61%	64%	39%	26%	51%	36%	54%	39%	56%	52%	57%	65%	48%	44%	51%	50%	46%	49%	22%	55%	39%	47%	47%	Not set
Decreased	118	83	35	26	45	29	19	16	36	64	34	47	36	45	19	54	81	37	54	64	23	31	26	11	15	90	10	48	70	105	13	51	68	64	54	Not set
Not set	21%	23%	18%	21%	26%	21%	15%	16%	25%	21%	36%	22%	15%	16%	12%	48%	20%	24%	18%	24%	17%	20%	18%	16%	21%	23%	20%	25%	19%	20%	31%	19%	24%	21%	21%	Not set
Roughly the same	150	107	43	35	39	31	45	19	31	97	28	73	48	49	73	28	93	57	70	80	34	36	34	13	21	111	11	43	107	131	19	58	92	85	65	Not set
Not set	27%	30%	22%	30%	23%	23%	35%	20%	21%	32%	29%	34%	20%	18%	47%	25%	23%	37%	24%	30%	25%	23%	24%	18%	29%	28%	24%	22%	29%	25%	45%	21%	32%	28%	26%	Not set
Don't know	27	13	14	4	8	3	12	2	4	18	4	9	11	5	3	1	21	5	11	15	3	8	2	1	1	19	2	5	21	26	1	12	15	12	15	Not set
Not set	5%	4%	7%	3%	5%	2%	10%	2%	3%	6%	4%	4%	4%	2%	2%	1%	5%	3%	4%	6%	2%	5%	1%	1%	2%	5%	4%	3%	6%	5%	1%	4%	5%	4%	6%	Not set
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 14	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
A13. Taking into account all sources of income in the last financial year, did you generate a profit or surplus?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where trading for at least 1 year	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	595	276	319	136	189	155	115	39	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	442	153	335	260	149	186	166	90	76	408	55	221	374	555	40	307	288	320	275
Weighted Bases	595	385	210	123	191	148	133	38	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	435	159	320	275	142	178	152	78	74	424	50	211	384	551	43	290	305	322	273
Yes	461	294	167	98	154	124	86	27	72	120	234	69	170	210	241	134	72	335	127	259	202	115	144	122	58	65	329	41	172	290	426	35	227	234	263	198
Not set	78%	77%	79%	80%	81%	83%	65%	71%	74%	82%	78%	69%	78%	83%	85%	84%	63%	77%	79%	81%	73%	81%	81%	80%	74%	87%	78%	82%	81%	75%	77%	81%	78%	77%	82%	72%
No	100	70	29	19	27	18	36	6	21	18	53	24	37	32	35	17	40	75	25	52	48	24	27	28	19	9	72	7	31	69	93	7	47	52	44	55
Not set	17%	18%	14%	15%	14%	12%	27%	17%	21%	13%	18%	24%	17%	12%	12%	10%	35%	17%	16%	16%	17%	17%	15%	18%	24%	12%	17%	13%	15%	18%	17%	15%	16%	17%	14%	20%
Don't know	28	17	11	6	7	6	10	3	5	7	12	5	10	11	8	9	1	23	5	5	24	2	3	1	1	0	20	1	7	21	27	2	13	16	11	18
Not set	5%	4%	5%	5%	4%	4%	7%	8%	5%	5%	4%	5%	4%	4%	3%	5%	1%	5%	3%	1%	9%	1%	2%	*%	1%	0%	5%	2%	4%	5%	5%	4%	4%	5%	3%	6%
Refused	6	3	3	0	3	1	2	2	0	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	3	2	4	2	1	3	1	1	1	3	1	1	4	6	0	3	3	3	3
Not set	1%	1%	1%	0%	2%	*%	1%	5%	0%	1%	*%	2%	*%	1%	*%	*%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	3%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 15	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
A14. Can you please tell me what the approximate net profit of your business was in the last financial year?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where generated a profit	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	466	212	254	111	152	125	78	27	71	123	236	72	165	216	249	126	75	346	120	274	192	121	153	137	69	68	317	46	181	285	435	31	244	222	265	201
Weighted Bases	461	294	167	98	154	124	86	27	72	120	234	69	170	210	241	134	72	335	127	259	202	115	144	122	58	65	329	41	172	290	426	35	227	234	263	198
Less than £1,000	4	1	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	3	0	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	2	3	1	4	0	1	3
Not set	1%	*%	2%	1%	1%	*%	1%	0%	2%	1%	1%	1%	2%	0%	1%	1%	0%	1%	2%	1%	1%	2%	0%	1%	0%	2%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%	0%	*%	1%
£1,000 - £4,999	10	8	2	0	1	2	7	0	1	3	6	4	4	2	5	3	2	9	2	3	7	2	1	0	0	0	10	1	4	6	9	1	5	5	1	9
Not set	2%	3%	1%	0%	1%	1%	9%	0%	1%	3%	3%	6%	2%	1%	2%	2%	3%	3%	1%	1%	3%	2%	1%	0%	0%	0%	3%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	*%	5%
£5,000 - £9,999	14	10	5	4	5	2	4	1	5	1	8	1	8	6	6	4	5	8	6	9	5	4	5	0	0	0	14	1	7	8	13	1	8	7	12	3
Not set	3%	3%	3%	4%	3%	2%	5%	2%	7%	1%	3%	1%	4%	3%	2%	3%	7%	2%	5%	4%	3%	4%	3%	0%	0%	0%	4%	2%	4%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	4%	1%
£10,000 - £24,999	32	26	7	4	15	1	12	3	6	5	16	1	16	15	19	10	3	24	8	18	14	15	3	12	2	9	21	3	14	18	30	3	10	22	15	17
Not set	7%	9%	4%	4%	10%	1%	14%	11%	8%	4%	7%	2%	10%	7%	8%	8%	5%	7%	6%	7%	7%	13%	2%	9%	4%	14%	6%	6%	8%	6%	7%	7%	4%	10%	6%	9%
£25,000 - £49,999	35	25	10	5	14	10	6	5	6	11	12	5	9	19	21	4	7	27	8	18	17	13	5	4	3	1	30	2	13	21	33	1	16	19	22	13
Not set	7%	8%	6%	6%	9%	8%	7%	20%	8%	9%	5%	7%	5%	9%	9%	3%	10%	8%	6%	7%	8%	11%	3%	3%	5%	2%	9%	6%	8%	7%	8%	4%	7%	8%	8%	6%
£50,000 - £74,999	33	26	7	8	7	13	4	1	5	13	14	6	8	19	19	11	3	25	7	20	12	12	8	7	5	2	25	4	13	19	33	0	17	15	18	14
Not set	7%	9%	4%	8%	5%	11%	5%	3%	7%	11%	6%	9%	4%	9%	8%	8%	4%	8%	6%	8%	6%	11%	6%	6%	9%	4%	8%	9%	8%	7%	8%	0%	8%	7%	7%	7%
£75,000 - £99,999	22	15	7	9	7	2	4	1	2	5	14	5	2	15	13	7	2	16	6	15	7	8	7	5	0	5	17	4	6	16	21	1	12	10	11	11
Not set	5%	5%	4%	9%	4%	2%	5%	4%	3%	4%	6%	8%	1%	7%	5%	5%	3%	5%	5%	6%	3%	7%	5%	4%	0%	8%	5%	10%	3%	6%	5%	4%	5%	4%	4%	5%
£100,000 - £249,999	71	42	28	13	23	22	12	3	19	19	30	8	29	31	41	18	9	55	16	46	25	14	32	22	10	12	47	7	22	48	68	3	32	38	39	31
Not set	15%	14%	17%	13%	15%	18%	14%	10%	27%	15%	13%	11%	17%	15%	17%	14%	13%	16%	12%	18%	12%	12%	22%	18%	17%	18%	14%	17%	13%	17%	16%	9%	14%	16%	15%	16%
£250,000 - £299,999	9	6	4	4	1	4	0	2	0	4	3	2	4	3	7	1	1	8	1	5	5	2	3	5	4	1	4	0	6	3	9	0	4	5	4	5
Not set	2%	2%	2%	4%	*%	3%	0%	6%	0%	3%	1%	3%	2%	2%	3%	1%	1%	2%	1%	2%	2%	2%	2%	4%	7%	1%	1%	0%	3%	1%	2%	0%	2%	2%	2%	3%
£300,000 - £499,999	13	9	3	2	5	6	0	0	0	5	8	1	3	8	9	4	1	5	8	9	4	0	9	6	3	3	7	2	6	6	13	0	9	4	7	6
Not set	3%	3%	2%	2%	3%	5%	0%	0%	0%	4%	3%	1%	2%	4%	4%	3%	1%	2%	6%	3%	2%	0%	6%	5%	6%	4%	2%	6%	4%	2%	3%	0%	4%	2%	3%	3%
£500,000 - £999,999	17	7	10	6	4	6	1	2	3	6	4	3	6	8	11	4	1	15	2	7	9	3	5	11	7	4	6	2	6	11	13	3	13	4	8	8
Not set	4%	2%	6%	6%	3%	5%	1%	8%	5%	5%	2%	4%	4%	4%	5%	3%	2%	5%	1%	3%	5%	2%	3%	9%	12%	6%	2%	4%	4%	4%	3%	10%	6%	2%	3%	4%
£1m - £2.499m	7	3	4	1	3	3	0	0	0	3	4	1	1	5	5	1	1	7	0	3	4	1	2	2	1	1	5	1	3	5	6	1	5	2	3	4
Not set	2%	1%	3%	1%	2%	2%	0%	0%	0%	3%	2%	1%	1%	3%	2%	1%	1%	2%	0%	1%	2%	1%	1%	2%	1%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%	1%	4%	2%	1%	1%	2%
Over £2.5m	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
Not set	*%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	1%	0%	1%	0%	*%	0%	1%	*%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	1%	2%	0%	*%	0%	1%	0%	*%	0%	1%	*%	0%	1%
Don't know	108	63	44	21	37	25	24	5	16	20	66	15	44	45	47	35	18	68	40	50	58	22	28	21	12	9	80	8	36	72	102	6	43	65	70	37
Not set	23%	22%	27%	22%	24%	20%	28%	17%	22%	17%	28%	22%	26%	21%	20%	26%	25%	20%	32%	19%	29%	19%	19%	17%	21%	14%	24%	19%	21%	25%	24%	16%	19%	28%	27%	19%
Refuse	85	54	31	19	31	25	10	5	7	23	47	18	32	34	34	29	20	63	21	52	32	18	34	26	9	16	59	7	31	54	71	14	48	37	50	35
Not set	18%	18%	18%	19%	20%	20%	11%	19%	10%	19%	20%	26%	19%	16%	14%	21%	28%	19%	17%	20%	16%	15%	24%	21%	16%	25%	18%	18%	18%	18%	17%	40%	21%	16%	19%	18%
Base for stats	269	177	92	57	86	73	52	17	50	77	120	36	94	131	160	70	34	204	65	157	111	76	82	76	36	39	191	26	104	165	253	16	136	133	143	126
Mean ('000s)	195	135	310	199	177	266	122	169	200	215	185	171	199	205	229	153	135	227	94	193	198	123	258	281	363	204	161	161	219	180	185	355	241	148	166	228
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 16	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
B1. Do you plan to grow the business over the next three years?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	601	279	322	137	190	158	116	43	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	448	153	340	261	153	187	166	90	76	414	55	222	379	561	40	310	291	322	279
Weighted Bases	601	389	212	124	192	151	134	43	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	442	159	325	276	146	178	152	78	74	431	50	212	389	558	43	292	309	324	277
Yes	442	280	162	86	136	124	95	38	83	112	198	69	143	208	234	101	73	442	0	257	185	108	148	130	66	64	298	41	170	272	415	26	232	210	226	216
Not set	73%	72%	76%	69%	71%	82%	71%	88%	84%	76%	66%	69%	66%	82%	82%	63%	64%	100%	0%	79%	67%	74%	83%	85%	84%	86%	69%	82%	80%	70%	75%	60%	79%	68%	70%	78%
No	146	100	46	34	52	24	37	5	12	33	96	30	67	43	48	54	36	0	146	61	85	35	26	18	9	9	126	8	36	110	129	17	53	93	94	52
Not set	24%	26%	22%	27%	27%	16%	27%	12%	12%	22%	32%	30%	31%	17%	17%	34%	32%	0%	92%	19%	31%	24%	15%	12%	11%	12%	29%	16%	17%	28%	23%	38%	18%	30%	29%	19%
Don't Know	13	9	4	4	4	3	2	0	3	2	6	1	7	4	3	5	5	0	13	7	7	3	3	5	3	1	6	1	6	8	13	1	7	6	4	9
Not set	2%	2%	2%	3%	2%	2%	2%	0%	3%	1%	2%	1%	3%	1%	1%	3%	4%	0%	8%	2%	2%	2%	2%	3%	4%	2%	1%	2%	3%	2%	2%	1%	3%	2%	1%	3%
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 17	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
B1A. Why have you decided not to grow your business over the next three years?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where don't plan to grow business	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No	Not set
Unweighted Bases	153	80	73	39	54	26	34	5	16	32	98	28	73	45	47	55	43	153	66	87	35	31	23	14	9	126	9	41	112	137	16	62	91	94	59	Not set
Weighted Bases	159	109	50	38	56	27	39	5	15	35	102	31	74	47	51	59	41	159	68	92	38	30	23	12	10	132	9	41	118	142	17	61	98	98	61	Not set
Happy at this size	65	43	22	18	22	6	18	1	7	16	40	15	27	19	22	26	13	65	22	43	10	12	9	6	3	53	3	12	53	54	11	27	38	43	22	Not set
Not set	41%	40%	43%	48%	40%	24%	46%	26%	48%	45%	40%	48%	37%	40%	43%	44%	30%	41%	32%	47%	26%	41%	39%	47%	30%	40%	33%	29%	45%	38%	63%	44%	39%	44%	36%	Not set
Not enough business / work available	28	20	7	9	7	5	6	1	1	1	23	5	12	9	5	10	12	28	12	15	7	5	9	4	5	19	4	9	18	25	3	10	18	16	11	Not set
Not set	17%	19%	14%	23%	13%	20%	17%	11%	8%	4%	23%	18%	17%	18%	10%	17%	30%	17%	18%	17%	18%	18%	38%	30%	48%	14%	46%	22%	16%	18%	15%	16%	18%	16%	19%	Not set
Intend to retire in next 3 years	11	9	2	4	5	3	0	0	0	3	8	2	5	4	6	5	0	11	4	7	3	2	0	0	0	11	0	2	9	10	1	4	8	10	2	Not set
Not set	7%	9%	4%	10%	8%	12%	0%	0%	0%	8%	8%	5%	7%	9%	12%	9%	0%	7%	6%	8%	7%	6%	0%	0%	0%	9%	0%	5%	8%	7%	7%	6%	8%	10%	3%	Not set
Limited by the size of the premises	9	7	2	1	3	2	3	2	0	4	3	0	5	2	3	4	1	9	2	7	2	0	0	0	0	9	1	3	6	9	0	3	6	3	6	Not set
Not set	6%	6%	5%	3%	6%	6%	8%	47%	0%	11%	3%	0%	7%	5%	5%	6%	3%	6%	3%	8%	5%	0%	0%	0%	0%	7%	13%	8%	5%	7%	0%	5%	7%	3%	10%	Not set
Can't get (more) financing	7	3	5	1	5	1	2	1	0	3	3	1	4	2	1	3	3	7	5	2	4	1	1	0	1	7	1	1	6	6	1	2	5	7	1	Not set
Not set	5%	2%	10%	2%	8%	2%	4%	17%	0%	10%	3%	2%	5%	5%	3%	5%	6%	5%	8%	2%	11%	4%	3%	0%	7%	5%	8%	4%	5%	4%	7%	4%	5%	7%	1%	Not set
Extra regulations / red tape	6	4	2	0	4	2	1	0	4	2	1	0	2	4	4	3	0	6	6	0	3	3	0	0	0	6	0	4	3	6	0	3	4	3	4	Not set
Not set	4%	4%	4%	0%	7%	6%	2%	0%	23%	6%	1%	0%	3%	9%	7%	5%	0%	4%	9%	0%	9%	10%	0%	0%	0%	5%	0%	9%	2%	4%	0%	5%	4%	3%	6%	Not set
Intending to close the business	6	6	0	1	1	3	0	0	2	1	3	3	1	2	2	3	1	6	4	1	3	2	0	0	0	6	0	2	4	6	0	1	4	3	3	Not set
Not set	4%	5%	0%	3%	2%	12%	0%	0%	10%	3%	3%	9%	2%	3%	3%	5%	3%	4%	7%	1%	8%	5%	0%	0%	0%	4%	0%	4%	3%	4%	0%	2%	4%	3%	5%	Not set
Too stressful	4	2	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	0	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	4	0	2	1	2	2	Not set
Not set	2%	1%	5%	2%	0%	6%	4%	0%	0%	2%	3%	5%	1%	4%	4%	3%	0%	2%	2%	3%	4%	0%	0%	0%	0%	3%	0%	4%	2%	3%	0%	4%	1%	2%	3%	Not set
Due to the nature of the business	3	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	3	3	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	3	0	1	3	0	3	Not set
Not set	2%	1%	4%	0%	2%	4%	2%	0%	0%	2%	3%	0%	4%	1%	0%	0%	8%	2%	3%	1%	6%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%	0%	1%	2%	2%	0%	1%	3%	0%	5%	Not set
Intend to sell / pass on the business in next 3 years	3	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	3	2	1	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	2	1	3	0	2	1	1	2	Not set
Not set	2%	1%	3%	0%	2%	6%	0%	0%	0%	2%	2%	0%	4%	0%	3%	0%	3%	2%	2%	2%	0%	5%	7%	0%	16%	1%	0%	4%	1%	2%	0%	3%	1%	1%	3%	Not set
Don't want to take out (more) financing	3	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	3	0	1	2	1	1	Not set
Not set	2%	1%	2%	0%	4%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%	4%	1%	1%	0%	1%	5%	2%	3%	1%	0%	6%	0%	0%	0%	2%	0%	1%	2%	2%	0%	1%	2%	1%	2%	Not set
Difficult to find the right staff	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	2	Not set
Not set	1%	1%	2%	3%	0%	0%	2%	0%	0%	2%	1%	0%	1%	3%	0%	2%	2%	1%	0%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%	13%	3%	1%	1%	0%	2%	1%	0%	3%	Not set
Don't need more staff	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	1	Not set
Not set	1%	1%	1%	0%	2%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%	0%	2%	0%	4%	0%	0%	1%	0%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	2%	1%	0%	0%	2%	1%	2%	Not set
Other	18	13	5	5	6	2	5	0	2	7	8	3	8	7	7	6	5	18	12	5	6	7	2	2	0	16	1	6	12	18	0	8	10	15	3	Not set
Not set	11%	12%	9%	14%	10%	6%	13%	0%	10%	21%	8%	10%	11%	14%	13%	10%	11%	11%	18%	6%	15%	23%	7%	13%	0%	12%	13%	14%	10%	13%	0%	13%	10%	15%	5%	Not set
Don't know	6	4	1	0	2	1	3	0	2	1	4	1	4	2	2	2	2	6	2	3	2	1	1	1	0	3	0	3	3	4	1	3	3	2	3	Not set
Not set	4%	4%	2%	0%	4%	2%	8%	0%	10%	2%	4%	2%	5%	3%	4%	3%	5%	4%	3%	4%	4%	2%	6%	10%	0%	2%	0%	8%	2%	3%	7%	5%	3%	2%	6%	Not set
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 18	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
B1B. Do you believe this business could grow if you wanted it to?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where don't plan to grow business	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No	Not set
Unweighted Bases	153	80	73	39	54	26	34	5	16	32	98	28	73	45	47	55	43	153	66	87	35	31	23	14	9	126	9	41	112	137	16	62	91	94	59	Not set
Weighted Bases	159	109	50	38	56	27	39	5	15	35	102	31	74	47	51	59	41	159	68	92	38	30	23	12	10	132	9	41	118	142	17	61	98	98	61	Not set
Yes	124	88	36	34	45	21	24	4	11	26	80	22	57	38	43	50	26	124	55	69	31	24	19	9	10	102	9	33	91	110	14	47	76	80	44	Not set
Not set	78%	80%	72%	90%	81%	78%	60%	89%	75%	75%	78%	72%	77%	82%	83%	85%	62%	78%	81%	75%	83%	79%	86%	73%	100%	77%	94%	80%	77%	78%	79%	78%	78%	82%	71%	Not set
No	31	18	13	4	10	4	13	1	2	9	20	9	13	8	9	6	15	31	12	19	6	6	3	3	0	28	1	7	24	28	3	13	17	15	16	Not set
Not set	19%	17%	26%	10%	19%	14%	33%	11%	11%	25%	20%	28%	18%	18%	17%	10%	36%	19%	17%	21%	15%	21%	14%	27%	0%	21%	6%	16%	21%	20%	18%	22%	18%	15%	27%	Not set
Don't know	5	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	3	1	5	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	4	1	0	5	3	1	Not set
Not set	3%	3%	3%	0%	0%	8%	6%	0%	14%	0%	2%	0%	5%	0%	0%	5%	2%	3%	1%	4%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%	0%	4%	3%	3%	3%	0%	5%	3%	2%	Not set
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 19	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
B2. Whether plan to increase employees	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where plan to grow business	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No	Not set
Unweighted Bases	448	199	249	98	136	132	82	38	80	118	200	68	141	216	248	97	70	448	274	174	118	156	143	76	67	288	46	181	267	424	24	248	200	228	220	Not set
Weighted Bases	442	280	162	86	136	124	95	38	83	112	198	69	143	208	234	101	73	442	257	185	108	148	130	66	64	298	41	170	272	415	26	232	210	226	216	Not set
Yes, will increase employees	326	203	123	66	93	102	64	31	65	90	138	55	88	169	187	68	48	326	200	126	86	114	93	48	45	223	37	134	192	306	21	182	144	163	163	Not set
Not set	74%	73%	76%	77%	68%	82%	68%	83%	79%	80%	69%	79%	62%	81%	80%	67%	66%	74%	78%	68%	79%	77%	72%	73%	70%	75%	90%	79%	71%	74%	78%	79%	69%	72%	75%	Not set
No, will not increase employees	86	56	29	13	30	17	26	5	13	16	46	9	43	31	36	30	16	86	43	43	20	23	28	11	18	55	4	30	56	80	6	38	48	44	42	Not set
Not set	19%	20%	18%	15%	22%	13%	27%	12%	16%	14%	23%	13%	30%	15%	15%	30%	22%	19%	17%	23%	18%	15%	22%	16%	27%	19%	9%	17%	21%	19%	22%	16%	23%	19%	19%	Not set
Don't know	30	20	10	7	13	5	5	2	4	6	15	5	12	8	11	3	9	30	14	16	2	12	9	7	2	19	1	6	24	30	0	12	18	19	11	Not set
Not set	7%	7%	6%	8%	10%	4%	5%	5%	5%	6%	8%	8%	8%	4%	5%	3%	12%	7%	5%	9%	2%	8%	7%	11%	3%	7%	2%	4%	9%	7%	0%	5%	9%	8%	5%	Not set
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 20	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
B2a. Percentage employment growth - banded	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where plan to grow employment	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No	Not set
Unweighted Bases	334	144	190	75	95	107	57	32	63	95	141	51	90	178	198	68	46	334	213	121	94	119	105	57	48	217	40	144	190	315	19	196	138	165	169	Not set
Weighted Bases	326	203	123	66	93	102	64	31	65	90	138	55	88	169	187	68	48	326	200	126	86	114	93	48	45	223	37	134	192	306	21	182	144	163	163	Not set
By up to 20%	189	110	78	40	52	55	42	13	33	48	92	32	55	95	110	44	20	189	114	75	48	66	50	29	21	131	14	74	115	179	10	102	87	98	91	Not set
Not set	58%	54%	64%	61%	56%	53%	64%	43%	51%	53%	67%	59%	63%	56%	59%	65%	41%	58%	57%	59%	56%	58%	54%	61%	47%	59%	39%	55%	60%	58%	50%	56%	61%	60%	56%	Not set
By between 20% and 50%	108	77	31	21	29	41	17	11	25	35	37	17	22	66	65	20	19	108	68	40	30	38	33	17	16	73	17	50	58	100	8	61	47	44	63	Not set
Not set	33%	38%	25%	32%	31%	40%	27%	35%	39%	39%	27%	30%	25%	39%	35%	30%	40%	33%	34%	32%	35%	33%	36%	35%	37%	32%	46%	37%	30%	33%	38%	34%	33%	27%	39%	Not set
By more than 50%	19	14	6	1	10	4	4	6	6	4	3	5	5	5	6	1	7	19	15	5	6	8	6	1	6	13	4	8	11	19	0	15	4	15	5	Not set
Not set	6%	7%	5%	2%	10%	4%	6%	19%	9%	5%	2%	10%	5%	3%	3%	2%	15%	6%	7%	4%	7%	7%	7%	1%	13%	6%	12%	6%	6%	6%	0%	8%	3%	9%	3%	Not set
Don't know	10	2	8	3	3	3	2	1	1	3	5	1	6	2	5	2	2	10	4	6	1	2	3	1	1	6	1	2	8	8	2	4	6	6	4	Not set
Not set	3%	1%	6%	5%	3%	3%	3%	4%	1%	4%	4%	1%	7%	1%	3%	3%	4%	3%	2%	5%	2%	2%	3%	2%	3%	3%	4%	2%	4%	2%	12%	2%	4%	4%	2%	Not set
Base for stats	316	201	115	63	91	100	63	30	65	87	133	54	82	166	181	65	46	316	197	119	85	112	90	47	43	217	36	132	184	298	18	178	138	157	159	Not set
Mean	21.34	22.14	19.97	16.73	24.2	20.72	22.84	43.23	25.42	20.3	15.35	20.47	17.26	20.56	18.37	16.52	31.02	21.34	22.67	19.16	22.82	22.55	22.4	18.44	26.7	21.21	28.71	20.92	21.65	21.62	16.78	23.89	18.07	22.86	19.84	Not set
Standard error	1.44	1.81	2.4	1.59	2.72	2.06	5.23	10.5	3.08	1.93	1.24	2.89	2.13	1.54	1.22	2.1	4.66	1.44	2.04	1.73	2.88	2.87	2.15	2.11	3.84	1.93	4.01	1.86	2.11	1.52	2.24	2.26	1.43	2.43	1.58	Not set
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 21	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
B3. Whether plan to increase turnover	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where plan to grow business	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No	Not set
Unweighted Bases	448	199	249	98	136	132	82	38	80	118	200	68	141	216	248	97	70	448	274	174	118	156	143	76	67	288	46	181	267	424	24	248	200	228	220	Not set
Weighted Bases	442	280	162	86	136	124	95	38	83	112	198	69	143	208	234	101	73	442	257	185	108	148	130	66	64	298	41	170	272	415	26	232	210	226	216	Not set
Yes, will increase turnover	401	254	147	81	125	114	81	34	80	100	177	58	129	195	217	91	68	401	242	160	103	139	125	64	61	268	39	157	244	378	24	217	185	211	190	Not set
Not set	91%	91%	91%	95%	92%	92%	85%	91%	97%	89%	89%	85%	90%	94%	93%	90%	93%	91%	94%	87%	95%	93%	96%	97%	95%	90%	95%	92%	90%	91%	91%	94%	88%	94%	88%	Not set
No, will not increase turnover	16	9	7	2	3	4	7	1	0	7	8	2	7	6	8	5	1	16	6	10	3	3	3	1	3	13	1	5	11	13	2	4	12	5	11	Not set
Not set	4%	3%	5%	2%	2%	3%	7%	2%	0%	6%	4%	3%	5%	3%	4%	5%	1%	4%	2%	5%	2%	2%	2%	1%	4%	4%	3%	3%	4%	3%	9%	2%	6%	2%	5%	Not set
Don't know	24	17	7	2	8	6	8	3	3	5	14	8	7	8	9	5	5	24	10	15	3	7	2	1	1	18	1	9	16	24	0	11	13	10	15	Not set
Not set	6%	6%	4%	3%	6%	5%	8%	8%	3%	4%	7%	12%	5%	4%	4%	5%	6%	6%	4%	8%	3%	5%	1%	2%	1%	6%	1%	5%	6%	6%	0%	5%	6%	4%	7%	Not set
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 22	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
B3a. Percentage turnover - banded	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where plan to grow turnover	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No	Not set
Unweighted Bases	408	181	227	94	125	119	70	34	77	106	180	58	129	201	231	87	65	408	256	152	112	144	136	74	62	261	43	167	241	387	21	231	177	213	195	Not set
Weighted Bases	401	254	147	81	125	114	81	34	80	100	177	58	129	195	217	91	68	401	242	160	103	139	125	64	61	268	39	157	244	378	24	217	185	211	190	Not set
By up to 20%	193	119	74	40	64	50	38	12	23	38	112	26	71	88	104	51	27	193	104	89	43	61	48	20	28	141	13	69	124	180	13	101	92	113	80	Not set
Not set	48%	47%	50%	50%	51%	44%	47%	35%	29%	38%	63%	45%	55%	45%	48%	56%	40%	48%	43%	56%	41%	44%	38%	32%	46%	53%	33%	44%	51%	48%	55%	46%	50%	54%	42%	Not set
By between 20% and 50%	148	98	49	31	44	46	26	16	39	46	47	21	43	78	84	36	23	148	101	47	45	56	54	32	21	92	16	67	80	140	8	82	66	69	79	Not set
Not set	37%	39%	33%	38%	35%	40%	32%	47%	49%	46%	26%	36%	33%	40%	39%	40%	34%	37%	42%	29%	44%	41%	43%	51%	35%	35%	40%	43%	33%	37%	35%	38%	36%	33%	42%	Not set
By more than 50%	36	24	11	5	10	14	6	5	16	8	5	6	6	18	18	1	12	36	23	13	8	15	18	9	9	17	9	15	21	36	0	25	11	18	17	Not set
Not set	9%	10%	8%	7%	8%	12%	8%	16%	20%	8%	3%	11%	5%	9%	8%	1%	18%	9%	9%	8%	8%	11%	15%	15%	15%	6%	22%	9%	9%	9%	0%	12%	6%	9%	9%	Not set
Don't know	24	13	12	4	7	4	10	0	2	8	13	5	8	10	12	3	6	24	13	11	7	6	5	2	3	17	2	6	18	22	3	9	15	11	13	Not set
Not set	6%	5%	8%	5%	5%	3%	12%	0%	2%	8%	8%	8%	6%	5%	5%	3%	8%	6%	6%	7%	7%	4%	4%	3%	4%	6%	6%	4%	8%	6%	11%	4%	8%	5%	7%	Not set
Refused	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	Not set
Not set	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	Not set
Base for stats	376	241	135	77	119	110	71	34	78	92	163	54	120	184	205	88	62	376	228	149	96	132	120	62	58	250	37	151	226	355	21	208	169	200	176	Not set
Mean	26.81	26.3	27.72	22.22	25.2	32.89	25.08	45.17	36.11	30.73	16.77	28	21.12	26.93	26.12	18.67	31.94	26.81	28.91	23.6	26.44	30.69	32.92	35.87	29.77	24.16	39.87	29.21	25.2	27.35	17.65	29.25	23.81	25.66	28.11	Not set
Standard error	1.73	2.18	2.87	2.25	2.51	4.04	4.8	10.51	3.59	4.1	1.18	3.85	2.58	2.14	2.13	2.26	3.86	1.73	2.36	2.42	2.79	3.55	3.32	5.2	3.95	2.02	6.04	2.97	2.07	1.81	3.16	2.52	2.23	2.35	2.55	Not set
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 23	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
B4. From your personal perspective, what is the ideal size of your business in the long term - i.e. beyond the next three years - in terms of turnover?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where do NOT plan to retire in the next 3 years	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	589	271	318	134	184	155	116	43	96	147	289	95	206	258	290	147	111	448	141	336	253	151	185	165	90	75	403	55	220	369	550	39	306	283	312	277
Weighted Bases	587	378	209	120	186	146	134	43	98	144	290	98	209	251	278	154	113	442	146	319	268	144	175	151	78	73	418	50	208	379	545	42	287	300	313	274
Significantly larger than its current size	139	73	66	31	46	41	21	15	32	39	53	24	41	62	75	26	25	128	10	93	46	41	52	56	30	26	78	22	65	74	132	7	82	57	62	77
Not set	24%	19%	31%	25%	25%	28%	16%	35%	33%	27%	18%	24%	20%	25%	27%	17%	22%	29%	7%	29%	17%	28%	30%	37%	38%	36%	19%	43%	31%	19%	24%	16%	28%	19%	20%	28%
Slightly larger	319	215	104	62	97	83	76	28	50	76	157	53	114	138	156	85	59	256	63	175	143	81	94	76	38	38	235	25	108	211	302	17	157	162	180	139
Not set	54%	57%	50%	52%	52%	57%	56%	65%	51%	53%	54%	54%	54%	55%	56%	55%	53%	58%	43%	55%	53%	56%	54%	50%	49%	52%	56%	49%	52%	56%	55%	40%	55%	54%	57%	51%
The same size as now	105	71	34	23	31	19	33	0	13	20	70	15	48	40	40	38	22	43	62	40	65	19	21	14	5	9	88	4	27	78	90	16	36	70	56	49
Not set	18%	19%	16%	19%	17%	13%	24%	0%	13%	14%	24%	16%	23%	16%	14%	25%	19%	10%	43%	13%	24%	14%	12%	9%	6%	12%	21%	8%	13%	21%	16%	37%	12%	23%	18%	18%
Slightly smaller	9	8	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	5	2	5	2	0	1	1	5	7	2	5	4	1	4	2	2	0	7	0	6	2	8	1	4	5	6	3
Not set	1%	2%	1%	3%	3%	0%	0%	0%	0%	4%	1%	5%	1%	0%	*%	1%	4%	2%	1%	2%	1%	*%	3%	1%	2%	0%	2%	0%	3%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%	1%
Significantly smaller	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Not set	*%	*%	*%	0%	1%	0%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	1%	0%	*%	1%	*%	*%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	*%	2%	*%	*%	*%	*%
Don't know	14	10	3	1	5	4	4	0	2	3	7	1	3	9	6	2	1	6	7	5	9	1	4	3	3	0	8	0	2	12	12	1	8	5	9	5
Not set	2%	3%	2%	1%	2%	3%	3%	0%	2%	2%	2%	1%	1%	4%	2%	1%	1%	1%	5%	1%	3%	*%	2%	2%	4%	0%	2%	0%	1%	3%	2%	3%	3%	2%	3%	2%
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 24	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
B5. From your personal perspective, what is the ideal size of your business in the long term - i.e. beyond the next three years - in terms of employment?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where do NOT plan to retire in the next 3 years	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	589	271	318	134	184	155	116	43	96	147	289	95	206	258	290	147	111	448	141	336	253	151	185	165	90	75	403	55	220	369	550	39	306	283	312	277
Weighted Bases	587	378	209	120	186	146	134	43	98	144	290	98	209	251	278	154	113	442	146	319	268	144	175	151	78	73	418	50	208	379	545	42	287	300	313	274
Significantly larger than its current size	81	50	31	14	26	29	12	8	24	24	24	17	21	38	45	17	11	77	4	54	27	21	33	28	14	14	51	15	34	47	75	6	48	33	33	48
Not set	14%	13%	15%	11%	14%	20%	9%	18%	25%	16%	8%	17%	10%	15%	16%	11%	10%	17%	3%	17%	10%	15%	19%	18%	18%	19%	12%	29%	16%	12%	14%	13%	17%	11%	11%	17%
Slightly larger	304	192	112	72	90	78	64	24	45	73	155	49	100	141	153	77	56	265	39	175	129	83	92	86	41	44	210	31	115	190	288	16	156	148	168	137
Not set	52%	51%	53%	59%	48%	53%	48%	57%	46%	51%	53%	50%	48%	56%	55%	50%	49%	60%	27%	55%	48%	58%	52%	57%	53%	61%	50%	62%	55%	50%	53%	38%	54%	49%	54%	50%
The same size as now	178	122	56	30	61	32	55	9	25	39	102	25	82	63	71	53	42	88	90	76	102	34	41	31	19	12	141	4	52	126	160	18	69	109	96	82
Not set	30%	32%	27%	25%	33%	22%	41%	20%	25%	27%	35%	25%	39%	25%	26%	34%	37%	20%	62%	24%	38%	24%	23%	21%	25%	16%	34%	9%	25%	33%	29%	42%	24%	36%	31%	30%
Slightly smaller	8	4	4	3	2	3	0	0	1	3	4	4	3	1	2	3	3	5	3	5	3	2	3	2	0	2	6	0	4	4	7	1	6	2	6	1
Not set	1%	1%	2%	3%	1%	2%	0%	0%	1%	2%	1%	4%	1%	*%	1%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%	1%	1%	2%	1%	0%	3%	1%	0%	2%	1%	1%	2%	2%	1%	2%	*%
Significantly smaller	4	3	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	3	1	1	0	3	2	2	0	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	3	0	1	3	3	1	1	3	3	1
Not set	1%	1%	1%	0%	2%	0%	1%	0%	1%	2%	*%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	0%	*%	2%	1%	1%	1%	*%	*%	0%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	2%	*%	1%	1%	*%
Don't know	13	7	5	2	3	4	2	2	2	2	5	3	2	6	4	2	1	5	7	7	5	2	5	3	3	0	7	0	3	10	11	1	8	5	7	6
Not set	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	3%	2%	5%	2%	2%	2%	3%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	5%	2%	2%	1%	3%	2%	4%	0%	2%	0%	1%	3%	2%	3%	3%	2%	2%	2%
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 25	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
B6. On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 1 being not at all and 10 being very strongly), how strongly do you as an individual desire business growth now?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where do NOT plan to retire in the next 3 years	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	589	271	318	134	184	155	116	43	96	147	289	95	206	258	290	147	111	448	141	336	253	151	185	165	90	75	403	55	220	369	550	39	306	283	312	277
Weighted Bases	587	378	209	120	186	146	134	43	98	144	290	98	209	251	278	154	113	442	146	319	268	144	175	151	78	73	418	50	208	379	545	42	287	300	313	274
1 - Not at all	24	15	9	9	1	4	11	0	5	7	12	6	9	9	6	9	7	3	21	11	14	5	5	3	2	1	21	2	7	17	22	2	5	19	12	12
Not set	4%	4%	4%	7%	1%	3%	8%	0%	5%	5%	4%	6%	4%	4%	2%	6%	6%	1%	15%	3%	5%	4%	3%	2%	3%	1%	5%	4%	3%	5%	4%	6%	2%	6%	4%	5%
2	7	4	3	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	7	4	1	2	1	5	0	0	7	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	7	0	1	7	7	0	4	3	6	1
Not set	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	0%	0%	0%	3%	4%	*%	1%	*%	3%	0%	0%	5%	1%	2%	2%	*%	0%	0%	0%	2%	0%	*%	2%	1%	0%	2%	1%	2%	*%
3	11	8	3	3	4	2	2	0	0	1	9	4	3	3	4	3	4	2	9	5	6	2	3	2	1	2	8	2	3	8	11	0	6	4	7	4
Not set	2%	2%	1%	3%	2%	1%	1%	0%	0%	1%	3%	4%	2%	1%	1%	2%	4%	*%	6%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%	3%	1%	2%	2%	0%	2%	1%	2%	1%
4	18	13	5	5	8	2	3	1	1	6	9	4	7	5	6	4	7	9	8	11	6	7	4	3	0	3	13	2	0	18	14	3	6	11	8	10
Not set	3%	3%	2%	4%	4%	1%	2%	3%	1%	4%	3%	4%	3%	2%	2%	3%	6%	2%	6%	4%	2%	5%	2%	2%	0%	4%	3%	4%	0%	5%	3%	8%	2%	4%	2%	4%
5	90	63	27	24	21	19	26	4	12	23	50	14	37	32	37	33	11	50	40	40	50	20	20	17	10	7	69	9	31	59	80	10	38	51	56	34
Not set	15%	17%	13%	20%	11%	13%	19%	10%	12%	16%	17%	14%	18%	13%	13%	22%	10%	11%	28%	12%	19%	14%	11%	11%	13%	10%	17%	18%	15%	16%	15%	24%	13%	17%	18%	12%
6	41	24	17	10	18	5	8	3	4	12	21	7	17	16	17	12	9	30	11	25	17	13	12	10	5	5	28	4	15	26	38	3	19	23	25	16
Not set	7%	6%	8%	8%	10%	3%	6%	8%	4%	8%	7%	7%	8%	6%	6%	8%	8%	7%	8%	8%	6%	9%	7%	7%	6%	7%	7%	7%	7%	7%	7%	7%	6%	8%	8%	6%
7	74	42	32	17	22	14	21	2	16	16	37	5	35	32	34	23	15	55	19	36	38	12	25	16	8	8	57	5	17	57	69	5	32	42	41	33
Not set	13%	11%	15%	14%	12%	10%	16%	4%	17%	11%	13%	5%	17%	13%	12%	15%	13%	13%	13%	11%	14%	8%	14%	11%	11%	11%	14%	11%	8%	15%	13%	13%	11%	14%	13%	12%
8	98	64	34	17	28	28	24	6	21	20	46	15	33	45	46	27	18	82	16	49	49	21	28	24	11	14	69	6	35	62	92	6	49	49	51	46
Not set	17%	17%	16%	14%	15%	19%	18%	15%	22%	14%	16%	15%	16%	18%	17%	18%	16%	19%	11%	15%	18%	15%	16%	16%	14%	19%	16%	12%	17%	16%	17%	14%	17%	16%	16%	17%
9	35	23	11	7	12	10	5	3	3	11	17	1	15	15	18	8	4	33	2	18	17	7	11	12	6	6	23	3	14	21	35	0	15	20	13	22
Not set	6%	6%	5%	6%	7%	7%	4%	7%	3%	8%	6%	1%	7%	6%	6%	5%	3%	7%	2%	6%	6%	5%	6%	8%	8%	8%	5%	7%	7%	5%	6%	0%	5%	7%	4%	8%
10 - Very strongly	184	118	66	28	68	58	30	23	34	46	79	37	50	90	108	28	37	174	10	120	64	53	67	60	33	27	121	17	84	101	172	12	111	73	91	93
Not set	31%	31%	32%	23%	37%	40%	22%	53%	35%	32%	27%	38%	24%	36%	39%	18%	32%	40%	7%	38%	24%	37%	38%	40%	42%	38%	29%	34%	40%	27%	32%	28%	39%	24%	29%	34%
Don't know	6	3	2	0	1	2	3	0	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	4	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	2	4	6	0	1	5	2	3
Not set	1%	1%	1%	0%	*%	1%	2%	0%	2%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	*%	2%	3%	0%	*%	0%	1%	1%	1%	0%	*%	2%	1%	1%
Base for stats	582	375	207	120	185	145	131	43	96	143	287	97	206	250	277	153	111	439	143	318	264	143	175	148	76	73	417	50	207	375	540	42	287	295	311	271
Mean	7.38	7.34	7.45	6.79	7.76	7.87	6.85	8.5	7.73	7.38	7.08	7.13	7.16	7.68	7.88	6.63	7.22	8.11	5.15	7.66	7.05	7.47	7.81	7.98	8.04	7.92	7.18	7.37	7.88	7.11	7.42	6.87	7.78	7	7.19	7.61
Standard error	0.1	0.15	0.14	0.23	0.16	0.19	0.24	0.3	0.24	0.21	0.15	0.3	0.17	0.15	0.13	0.21	0.26	0.09	0.22	0.13	0.16	0.21	0.17	0.17	0.24	0.25	0.13	0.34	0.16	0.13	0.11	0.41	0.13	0.15	0.14	0.15
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 26	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
B7. What actions are you taking to grow your business?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where plan to grow business	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No	Not set
Unweighted Bases	448	199	249	98	136	132	82	38	80	118	200	68	141	216	248	97	70	448	274	174	118	156	143	76	67	288	46	181	267	424	24	248	200	228	220	Not set
Weighted Bases	442	280	162	86	136	124	95	38	83	112	198	69	143	208	234	101	73	442	257	185	108	148	130	66	64	298	41	170	272	415	26	232	210	226	216	Not set
Developing marketing strategy	137	93	44	20	38	45	34	21	26	31	58	28	42	54	76	26	19	137	83	54	27	56	36	20	16	95	16	63	74	129	8	77	60	66	71	Not set
Not set	31%	33%	27%	23%	28%	36%	36%	54%	31%	27%	29%	40%	30%	26%	32%	26%	26%	31%	32%	29%	25%	38%	28%	31%	25%	32%	38%	37%	27%	31%	31%	33%	29%	29%	33%	Not set
Diversifying into new markets/seeking out new opportunities/new customers	96	55	41	21	28	30	16	7	18	29	41	16	27	50	52	24	15	96	61	35	23	38	33	15	19	57	8	39	57	90	6	59	37	44	52	Not set
Not set	22%	20%	25%	25%	21%	24%	17%	18%	22%	26%	21%	23%	19%	24%	22%	24%	20%	22%	24%	19%	21%	25%	26%	22%	29%	19%	20%	23%	21%	22%	22%	26%	18%	20%	24%	Not set
Introducing new/ significantly improved products and/or services	72	46	27	9	30	19	14	4	13	18	35	14	22	36	38	15	19	72	45	28	18	27	30	8	22	39	19	27	45	67	5	40	32	40	32	Not set
Not set	16%	16%	16%	11%	22%	16%	15%	11%	16%	16%	17%	20%	16%	17%	16%	15%	26%	16%	17%	15%	17%	18%	23%	12%	34%	13%	45%	16%	17%	16%	20%	17%	15%	18%	15%	Not set
Investing in larger/new premises/adding another site	59	41	18	9	28	11	11	8	12	13	26	8	16	32	36	8	9	59	44	15	24	20	16	4	12	42	9	32	27	57	2	31	28	32	27	Not set
Not set	13%	15%	11%	11%	21%	9%	11%	22%	15%	11%	13%	11%	11%	15%	15%	8%	12%	13%	17%	8%	22%	13%	13%	7%	19%	14%	21%	19%	10%	14%	7%	13%	13%	14%	12%	Not set
Recruiting additional staff	57	34	23	9	16	18	13	5	16	19	18	11	10	35	39	10	7	57	36	21	15	21	22	11	12	34	12	25	32	53	4	42	15	27	29	Not set
Not set	13%	12%	14%	11%	12%	15%	14%	12%	19%	17%	9%	16%	7%	17%	17%	9%	10%	13%	14%	11%	14%	14%	17%	17%	18%	11%	29%	15%	12%	13%	16%	18%	7%	12%	14%	Not set
Developing online presence	33	23	11	7	10	11	6	2	1	9	19	4	16	14	22	4	6	33	23	11	12	10	8	3	5	25	4	17	17	30	4	20	14	19	14	Not set
Not set	8%	8%	7%	8%	7%	9%	6%	6%	1%	8%	10%	6%	11%	7%	10%	4%	9%	8%	9%	6%	11%	7%	6%	5%	7%	9%	11%	10%	6%	7%	14%	8%	7%	8%	7%	Not set
Investing in job role specific training for existing staff	29	24	5	7	8	8	6	3	5	8	13	4	8	16	14	8	6	29	17	12	4	12	9	3	5	20	2	11	18	26	3	13	16	10	19	Not set
Not set	7%	8%	3%	9%	6%	6%	7%	8%	6%	7%	7%	7%	6%	8%	6%	8%	8%	7%	6%	7%	4%	8%	7%	5%	8%	7%	6%	6%	7%	6%	11%	6%	7%	5%	9%	Not set
Introducing improved processes	27	17	10	4	11	6	6	3	2	13	8	4	7	15	16	7	3	27	15	12	3	12	11	6	5	16	5	13	14	23	4	12	15	13	14	Not set
Not set	6%	6%	6%	5%	8%	5%	6%	8%	3%	12%	4%	6%	5%	7%	7%	6%	4%	6%	6%	7%	2%	8%	8%	9%	8%	5%	13%	8%	5%	6%	14%	5%	7%	6%	7%	Not set
Sourcing funds	19	13	5	2	3	5	8	3	3	6	7	4	6	7	7	5	4	19	9	10	6	3	4	0	4	15	1	5	13	19	0	12	7	5	13	Not set
Not set	4%	5%	3%	2%	2%	4%	9%	8%	3%	5%	3%	6%	4%	3%	3%	5%	6%	4%	4%	5%	5%	2%	3%	0%	6%	5%	2%	3%	5%	4%	0%	5%	3%	2%	6%	Not set
Improving business productivity/efficiency	14	12	2	2	6	4	2	1	0	3	10	3	1	9	4	6	1	14	9	6	2	6	4	3	1	9	0	1	13	14	0	8	7	9	6	Not set
Not set	3%	4%	1%	3%	4%	3%	3%	3%	0%	3%	5%	4%	1%	5%	2%	6%	2%	3%	3%	3%	2%	4%	3%	5%	1%	3%	0%	1%	5%	3%	0%	3%	3%	4%	3%	Not set
Developing export markets	12	4	7	4	1	4	2	1	1	4	5	1	1	9	6	3	1	12	10	2	5	5	6	5	1	5	1	6	6	12	0	10	2	6	6	Not set
Not set	3%	2%	5%	5%	1%	3%	3%	3%	1%	4%	3%	2%	*%	4%	3%	3%	1%	3%	4%	1%	4%	3%	5%	7%	2%	2%	3%	4%	2%	3%	0%	4%	1%	3%	3%	Not set
Restructuring the business	10	5	5	4	3	2	2	0	3	2	4	0	3	8	8	0	2	10	7	3	2	5	4	4	0	6	1	3	7	10	0	7	4	5	5	Not set
Not set	2%	2%	3%	4%	2%	1%	2%	0%	3%	2%	2%	0%	2%	4%	3%	0%	3%	2%	3%	1%	2%	3%	3%	6%	0%	2%	2%	2%	3%	2%	0%	3%	2%	2%	2%	Not set
Seeking to acquire other businesses	10	4	5	1	2	4	2	1	5	2	2	1	2	7	7	2	1	10	4	6	2	2	3	2	1	7	1	2	8	10	0	4	6	2	8	Not set
Not set	2%	2%	3%	1%	1%	3%	3%	1%	6%	2%	1%	2%	1%	3%	3%	2%	1%	2%	2%	3%	2%	1%	3%	3%	2%	2%	2%	1%	3%	2%	0%	2%	3%	1%	4%	Not set
Forming new alliances/business partnerships	7	6	1	1	0	3	2	0	2	1	4	2	0	4	4	0	1	7	4	3	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	4	7	0	6	1	4	3	Not set
Not set	2%	2%	1%	1%	0%	3%	3%	0%	2%	1%	2%	4%	0%	2%	2%	0%	1%	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	1%	0%	3%	1%	0%	1%	2%	2%	0%	2%	1%	2%	1%	Not set
Investing in new machinery/equipment	6	2	4	3	2	1	1	0	0	2	4	1	1	4	4	1	1	6	5	1	2	3	5	2	3	1	3	3	4	6	0	2	4	2	4	Not set
Not set	1%	1%	2%	4%	1%	*%	1%	0%	0%	2%	2%	1%	1%	2%	2%	1%	2%	1%	2%	1%	2%	2%	4%	3%	5%	*%	7%	2%	1%	2%	0%	1%	2%	1%	2%	Not set
Improving networking strategies	6	6	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	3	3	5	1	0	3	2	0	6	3	3	2	2	2	2	0	3	0	2	4	6	0	3	3	4	2	Not set
Not set	1%	2%	0%	1%	0%	3%	2%	0%	0%	3%	2%	7%	1%	0%	1%	2%	0%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	2%	0%	1%	0%	1%	2%	1%	0%	1%	1%	2%	1%	Not set
Investing in Research and Development	4	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	4	2	1	2	1	4	4	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	4	0	0	4	Not set
Not set	1%	1%	1%	4%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%	1%	4%	*%	*%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	2%	*%	3%	6%	0%	0%	0%	1%	*%	1%	0%	2%	0%	0%	2%	Not set
Other	47	27	20	5	16	14	12	7	12	11	16	7	17	21	20	12	7	47	35	12	14	21	13	8	5	34	4	21	27	43	4	20	28	23	25	Not set
Not set	11%	10%	12%	6%	11%	12%	13%	19%	15%	10%	8%	10%	12%	10%	9%	12%	9%	11%	14%	7%	13%	14%	10%	12%	8%	11%	9%	12%	10%	10%	15%	8%	13%	10%	11%	Not set
Nothing / Not sure yet	35	26	9	9	11	11	4	2	7	8	16	4	18	13	17	10	9	35	10	25	6	5	8	7	1	27	2	10	25	33	2	16	19	20	15	Not set
Not set	8%	9%	6%	11%	8%	9%	4%	4%	9%	7%	8%	6%	12%	6%	7%	9%	12%	8%	4%	13%	5%	3%	6%	10%	1%	9%	5%	6%	9%	8%	8%	7%	9%	9%	7%	Not set
Don't know / Refused	4	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	2	1	1	0	4	1	4	1	0	1	1	0	4	1	1	4	4	1	1	3	1	3	Not set
Not set	1%	*%	2%	0%	2%	1%	0%	0%	1%	1%	2%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	*%	2%	1%	0%	*%	1%	0%	1%	2%	*%	1%	1%	2%	1%	2%	1%	1%	Not set
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 27	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Summary: C1. Capability of business	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Total	1 - Very Poor	2 - Poor	3 - Average	4 - Strong	5 - Very Strong	Don't know	NA	Summary: Poor	Summary: Strong	Base for Stats	Mean	Standard Error	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
People management	601	5	26	133	278	150	3	5	31	428	593	3.91	0.04	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	1%	4%	22%	46%	25%	1%	1%	5%	71%	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Training staff	601	9	36	132	243	177	1	4	45	420	596	3.91	0.04	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	1%	6%	22%	40%	29%	*%	1%	7%	70%	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Business plan/strategy	601	11	26	167	227	145	11	14	37	372	576	3.81	0.04	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	2%	4%	28%	38%	24%	2%	2%	6%	62%	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Regulations	601	7	17	91	222	243	13	8	24	465	580	4.17	0.04	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	1%	3%	15%	37%	40%	2%	1%	4%	77%	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Managing cashflow	601	5	7	62	176	343	5	3	12	519	593	4.43	0.03	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	1%	1%	10%	29%	57%	1%	*%	2%	86%	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
e-commerce	601	43	89	179	92	68	20	110	132	160	471	3.11	0.05	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	7%	15%	30%	15%	11%	3%	18%	22%	27%	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 28	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
C1/1. Capability of business - People management	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	601	279	322	137	190	158	116	43	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	448	153	340	261	153	187	166	90	76	414	55	222	379	561	40	310	291	322	279
Weighted Bases	601	389	212	124	192	151	134	43	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	442	159	325	276	146	178	152	78	74	431	50	212	389	558	43	292	309	324	277
1 - Very Poor	5	4	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	5	1	2	2	2	1	2	4	1	2	3	0	2	2	2	0	3	0	1	5	4	1	1	4	4	2
Not set	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	*%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	2%	0%	1%	0%	*%	1%	1%	3%	*%	1%	1%	1%
2 - Poor	26	20	6	7	5	9	6	1	7	7	12	3	13	9	15	8	4	17	9	10	16	4	7	10	5	5	16	4	5	22	21	6	16	10	12	14
Not set	4%	5%	3%	5%	2%	6%	4%	3%	7%	5%	4%	3%	6%	4%	5%	5%	3%	4%	6%	3%	6%	3%	4%	6%	6%	7%	4%	9%	2%	6%	4%	13%	5%	3%	4%	5%
3 - Average	133	84	49	28	57	32	17	6	17	34	74	21	52	53	62	42	20	100	33	82	51	34	48	51	19	32	80	16	58	75	124	9	72	61	80	53
Not set	22%	22%	23%	22%	30%	21%	13%	15%	17%	23%	25%	21%	24%	21%	22%	26%	18%	23%	21%	25%	18%	23%	27%	33%	24%	43%	19%	32%	27%	19%	22%	21%	25%	20%	25%	19%
4 - Strong	278	179	99	56	81	80	62	25	38	67	141	51	90	124	124	74	59	208	71	152	126	77	76	64	39	25	205	15	95	183	262	16	133	145	137	141
Not set	46%	46%	47%	45%	42%	53%	46%	58%	38%	46%	47%	51%	41%	48%	44%	46%	52%	47%	44%	47%	46%	52%	42%	42%	50%	34%	48%	30%	45%	47%	47%	37%	46%	47%	42%	51%
5 - Very Strong	150	98	52	30	46	27	47	10	34	38	65	23	57	63	78	35	27	108	42	75	75	32	43	25	14	12	119	15	50	100	139	11	65	85	86	64
Not set	25%	25%	25%	24%	24%	18%	35%	24%	34%	26%	22%	24%	26%	25%	27%	22%	24%	25%	26%	23%	27%	22%	24%	17%	17%	16%	28%	30%	24%	26%	25%	25%	22%	28%	27%	23%
Don't know	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	3	2	0	1	3	1	1	3	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	2	1	3	0	3	0	2	1
Not set	1%	*%	1%	1%	*%	*%	1%	0%	2%	0%	1%	0%	*%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	*%	*%	1%	0%	*%	*%	0%	1%	1%	0%	1%	*%	1%	0%	1%	0%	1%	*%
NA	5	2	2	1	2	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	3	1	1	0	1	2	3	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	3	4	1	1	3	3	1
Not set	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	1%	0%	2%	*%	1%	0%	2%	*%	*%	0%	1%	*%	2%	1%	1%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	2%	*%	1%	1%	*%
Summary: Poor	31	24	7	9	6	11	6	1	7	7	16	4	15	12	17	8	6	21	11	13	19	4	9	12	7	5	20	4	5	26	25	7	17	14	15	16
Not set	5%	6%	3%	7%	3%	7%	4%	3%	7%	5%	5%	4%	7%	5%	6%	5%	5%	5%	7%	4%	7%	3%	5%	8%	8%	7%	5%	9%	2%	7%	4%	16%	6%	5%	5%	6%
Summary: Strong	428	277	151	86	127	107	109	35	71	105	206	74	147	186	203	109	86	316	113	227	201	109	118	89	53	37	324	30	145	283	402	27	198	230	223	206
Not set	71%	71%	71%	69%	66%	71%	81%	82%	73%	71%	69%	75%	68%	73%	71%	68%	75%	71%	71%	70%	73%	74%	66%	59%	68%	49%	75%	60%	69%	73%	72%	62%	68%	75%	69%	74%
Base for stats	593	385	208	122	189	150	132	43	95	146	296	100	213	251	282	160	112	437	156	322	271	146	176	152	78	74	424	50	208	385	550	43	288	305	318	275
Mean	3.91	3.9	3.94	3.86	3.87	3.81	4.14	4.03	4.04	3.92	3.84	3.93	3.88	3.94	3.93	3.85	3.93	3.91	3.92	3.89	3.94	3.94	3.85	3.67	3.74	3.59	3.99	3.81	3.91	3.92	3.93	3.7	3.85	3.97	3.91	3.92
Standard error	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.08	0.06	0.07	0.08	0.11	0.09	0.07	0.05	0.08	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.07	0.08	0.04	0.07	0.04	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.07	0.09	0.1	0.04	0.13	0.05	0.05	0.04	0.17	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 29	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
C1/2. Capability of business - Training staff	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	601	279	322	137	190	158	116	43	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	448	153	340	261	153	187	166	90	76	414	55	222	379	561	40	310	291	322	279
Weighted Bases	601	389	212	124	192	151	134	43	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	442	159	325	276	146	178	152	78	74	431	50	212	389	558	43	292	309	324	277
1 - Very Poor	9	6	3	2	0	2	5	0	1	1	7	1	4	4	5	2	2	7	2	7	2	1	6	3	2	2	5	0	5	4	8	1	5	3	3	6
Not set	1%	2%	1%	1%	0%	1%	4%	0%	1%	1%	2%	1%	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%	1%	2%	1%	1%	3%	2%	2%	2%	1%	0%	2%	1%	1%	3%	2%	1%	1%	2%
2 - Poor	36	24	12	5	14	11	6	4	6	10	16	6	6	21	22	10	3	31	5	25	11	12	13	22	13	9	13	8	12	23	31	4	23	13	14	22
Not set	6%	6%	6%	4%	7%	7%	4%	9%	6%	7%	5%	6%	3%	8%	8%	6%	2%	7%	3%	8%	4%	8%	7%	15%	17%	13%	3%	16%	6%	6%	6%	10%	8%	4%	4%	8%
3 - Average	132	87	45	34	52	30	15	9	18	30	71	23	46	55	58	37	24	94	38	80	52	36	44	43	22	21	86	12	42	90	121	11	65	67	72	59
Not set	22%	22%	21%	28%	27%	20%	12%	21%	18%	20%	24%	23%	21%	22%	20%	23%	21%	21%	24%	25%	19%	25%	25%	28%	28%	28%	20%	24%	20%	23%	22%	24%	22%	22%	22%	21%
4 - Strong	243	156	87	50	68	73	52	21	25	65	126	44	86	98	109	69	47	176	66	121	122	56	65	54	25	29	181	17	92	151	231	12	121	122	126	117
Not set	40%	40%	41%	40%	35%	49%	39%	48%	26%	44%	42%	44%	40%	38%	38%	43%	41%	40%	42%	37%	44%	38%	37%	36%	32%	39%	42%	34%	43%	39%	41%	27%	41%	40%	39%	42%
5 - Very Strong	177	114	63	31	56	34	56	9	47	41	77	26	72	74	90	40	38	129	48	90	87	40	50	28	15	13	141	12	59	118	162	15	77	100	108	69
Not set	29%	29%	30%	25%	29%	23%	42%	22%	48%	28%	26%	26%	33%	29%	32%	25%	33%	29%	30%	28%	32%	27%	28%	19%	19%	18%	33%	24%	28%	30%	29%	35%	26%	32%	33%	25%
Don't know	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Not set	*%	0%	1%	1%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	1%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%
NA	4	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	2	2	2	0	4	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	2	4	0	1	3	1	3
Not set	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	0%	*%	1%	1%	0%	*%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	*%	1%	0%	*%	1%	*%	1%
Summary: Poor	45	30	15	7	14	13	11	4	8	11	22	7	10	25	27	11	5	38	7	32	12	13	19	26	15	11	19	8	17	28	39	6	28	16	16	28
Not set	7%	8%	7%	6%	7%	9%	8%	9%	8%	7%	7%	7%	5%	10%	9%	7%	5%	9%	4%	10%	4%	9%	11%	17%	19%	15%	4%	16%	8%	7%	7%	13%	10%	5%	5%	10%
Summary: Strong	420	270	150	80	124	108	108	30	72	106	203	70	159	172	199	109	85	306	114	211	209	96	115	82	40	42	322	29	151	269	393	27	198	222	234	186
Not set	70%	69%	71%	65%	64%	71%	81%	70%	74%	72%	68%	70%	73%	68%	70%	68%	74%	69%	72%	65%	76%	66%	64%	54%	51%	57%	75%	58%	71%	69%	70%	62%	68%	72%	72%	67%
Base for stats	596	387	209	122	189	150	134	43	98	146	296	100	215	252	283	157	114	437	159	323	273	145	178	151	77	74	427	50	209	387	553	43	291	305	323	273
Mean	3.91	3.9	3.93	3.83	3.88	3.84	4.11	3.83	4.13	3.92	3.85	3.88	4.01	3.86	3.91	3.86	4.01	3.89	3.97	3.81	4.03	3.84	3.79	3.54	3.5	3.57	4.03	3.67	3.9	3.92	3.92	3.82	3.83	3.99	4	3.81
Standard error	0.04	0.06	0.05	0.08	0.07	0.07	0.09	0.13	0.1	0.07	0.06	0.09	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.09	0.05	0.07	0.05	0.05	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.11	0.11	0.04	0.14	0.06	0.05	0.04	0.18	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.06
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 30	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
C1/3. Capability of business - Business plan/strategy	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	601	279	322	137	190	158	116	43	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	448	153	340	261	153	187	166	90	76	414	55	222	379	561	40	310	291	322	279
Weighted Bases	601	389	212	124	192	151	134	43	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	442	159	325	276	146	178	152	78	74	431	50	212	389	558	43	292	309	324	277
1 - Very Poor	11	9	2	5	4	2	1	0	2	3	7	1	7	2	6	4	1	5	7	11	1	5	5	3	2	1	8	1	4	7	9	2	1	10	7	4
Not set	2%	2%	1%	4%	2%	1%	1%	0%	2%	2%	2%	1%	3%	1%	2%	3%	1%	1%	4%	3%	*%	4%	3%	2%	3%	1%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	6%	*%	3%	2%	1%
2 - Poor	26	18	7	5	7	11	2	0	6	8	13	4	4	17	15	10	1	21	4	12	13	7	5	12	8	4	14	2	6	20	23	3	16	9	14	12
Not set	4%	5%	4%	4%	4%	7%	2%	0%	6%	5%	4%	4%	2%	7%	5%	6%	1%	5%	3%	4%	5%	5%	3%	8%	10%	5%	3%	5%	3%	5%	4%	7%	6%	3%	4%	4%
3 - Average	167	111	56	30	55	43	39	7	30	34	91	32	68	63	78	50	35	117	50	85	82	38	47	40	18	21	125	12	50	117	158	9	80	87	83	83
Not set	28%	28%	27%	24%	29%	28%	29%	17%	31%	23%	30%	32%	31%	25%	27%	31%	31%	26%	31%	26%	30%	26%	26%	26%	23%	29%	29%	23%	23%	30%	28%	21%	27%	28%	26%	30%
4 - Strong	227	140	87	54	73	56	45	24	23	58	116	34	81	96	104	56	46	171	57	125	102	53	72	68	35	33	150	22	91	137	215	12	114	113	126	101
Not set	38%	36%	41%	44%	38%	37%	33%	57%	23%	39%	39%	34%	37%	38%	36%	35%	40%	39%	35%	38%	37%	36%	40%	45%	45%	45%	35%	43%	43%	35%	39%	29%	39%	37%	39%	36%
5 - Very Strong	145	95	50	27	44	37	37	10	35	41	58	26	49	63	73	32	29	112	33	84	61	39	45	27	13	14	114	14	55	90	132	13	73	72	81	64
Not set	24%	24%	24%	22%	23%	25%	27%	24%	36%	28%	19%	27%	23%	25%	26%	20%	25%	25%	21%	26%	22%	26%	25%	18%	17%	19%	26%	27%	26%	23%	24%	31%	25%	23%	25%	23%
Don't know	11	6	4	0	1	3	6	1	2	3	5	0	2	7	5	2	0	9	1	2	8	2	1	1	0	1	8	0	4	7	10	1	5	5	2	8
Not set	2%	2%	2%	0%	1%	2%	5%	2%	2%	2%	2%	0%	1%	3%	2%	1%	0%	2%	1%	1%	3%	1%	*%	*%	0%	1%	2%	0%	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%	1%	3%
NA	14	9	5	2	8	0	4	0	1	1	10	2	5	7	5	6	3	7	7	5	9	3	3	1	1	0	12	0	2	12	12	3	3	12	10	4
Not set	2%	2%	2%	2%	4%	0%	3%	0%	1%	1%	3%	2%	2%	3%	2%	4%	2%	2%	5%	2%	3%	2%	1%	1%	2%	0%	3%	0%	1%	3%	2%	6%	1%	4%	3%	2%
Summary: Poor	37	27	10	10	11	12	3	0	7	10	20	6	11	19	20	14	2	26	11	23	14	12	11	15	10	5	22	3	10	27	32	5	17	20	21	16
Not set	6%	7%	4%	8%	6%	8%	2%	0%	7%	7%	7%	6%	5%	7%	7%	9%	2%	6%	7%	7%	5%	8%	6%	10%	13%	6%	5%	6%	5%	7%	6%	12%	6%	6%	6%	6%
Summary: Strong	372	236	137	81	117	93	81	35	58	99	175	60	131	159	178	88	74	282	90	209	163	91	118	96	48	47	264	35	146	226	346	26	187	185	207	165
Not set	62%	61%	65%	65%	61%	62%	61%	81%	59%	67%	58%	60%	60%	62%	62%	55%	65%	64%	56%	64%	59%	62%	66%	63%	62%	64%	61%	70%	69%	58%	62%	60%	64%	60%	64%	59%
Base for stats	576	374	202	121	183	148	124	42	95	142	286	98	210	240	275	152	112	425	151	317	259	142	175	150	77	74	411	50	206	371	536	40	284	292	312	264
Mean	3.81	3.79	3.86	3.76	3.8	3.79	3.92	4.07	3.88	3.89	3.72	3.82	3.77	3.84	3.82	3.66	3.89	3.85	3.7	3.82	3.81	3.8	3.84	3.7	3.64	3.76	3.85	3.9	3.91	3.76	3.82	3.79	3.85	3.78	3.83	3.79
Standard error	0.04	0.06	0.05	0.08	0.07	0.08	0.08	0.1	0.11	0.08	0.05	0.1	0.07	0.06	0.06	0.08	0.08	0.04	0.08	0.05	0.06	0.08	0.07	0.07	0.1	0.1	0.05	0.12	0.06	0.05	0.04	0.2	0.05	0.06	0.05	0.06
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 31	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
C1/4. Capability of business - Regulations	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	601	279	322	137	190	158	116	43	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	448	153	340	261	153	187	166	90	76	414	55	222	379	561	40	310	291	322	279
Weighted Bases	601	389	212	124	192	151	134	43	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	442	159	325	276	146	178	152	78	74	431	50	212	389	558	43	292	309	324	277
1 - Very Poor	7	5	2	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	6	1	3	2	2	4	1	4	3	7	0	4	3	4	2	2	3	0	3	5	6	1	1	6	5	2
Not set	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%	0%	1%	0%	1%	*%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	3%	1%	1%	2%	2%	0%	3%	2%	3%	3%	2%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	3%	*%	2%	2%	1%
2 - Poor	17	9	8	4	6	6	2	2	6	4	5	0	9	8	8	6	3	13	4	11	6	3	8	6	4	2	10	2	6	11	15	2	10	7	10	7
Not set	3%	2%	4%	3%	3%	4%	1%	5%	6%	3%	2%	0%	4%	3%	3%	4%	2%	3%	3%	3%	2%	2%	4%	4%	5%	3%	2%	4%	3%	3%	3%	5%	3%	2%	3%	3%
3 - Average	91	60	31	23	33	19	16	6	10	23	50	10	36	41	45	26	16	66	25	52	39	26	26	29	19	9	59	9	29	62	84	7	51	40	49	42
Not set	15%	15%	15%	18%	17%	13%	12%	14%	11%	16%	17%	10%	16%	16%	16%	16%	14%	15%	15%	16%	14%	18%	15%	19%	25%	13%	14%	17%	14%	16%	15%	16%	17%	13%	15%	15%
4 - Strong	222	150	72	42	75	54	50	19	35	58	101	44	71	98	107	57	43	167	55	118	104	55	63	58	26	32	159	18	80	142	206	16	109	113	112	110
Not set	37%	39%	34%	34%	39%	36%	37%	45%	36%	40%	34%	44%	33%	39%	38%	36%	38%	38%	34%	36%	38%	38%	35%	38%	33%	43%	37%	37%	38%	36%	37%	36%	37%	37%	35%	40%
5 - Very Strong	243	158	85	49	71	67	55	14	42	58	125	43	90	98	117	60	50	177	65	131	111	56	75	51	24	27	187	20	87	155	226	17	114	129	139	104
Not set	40%	41%	40%	40%	37%	45%	41%	33%	43%	39%	42%	43%	41%	38%	41%	38%	44%	40%	41%	40%	40%	38%	42%	33%	31%	36%	44%	40%	41%	40%	41%	38%	39%	42%	43%	37%
Don't know	13	4	9	1	3	4	5	2	3	2	7	1	4	6	5	4	0	9	4	3	10	1	3	2	1	1	8	1	4	9	13	1	5	9	8	5
Not set	2%	1%	4%	1%	2%	2%	4%	4%	3%	1%	2%	1%	2%	2%	2%	2%	0%	2%	2%	1%	4%	*%	2%	1%	1%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	3%	2%	2%
NA	8	3	5	2	0	1	6	0	1	1	6	1	5	2	2	2	1	4	4	2	6	1	1	3	2	1	4	1	2	6	8	0	3	5	1	7
Not set	1%	1%	3%	1%	0%	*%	4%	0%	1%	1%	2%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	2%	1%	*%	2%	3%	1%	1%	2%	1%	2%	1%	0%	1%	2%	*%	2%
Summary: Poor	24	14	10	7	9	6	2	2	6	5	11	1	11	10	10	10	4	17	7	18	6	7	11	10	6	4	13	2	9	15	21	3	11	13	15	9
Not set	4%	4%	5%	5%	5%	4%	2%	5%	7%	3%	4%	1%	5%	4%	3%	6%	3%	4%	4%	6%	2%	5%	6%	7%	8%	5%	3%	4%	4%	4%	4%	8%	4%	4%	5%	3%
Summary: Strong	465	308	156	91	146	122	106	33	77	116	226	87	161	196	224	118	93	345	120	249	215	112	138	109	50	59	346	39	168	297	432	32	222	242	251	214
Not set	77%	79%	74%	74%	76%	81%	79%	78%	79%	79%	75%	87%	74%	77%	79%	74%	81%	78%	75%	77%	78%	76%	77%	71%	64%	79%	80%	77%	79%	76%	78%	75%	76%	78%	77%	77%
Base for stats	580	382	197	120	189	147	124	41	94	144	287	98	208	247	278	154	113	428	152	320	260	145	175	148	75	72	418	49	205	374	537	43	284	295	315	265
Mean	4.17	4.17	4.16	4.08	4.08	4.25	4.28	4.1	4.19	4.17	4.16	4.3	4.14	4.14	4.18	4.07	4.22	4.17	4.15	4.11	4.23	4.08	4.14	3.99	3.86	4.11	4.24	4.16	4.19	4.15	4.18	4.03	4.14	4.19	4.17	4.16
Standard error	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.08	0.07	0.07	0.08	0.13	0.1	0.07	0.05	0.08	0.07	0.05	0.05	0.08	0.08	0.04	0.08	0.05	0.05	0.08	0.07	0.08	0.11	0.11	0.04	0.12	0.06	0.05	0.04	0.16	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 32	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
C1/5. Capability of business - Managing cashflow	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	601	279	322	137	190	158	116	43	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	448	153	340	261	153	187	166	90	76	414	55	222	379	561	40	310	291	322	279
Weighted Bases	601	389	212	124	192	151	134	43	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	442	159	325	276	146	178	152	78	74	431	50	212	389	558	43	292	309	324	277
1 - Very Poor	5	4	1	0	5	1	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	3	0	1	4	1	4	1	0	4	3	0	3	3	1	3	2	5	0	3	2	5	1
Not set	1%	1%	1%	0%	2%	*%	0%	5%	0%	0%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	0%	2%	2%	0%	3%	1%	3%	2%	*%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	*%
2 - Poor	7	3	4	1	0	5	2	1	4	1	2	0	4	2	4	3	0	7	0	2	5	2	0	5	3	2	2	1	1	6	5	2	6	1	1	7
Not set	1%	1%	2%	1%	0%	3%	1%	1%	4%	1%	1%	0%	2%	1%	1%	2%	0%	2%	0%	1%	2%	1%	0%	3%	4%	2%	*%	2%	1%	1%	1%	5%	2%	*%	*%	2%
3 - Average	62	43	19	15	18	18	11	2	10	22	27	8	24	27	30	17	12	43	18	39	23	24	15	12	9	3	48	3	21	40	56	5	30	32	43	19
Not set	10%	11%	9%	12%	9%	12%	8%	6%	10%	15%	9%	8%	11%	11%	11%	11%	11%	10%	12%	12%	8%	16%	8%	8%	12%	4%	11%	6%	10%	10%	10%	12%	10%	10%	13%	7%
4 - Strong	176	114	62	32	50	40	54	9	30	43	90	31	65	74	81	49	36	124	51	87	88	39	48	55	18	36	115	15	67	109	166	10	91	85	79	96
Not set	29%	29%	29%	26%	26%	27%	40%	22%	31%	29%	30%	31%	30%	29%	28%	31%	31%	28%	32%	27%	32%	27%	27%	36%	23%	49%	27%	30%	32%	28%	30%	23%	31%	28%	24%	35%
5 - Very Strong	343	222	121	76	118	84	65	28	52	81	173	61	121	145	166	90	65	257	86	191	152	81	110	76	46	30	258	30	117	226	318	25	158	185	194	149
Not set	57%	57%	57%	61%	61%	56%	49%	66%	53%	55%	57%	61%	56%	57%	58%	57%	57%	58%	54%	59%	55%	55%	62%	50%	59%	41%	60%	60%	55%	58%	57%	58%	54%	60%	60%	54%
Don't know	5	1	4	0	2	3	1	0	1	1	4	0	1	2	2	0	1	4	2	2	3	1	2	2	1	1	3	0	2	4	5	1	3	3	2	3
Not set	1%	*%	2%	0%	1%	2%	1%	0%	1%	*%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	0%	*%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%
NA	3	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	3	0	2	1	0	3
Not set	*%	*%	1%	0%	0%	*%	2%	0%	1%	0%	1%	0%	*%	1%	0%	0%	*%	*%	1%	0%	1%	0%	0%	*%	1%	0%	*%	0%	*%	1%	1%	0%	1%	*%	0%	1%
Summary: Poor	12	7	5	1	5	5	2	3	4	1	5	1	4	4	7	3	1	11	1	6	6	2	4	7	3	4	4	2	5	8	10	2	9	3	5	7
Not set	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	4%	1%	6%	4%	1%	2%	1%	2%	2%	2%	2%	*%	2%	1%	2%	2%	1%	2%	5%	4%	6%	1%	4%	2%	2%	2%	5%	3%	1%	2%	3%
Summary: Strong	519	336	182	108	168	124	119	38	82	124	263	91	187	219	247	140	100	382	137	278	241	120	158	130	64	66	373	45	183	335	483	35	249	270	273	245
Not set	86%	86%	86%	87%	87%	82%	88%	88%	84%	84%	87%	91%	86%	86%	87%	87%	88%	86%	86%	86%	87%	82%	89%	86%	82%	89%	87%	90%	87%	86%	87%	81%	85%	87%	84%	88%
Base for stats	593	386	206	124	190	148	131	43	96	146	295	100	215	250	284	160	113	436	157	323	270	146	177	150	76	74	426	50	209	383	550	43	288	305	321	271
Mean	4.43	4.42	4.44	4.48	4.46	4.37	4.39	4.44	4.36	4.39	4.45	4.51	4.41	4.43	4.42	4.42	4.45	4.43	4.4	4.42	4.43	4.36	4.47	4.31	4.4	4.22	4.47	4.44	4.39	4.44	4.43	4.36	4.37	4.48	4.42	4.43
Standard error	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.06	0.06	0.07	0.07	0.15	0.09	0.06	0.05	0.07	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.07	0.04	0.06	0.04	0.05	0.07	0.06	0.07	0.09	0.1	0.04	0.12	0.06	0.04	0.03	0.14	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.05
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 33	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
C1/6. Capability of business - e-commerce	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	601	279	322	137	190	158	116	43	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	448	153	340	261	153	187	166	90	76	414	55	222	379	561	40	310	291	322	279
Weighted Bases	601	389	212	124	192	151	134	43	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	442	159	325	276	146	178	152	78	74	431	50	212	389	558	43	292	309	324	277
1 - Very Poor	43	30	13	13	15	11	4	3	5	11	23	5	18	19	14	18	8	32	11	25	19	11	14	13	8	6	30	1	4	40	41	2	16	27	23	20
Not set	7%	8%	6%	10%	8%	7%	3%	7%	5%	7%	8%	5%	8%	8%	5%	11%	7%	7%	7%	8%	7%	7%	8%	9%	10%	8%	7%	3%	2%	10%	7%	6%	5%	9%	7%	7%
2 - Poor	89	60	29	20	23	20	26	4	13	21	47	21	30	35	45	29	12	58	31	58	31	27	31	20	11	10	67	6	31	57	83	5	55	34	50	39
Not set	15%	15%	14%	16%	12%	13%	19%	10%	13%	15%	16%	21%	14%	14%	16%	18%	10%	13%	19%	18%	11%	18%	17%	13%	14%	13%	16%	12%	15%	15%	15%	12%	19%	11%	15%	14%
3 - Average	179	117	62	40	62	43	34	13	25	39	98	21	70	80	89	50	29	147	32	96	83	45	51	46	18	28	127	19	64	116	162	17	95	84	97	82
Not set	30%	30%	29%	33%	32%	29%	25%	31%	26%	27%	33%	21%	32%	32%	31%	31%	26%	33%	20%	30%	30%	31%	28%	30%	23%	38%	29%	37%	30%	30%	29%	39%	33%	27%	30%	30%
4 - Strong	92	48	43	20	26	22	24	4	12	29	46	16	35	38	45	19	25	64	28	47	44	21	26	32	19	13	58	9	38	54	86	5	46	45	48	44
Not set	15%	12%	20%	16%	13%	15%	18%	9%	12%	20%	15%	16%	16%	15%	16%	12%	22%	14%	17%	15%	16%	14%	15%	21%	24%	17%	13%	17%	18%	14%	15%	13%	16%	15%	15%	16%
5 - Very Strong	68	49	19	7	27	20	13	11	18	13	26	16	24	21	33	14	12	52	16	38	30	15	23	20	9	11	44	9	25	43	59	9	26	42	36	32
Not set	11%	13%	9%	6%	14%	13%	10%	25%	18%	9%	9%	16%	11%	8%	11%	9%	10%	12%	10%	12%	11%	10%	13%	13%	11%	15%	10%	17%	12%	11%	11%	20%	9%	14%	11%	11%
Don't know	20	15	5	5	2	3	10	0	6	1	13	3	4	13	6	5	6	16	4	9	11	4	5	4	1	3	14	1	10	9	20	0	13	7	11	9
Not set	3%	4%	3%	4%	1%	2%	7%	0%	6%	*%	4%	3%	2%	5%	2%	3%	5%	4%	2%	3%	4%	2%	3%	2%	1%	4%	3%	3%	5%	2%	4%	0%	4%	2%	3%	3%
NA	110	71	40	18	37	31	24	8	19	33	47	18	37	48	53	25	22	73	37	52	58	24	28	17	14	4	91	6	40	70	106	4	40	70	60	51
Not set	18%	18%	19%	15%	19%	21%	18%	18%	19%	23%	16%	18%	17%	19%	19%	16%	20%	17%	23%	16%	21%	16%	16%	11%	17%	5%	21%	12%	19%	18%	19%	10%	14%	23%	18%	18%
Summary: Poor	132	90	42	32	38	31	30	7	18	32	71	25	48	54	59	47	20	90	42	83	49	37	45	34	18	15	97	7	35	97	124	8	71	61	72	59
Not set	22%	23%	20%	26%	20%	21%	22%	17%	18%	22%	24%	25%	22%	21%	21%	29%	17%	20%	26%	25%	18%	26%	25%	22%	24%	21%	22%	14%	16%	25%	22%	18%	24%	20%	22%	21%
Summary: Strong	160	97	62	28	53	42	37	15	30	42	72	33	59	60	77	33	37	116	44	85	75	36	49	52	28	24	102	17	63	97	145	14	73	87	84	76
Not set	27%	25%	29%	22%	28%	28%	27%	34%	30%	29%	24%	33%	27%	23%	27%	21%	32%	26%	27%	26%	27%	25%	28%	34%	35%	32%	24%	34%	30%	25%	26%	33%	25%	28%	26%	27%
Base for stats	471	304	167	100	153	117	100	35	73	113	241	79	177	194	226	130	86	353	118	264	207	119	145	131	64	68	326	43	161	310	432	39	239	232	253	217
Mean	3.11	3.09	3.15	2.9	3.18	3.17	3.15	3.44	3.33	3.11	3.02	3.24	3.09	3.04	3.16	2.87	3.24	3.13	3.05	3.06	3.18	3.03	3.08	3.18	3.16	3.2	3.06	3.4	3.3	3.01	3.09	3.33	3.05	3.18	3.1	3.13
Standard error	0.05	0.08	0.07	0.1	0.1	0.11	0.12	0.22	0.14	0.11	0.07	0.14	0.09	0.08	0.07	0.1	0.12	0.06	0.11	0.07	0.08	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.14	0.14	0.06	0.15	0.08	0.07	0.05	0.2	0.07	0.08	0.07	0.08
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 34	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
C2. If you have a written business plan has it been reviewed in the last 12 months?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	601	279	322	137	190	158	116	43	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	448	153	340	261	153	187	166	90	76	414	55	222	379	561	40	310	291	322	279
Weighted Bases	601	389	212	124	192	151	134	43	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	442	159	325	276	146	178	152	78	74	431	50	212	389	558	43	292	309	324	277
Have a business plan AND reviewed in last 12 months	324	199	125	55	83	96	91	28	56	82	156	55	98	153	164	69	68	253	71	190	134	86	104	89	47	42	226	26	135	189	304	20	173	151	156	168
Not set	54%	51%	59%	44%	43%	63%	68%	65%	57%	56%	52%	56%	45%	60%	58%	43%	59%	57%	45%	58%	49%	59%	58%	58%	60%	57%	53%	52%	64%	49%	55%	46%	59%	49%	48%	61%
Have a business plan BUT NOT reviewed in last 12 months	53	38	15	9	23	11	10	8	6	13	25	13	15	22	25	12	11	39	14	24	30	13	10	9	3	6	43	8	17	36	49	4	31	22	32	21
Not set	9%	10%	7%	7%	12%	7%	7%	18%	6%	9%	8%	13%	7%	9%	9%	8%	10%	9%	9%	7%	11%	9%	6%	6%	4%	8%	10%	15%	8%	9%	9%	9%	11%	7%	10%	8%
No - Do not have a written business plan	205	143	63	58	78	40	29	7	31	48	113	31	96	72	88	73	35	135	70	105	100	45	61	53	27	26	151	16	55	150	186	19	81	124	129	77
Not set	34%	37%	30%	47%	41%	27%	22%	17%	31%	32%	38%	31%	44%	28%	31%	46%	30%	31%	44%	32%	36%	31%	34%	35%	35%	35%	35%	32%	26%	39%	33%	44%	28%	40%	40%	28%
Don't know	18	10	8	2	8	4	4	0	5	4	6	1	8	8	8	5	1	15	4	6	12	3	3	1	1	0	11	1	4	14	18	1	8	11	7	11
Not set	3%	3%	4%	1%	4%	3%	3%	0%	5%	3%	2%	1%	4%	3%	3%	3%	1%	3%	2%	2%	4%	2%	2%	1%	2%	0%	3%	1%	2%	4%	3%	1%	3%	3%	2%	4%
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 35	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
D1. I am going to read you a list of issues, and for each I would like you to tell me which, if any, represent obstacles to your business growing.	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	601	279	322	137	190	158	116	43	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	448	153	340	261	153	187	166	90	76	414	55	222	379	561	40	310	291	322	279
Weighted Bases	601	389	212	124	192	151	134	43	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	442	159	325	276	146	178	152	78	74	431	50	212	389	558	43	292	309	324	277
The economy	349	228	120	78	106	88	76	24	47	93	174	71	126	137	146	90	86	259	89	191	158	99	92	87	46	41	253	29	129	219	324	25	171	178	190	158
Not set	58%	59%	57%	63%	55%	59%	57%	56%	48%	63%	58%	71%	58%	54%	51%	57%	75%	59%	56%	59%	57%	68%	51%	57%	59%	55%	59%	57%	61%	56%	58%	57%	58%	58%	59%	57%
Regulations	305	206	99	65	112	66	60	21	47	71	159	49	112	130	142	86	57	218	87	177	127	83	94	69	37	32	231	24	112	193	284	20	149	156	181	123
Not set	51%	53%	47%	53%	59%	44%	45%	49%	48%	49%	53%	49%	52%	51%	50%	54%	50%	49%	54%	55%	46%	57%	53%	45%	47%	43%	54%	48%	53%	49%	51%	46%	51%	51%	56%	45%
Competition in the market	301	200	101	72	110	71	48	20	44	74	157	57	117	112	133	79	74	230	71	174	127	80	94	86	43	42	211	24	109	192	282	19	144	157	175	126
Not set	50%	51%	48%	58%	57%	47%	36%	47%	45%	50%	52%	57%	54%	44%	47%	49%	65%	52%	44%	54%	46%	55%	53%	56%	56%	57%	49%	48%	52%	49%	51%	44%	49%	51%	54%	45%
Taxation, VAT, PAYE, National Insurance, Business Rates	296	211	85	57	118	71	50	24	45	65	155	40	117	125	142	77	60	213	83	176	120	80	96	75	37	38	216	28	110	186	277	19	132	164	185	111
Not set	49%	54%	40%	46%	61%	47%	37%	56%	46%	44%	51%	40%	54%	49%	50%	48%	52%	48%	52%	54%	43%	54%	54%	49%	47%	51%	50%	55%	52%	48%	50%	43%	45%	53%	57%	40%
Recruiting staff	262	183	79	62	85	75	41	16	44	69	130	45	95	110	128	74	47	195	68	160	102	69	92	69	32	37	188	29	103	159	247	16	125	137	152	110
Not set	44%	47%	38%	50%	44%	50%	30%	37%	45%	47%	43%	45%	44%	43%	45%	46%	41%	44%	43%	49%	37%	47%	51%	46%	41%	50%	44%	57%	49%	41%	44%	36%	43%	44%	47%	40%
Shortage of skills generally	233	154	79	59	78	64	32	25	28	63	113	38	87	95	110	60	47	176	57	144	89	62	82	59	35	24	171	19	89	144	222	11	123	110	136	98
Not set	39%	40%	37%	48%	41%	42%	24%	58%	29%	43%	38%	38%	40%	37%	39%	38%	41%	40%	36%	44%	32%	43%	46%	39%	45%	33%	40%	37%	42%	37%	40%	26%	42%	36%	42%	35%
Cash flow	192	130	62	45	55	46	46	13	39	53	84	34	68	84	88	48	45	154	38	105	87	58	47	47	25	22	137	13	69	122	179	12	89	103	107	85
Not set	32%	33%	29%	37%	29%	30%	34%	30%	40%	36%	28%	34%	31%	33%	31%	30%	39%	35%	24%	32%	31%	40%	26%	31%	32%	29%	32%	27%	33%	31%	32%	29%	30%	33%	33%	30%
Pensions	155	106	48	37	53	33	33	7	18	46	77	32	47	69	79	41	30	103	52	86	68	53	34	32	12	20	119	14	55	100	144	11	77	77	90	65
Not set	26%	27%	23%	30%	28%	22%	24%	17%	18%	31%	26%	32%	22%	27%	28%	26%	26%	23%	32%	27%	25%	36%	19%	21%	16%	26%	28%	28%	26%	26%	26%	26%	27%	25%	28%	23%
Obtaining finance	150	104	45	28	55	29	37	15	36	42	53	25	52	63	69	37	34	119	31	92	57	60	32	38	19	19	107	7	54	96	137	13	73	76	75	74
Not set	25%	27%	21%	23%	28%	20%	28%	34%	37%	29%	18%	25%	24%	25%	24%	23%	30%	27%	19%	28%	21%	41%	18%	25%	24%	25%	25%	14%	25%	25%	25%	29%	25%	25%	23%	27%
Availability / cost of suitable premises	146	97	49	23	54	34	35	16	25	41	63	24	46	69	69	42	25	102	44	89	57	47	43	31	11	21	112	15	66	80	137	9	71	75	83	63
Not set	24%	25%	23%	19%	28%	23%	26%	37%	26%	28%	21%	24%	21%	27%	24%	26%	22%	23%	28%	27%	21%	32%	24%	21%	13%	28%	26%	29%	31%	21%	25%	22%	24%	24%	26%	23%
Shortage of managerial skills / expertise	142	93	49	36	47	37	21	13	16	33	78	20	58	55	75	33	25	105	37	87	55	40	46	40	19	21	100	18	57	85	135	7	74	68	74	68
Not set	24%	24%	23%	29%	25%	25%	16%	29%	16%	22%	26%	20%	27%	22%	26%	21%	22%	24%	23%	27%	20%	28%	26%	26%	24%	28%	23%	35%	27%	22%	24%	17%	25%	22%	23%	25%
Red tape/planning	9	7	2	2	4	2	2	0	2	1	6	0	3	6	7	1	1	5	4	7	2	5	2	2	0	2	7	1	6	3	9	0	5	4	8	1
Not set	1%	2%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	0%	2%	*%	2%	0%	1%	2%	2%	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%	1%	4%	1%	1%	0%	3%	2%	2%	3%	1%	2%	0%	2%	1%	2%	*%
Staff work ethics	6	5	1	0	4	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	5	5	0	1	4	2	5	1	1	3	1	0	1	5	1	4	2	6	0	1	5	3	3
Not set	1%	1%	*%	0%	2%	1%	0%	0%	3%	0%	*%	0%	1%	2%	2%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	1%	2%	1%	0%	2%	1%	3%	2%	*%	1%	0%	*%	2%	1%	1%
Issues with the government	5	3	2	1	0	3	1	2	1	2	1	3	1	2	2	1	3	3	3	2	4	0	2	2	2	0	4	0	2	3	5	0	2	4	0	5
Not set	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	2%	1%	4%	1%	2%	*%	3%	*%	1%	1%	*%	2%	1%	2%	*%	1%	0%	1%	1%	2%	0%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%	2%
Transport/parking problems	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	2	0	1	2	1	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	4	2	1	2	1	2	1
Not set	1%	1%	0%	2%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	0%	1%	1%	2%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	*%	3%	1%	*%	1%	*%
Other	28	19	9	6	10	1	12	1	2	4	21	5	10	13	14	6	4	25	4	17	11	8	10	7	4	3	21	3	9	19	26	2	14	15	11	17
Not set	5%	5%	4%	4%	5%	1%	9%	2%	2%	3%	7%	5%	4%	5%	5%	4%	4%	6%	2%	5%	4%	5%	5%	4%	5%	3%	5%	5%	4%	5%	5%	6%	5%	5%	4%	6%
No obstacles	30	15	16	1	10	5	14	2	3	5	20	3	14	12	16	8	3	16	15	13	17	8	5	4	1	2	25	1	4	26	26	4	11	20	11	19
Not set	5%	4%	7%	1%	5%	4%	10%	4%	3%	4%	6%	3%	6%	5%	5%	5%	3%	4%	9%	4%	6%	5%	3%	2%	2%	3%	6%	2%	2%	7%	5%	9%	4%	6%	3%	7%
No opinion	3	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	3	2	1
Not set	*%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	1%	0%	2%	0%	*%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	*%	1%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	1%	*%	1%	0%	0%	1%	*%	*%
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 36	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
D2. And which currently represents the biggest obstacle to your business growing?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	601	279	322	137	190	158	116	43	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	448	153	340	261	153	187	166	90	76	414	55	222	379	561	40	310	291	322	279
Weighted Bases	601	389	212	124	192	151	134	43	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	442	159	325	276	146	178	152	78	74	431	50	212	389	558	43	292	309	324	277
The economy	108	63	45	25	28	23	32	5	14	24	60	29	30	45	42	30	28	85	23	59	49	34	25	26	14	12	78	6	40	68	102	6	56	52	49	59
Not set	18%	16%	21%	20%	15%	15%	24%	11%	14%	16%	20%	29%	14%	18%	15%	19%	24%	19%	15%	18%	18%	24%	14%	17%	18%	16%	18%	13%	19%	18%	18%	15%	19%	17%	15%	21%
Competition in the market	81	53	28	15	34	24	9	8	10	21	41	9	32	32	37	22	16	67	14	40	40	16	24	22	9	13	56	6	34	47	73	7	43	37	53	28
Not set	13%	14%	13%	12%	17%	16%	7%	19%	10%	14%	14%	9%	15%	13%	13%	14%	14%	15%	9%	12%	15%	11%	14%	14%	11%	18%	13%	13%	16%	12%	13%	17%	15%	12%	16%	10%
Recruiting staff	69	50	18	14	20	25	10	2	8	25	32	13	27	28	35	24	8	53	16	35	34	11	24	20	10	10	48	11	26	43	64	4	34	34	36	33
Not set	11%	13%	9%	11%	10%	17%	7%	6%	9%	17%	11%	13%	12%	11%	12%	15%	7%	12%	10%	11%	12%	8%	13%	13%	12%	14%	11%	21%	12%	11%	11%	10%	12%	11%	11%	12%
Regulations	58	39	18	11	16	18	13	6	10	12	30	9	19	28	32	16	6	36	22	31	27	12	19	17	13	4	41	3	22	36	54	4	29	29	33	25
Not set	10%	10%	9%	9%	8%	12%	10%	13%	10%	8%	10%	9%	9%	11%	11%	10%	5%	8%	14%	10%	10%	8%	11%	11%	16%	6%	10%	6%	11%	9%	10%	10%	10%	9%	10%	9%
Taxation, VAT, PAYE, National Insurance, Business Rates	47	32	16	5	25	9	8	5	13	9	16	6	21	17	29	8	5	38	9	23	24	11	12	10	4	5	36	3	15	32	44	3	15	32	29	18
Not set	8%	8%	7%	4%	13%	6%	6%	11%	13%	6%	5%	6%	10%	6%	10%	5%	5%	9%	6%	7%	9%	7%	7%	6%	5%	7%	8%	6%	7%	8%	8%	7%	5%	10%	9%	6%
Shortage of skills generally	39	25	14	12	16	9	2	6	4	5	23	5	15	17	19	10	7	28	12	28	11	12	17	11	6	4	29	4	15	24	39	1	22	18	26	13
Not set	7%	6%	7%	10%	8%	6%	2%	14%	4%	4%	8%	5%	7%	7%	7%	6%	6%	6%	7%	9%	4%	8%	9%	7%	8%	6%	7%	8%	7%	6%	7%	2%	7%	6%	8%	5%
Cash flow	39	24	15	12	9	11	7	1	10	11	15	8	11	20	14	9	14	29	10	22	17	12	10	10	5	6	24	3	13	26	34	5	19	20	18	20
Not set	6%	6%	7%	9%	5%	7%	5%	3%	11%	7%	5%	8%	5%	8%	5%	5%	12%	7%	6%	7%	6%	8%	6%	7%	6%	8%	6%	7%	6%	7%	6%	11%	6%	6%	6%	7%
Obtaining finance	32	20	13	8	6	7	11	2	8	11	11	4	13	13	11	10	9	28	5	22	11	15	7	9	6	3	23	2	9	23	32	0	14	18	13	19
Not set	5%	5%	6%	6%	3%	5%	8%	5%	8%	8%	4%	4%	6%	5%	4%	6%	8%	6%	3%	7%	4%	10%	4%	6%	8%	4%	5%	4%	4%	6%	6%	0%	5%	6%	4%	7%
Availability / cost of suitable premises	29	18	11	4	11	5	10	4	3	11	12	3	11	12	16	9	1	16	14	15	15	5	9	6	0	6	22	3	7	22	27	3	14	15	18	11
Not set	5%	5%	5%	3%	6%	3%	7%	9%	3%	7%	4%	3%	5%	5%	6%	6%	*%	4%	8%	5%	5%	4%	5%	4%	0%	8%	5%	6%	3%	6%	5%	6%	5%	5%	6%	4%
Shortage of managerial skills / expertise	15	11	4	5	5	2	3	0	3	4	8	1	10	3	6	3	6	7	8	6	9	2	4	5	3	1	10	1	2	13	15	0	9	6	9	6
Not set	2%	3%	2%	4%	2%	1%	2%	0%	3%	2%	3%	1%	5%	1%	2%	2%	5%	2%	5%	2%	3%	1%	3%	3%	4%	2%	2%	2%	1%	3%	3%	0%	3%	2%	3%	2%
Pensions	10	9	1	3	1	5	0	0	1	3	6	3	0	6	5	2	2	9	1	5	5	2	3	3	1	2	7	2	5	4	8	1	7	2	5	4
Not set	2%	2%	1%	2%	1%	4%	0%	0%	1%	2%	2%	3%	0%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%	1%	3%	2%	3%	2%	1%	2%	3%	2%	1%	2%	2%
Transport/parking problems	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0
Not set	*%	*%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	1%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%
Other	32	23	9	8	7	6	11	1	10	2	19	8	10	15	16	5	9	24	8	20	12	6	14	9	5	4	23	5	14	18	30	2	12	20	13	19
Not set	5%	6%	4%	6%	4%	4%	8%	1%	10%	2%	6%	8%	4%	6%	6%	3%	8%	5%	5%	6%	4%	4%	8%	6%	7%	5%	5%	10%	7%	5%	5%	6%	4%	6%	4%	7%
No obstacles	30	15	16	1	10	5	14	2	3	5	20	3	14	12	16	8	3	16	15	13	17	8	5	4	1	2	25	1	4	26	26	4	11	20	11	19
Not set	5%	4%	7%	1%	5%	4%	10%	4%	3%	4%	6%	3%	6%	5%	5%	5%	3%	4%	9%	4%	6%	5%	3%	2%	2%	3%	6%	2%	2%	7%	5%	9%	4%	6%	3%	7%
Don't Know	11	7	4	2	4	1	4	1	2	2	6	0	4	5	5	3	1	7	4	5	6	2	3	1	1	1	8	0	5	6	9	2	4	7	8	2
Not set	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	1%	3%	3%	2%	1%	2%	0%	2%	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	3%	2%	2%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	2%	0%	2%	2%	2%	4%	1%	2%	3%	1%
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 37	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
D5. Which of the following steps, if any, have you taken in the last 5 years to improve your business's cash-flow? Have you...	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where cashflow is an obstacle	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	187	93	94	48	55	46	38	13	39	53	79	31	69	82	87	49	42	148	39	104	83	58	46	48	27	21	131	14	67	120	175	12	89	98	102	85
Weighted Bases	192	130	62	45	55	46	46	13	39	53	84	34	68	84	88	48	45	154	38	105	87	58	47	47	25	22	137	13	69	122	179	12	89	103	107	85
Changed suppliers to decrease costs	117	80	37	27	38	21	31	9	21	34	52	18	42	55	56	24	31	98	19	63	54	38	26	32	16	16	83	7	52	65	113	4	52	65	65	52
Not set	61%	62%	59%	59%	69%	46%	68%	67%	54%	65%	62%	53%	62%	65%	63%	51%	69%	64%	50%	60%	62%	65%	54%	67%	62%	73%	60%	52%	75%	53%	63%	35%	58%	64%	61%	61%
Improved your payment terms with suppliers	88	60	28	20	36	16	15	5	20	21	39	14	32	40	46	13	26	77	11	50	38	24	26	27	15	12	59	5	37	50	81	6	35	53	48	40
Not set	46%	46%	45%	45%	65%	35%	34%	38%	52%	40%	46%	42%	46%	47%	52%	27%	57%	50%	28%	47%	44%	41%	55%	57%	60%	55%	43%	39%	54%	41%	45%	52%	39%	51%	45%	47%
Achieved quicker payment times from customers	87	61	26	23	22	25	18	4	17	27	40	16	28	44	42	21	25	74	14	53	35	29	23	26	15	11	59	6	41	46	82	5	35	52	48	39
Not set	45%	47%	42%	50%	39%	55%	39%	27%	45%	51%	47%	46%	41%	52%	47%	44%	55%	48%	36%	50%	40%	50%	50%	56%	61%	50%	43%	41%	59%	38%	46%	40%	40%	50%	44%	47%
Reduced bad debts	87	61	26	21	22	25	19	6	19	28	34	14	22	49	47	18	21	79	8	54	32	31	24	27	15	12	58	10	42	45	82	5	42	45	46	41
Not set	45%	47%	41%	47%	40%	53%	41%	50%	49%	53%	40%	41%	33%	58%	53%	37%	47%	51%	21%	52%	38%	53%	51%	58%	59%	57%	43%	73%	61%	37%	46%	41%	47%	44%	43%	49%
Got credit from suppliers	82	62	20	26	29	20	7	4	18	27	31	12	26	41	42	14	22	68	13	47	35	26	20	26	15	11	53	8	37	45	78	4	34	48	51	31
Not set	43%	48%	32%	57%	53%	43%	16%	30%	47%	51%	37%	36%	37%	48%	48%	30%	49%	44%	36%	44%	41%	45%	43%	56%	58%	53%	39%	60%	53%	37%	44%	30%	39%	46%	48%	36%
Increased overdraft	37	23	15	9	11	11	7	3	11	10	13	8	13	16	19	6	12	31	7	24	13	12	13	10	5	4	26	1	15	22	35	3	16	21	19	18
Not set	19%	17%	24%	19%	19%	23%	16%	22%	29%	20%	15%	23%	19%	19%	21%	13%	28%	20%	17%	23%	15%	20%	27%	20%	21%	20%	19%	5%	21%	18%	19%	20%	18%	20%	17%	22%
Sold invoices / factoring	33	24	8	15	5	10	4	2	6	16	9	5	7	21	17	6	9	28	5	20	13	11	9	8	7	2	24	4	11	21	32	1	15	18	17	15
Not set	17%	19%	14%	32%	8%	21%	9%	13%	16%	31%	10%	15%	11%	24%	20%	14%	20%	18%	14%	19%	15%	19%	18%	18%	26%	8%	18%	30%	16%	17%	18%	5%	16%	18%	16%	18%
Used government provisions to change payment schemes of taxes	28	22	6	10	5	6	6	4	6	8	8	6	9	12	10	3	11	25	2	15	12	8	8	9	3	6	16	5	11	16	26	1	16	11	19	9
Not set	14%	17%	9%	23%	9%	14%	12%	35%	16%	16%	9%	17%	13%	14%	11%	7%	25%	16%	6%	14%	14%	13%	16%	20%	13%	28%	12%	35%	17%	13%	15%	10%	18%	11%	18%	10%
Better management of finance	5	4	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	3	0	2	3	3	2	0	3	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	0	4	0	1	4	5	0	3	1	2	2
Not set	2%	3%	1%	3%	2%	1%	4%	0%	3%	1%	3%	0%	3%	3%	3%	3%	0%	2%	3%	3%	1%	3%	4%	1%	2%	0%	3%	0%	1%	3%	3%	0%	4%	1%	2%	3%
Personal investment	4	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	3	0	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	4	4	0	2	2	2	1
Not set	2%	2%	2%	4%	2%	1%	0%	0%	2%	3%	1%	4%	1%	2%	1%	7%	0%	2%	3%	1%	3%	1%	1%	1%	2%	0%	2%	5%	0%	3%	2%	0%	2%	2%	2%	1%
Reviewed/changed accounting system	3	2	2	0	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	3	0	2	2	3	0
Not set	2%	1%	2%	0%	1%	3%	2%	18%	2%	0%	0%	0%	1%	3%	4%	0%	0%	1%	2%	2%	1%	1%	3%	0%	0%	0%	2%	0%	4%	1%	2%	0%	2%	1%	3%	0%
Other	20	15	6	2	6	9	4	4	4	6	6	3	3	13	13	1	4	19	2	18	3	8	9	8	4	3	11	3	11	9	20	1	12	8	11	9
Not set	11%	11%	9%	4%	11%	19%	9%	28%	10%	11%	7%	9%	5%	15%	15%	2%	10%	12%	4%	17%	3%	14%	20%	16%	17%	15%	8%	21%	16%	7%	11%	6%	14%	8%	10%	11%
None of the above	11	6	5	1	2	2	6	1	1	4	5	2	6	2	2	5	2	6	4	6	5	4	2	1	1	0	10	0	2	9	8	3	6	4	5	6
Not set	5%	4%	8%	3%	4%	3%	13%	6%	2%	8%	6%	7%	8%	2%	3%	10%	5%	4%	11%	5%	6%	7%	3%	1%	3%	0%	7%	0%	2%	7%	4%	23%	7%	4%	5%	7%
Don't know	7	4	3	2	2	3	0	0	2	3	2	1	3	3	3	5	0	5	2	3	4	2	1	2	1	1	5	2	3	4	7	0	3	4	3	4
Not set	4%	3%	5%	5%	4%	6%	0%	0%	5%	5%	2%	4%	4%	4%	3%	9%	0%	3%	5%	3%	5%	4%	1%	4%	3%	6%	3%	13%	4%	4%	4%	0%	4%	4%	3%	5%
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 38	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
D7. Which of the following are specific challenges associated with regulations?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where regulations are an obstacle	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	299	150	149	69	109	68	53	21	47	71	153	46	111	129	145	83	54	215	84	182	117	87	95	73	40	33	220	27	113	186	282	17	152	147	175	124
Weighted Bases	305	206	99	65	112	66	60	21	47	71	159	49	112	130	142	86	57	218	87	177	127	83	94	69	37	32	231	24	112	193	284	20	149	156	181	123
Burdensome regulations	220	152	68	49	86	48	38	11	34	47	123	31	86	95	101	63	43	149	71	133	87	62	71	55	30	25	162	16	76	144	206	14	104	116	134	86
Not set	72%	74%	69%	75%	77%	72%	62%	54%	73%	65%	77%	64%	76%	73%	71%	73%	75%	69%	82%	75%	69%	75%	75%	80%	82%	77%	70%	66%	68%	75%	72%	71%	70%	74%	74%	70%
The fear that if the business grows it might be subject to more regulations	160	114	46	35	72	28	25	11	27	37	81	27	56	70	75	42	32	113	48	97	63	47	50	38	21	17	121	16	67	94	148	12	68	92	96	64
Not set	53%	56%	46%	53%	64%	42%	42%	55%	57%	52%	51%	55%	50%	54%	53%	48%	56%	52%	55%	55%	49%	57%	53%	55%	58%	52%	52%	64%	60%	49%	52%	60%	46%	59%	53%	52%
Regulatory costs are disproportionately greater with growth	140	98	42	32	52	33	24	3	23	35	78	21	58	60	67	39	30	98	42	85	55	38	46	31	18	13	109	7	57	84	133	7	69	71	85	55
Not set	46%	48%	43%	49%	46%	49%	39%	15%	50%	49%	49%	43%	51%	46%	47%	45%	52%	45%	48%	48%	44%	46%	49%	45%	48%	41%	47%	29%	51%	43%	47%	34%	47%	46%	47%	45%
Not knowing how to implement specific regulations	115	89	26	31	48	12	24	5	18	26	66	13	48	49	51	32	25	82	33	75	40	31	44	33	19	14	82	10	45	70	106	9	53	62	73	42
Not set	38%	43%	26%	47%	43%	19%	39%	22%	38%	37%	42%	28%	43%	38%	36%	37%	43%	38%	38%	42%	32%	37%	46%	48%	52%	43%	35%	39%	40%	36%	37%	45%	35%	40%	40%	34%
Unsure which regulations apply to your business	101	74	27	29	41	16	15	7	14	26	52	13	41	43	43	30	21	76	26	59	43	25	34	28	15	13	73	9	39	62	91	10	47	54	57	44
Not set	33%	36%	28%	45%	37%	23%	26%	31%	30%	37%	33%	27%	37%	33%	30%	35%	36%	35%	29%	33%	34%	30%	36%	40%	40%	40%	32%	36%	35%	32%	32%	50%	32%	35%	32%	36%
Constant changing of regulations (incl. keeping updated)	8	5	3	1	0	4	3	2	3	1	2	0	1	6	8	0	0	6	2	8	0	2	6	1	1	1	6	1	6	2	8	0	5	3	3	5
Not set	3%	2%	3%	1%	0%	6%	5%	8%	6%	1%	1%	0%	1%	5%	5%	0%	0%	3%	2%	4%	0%	2%	6%	2%	1%	2%	3%	3%	5%	1%	3%	0%	3%	2%	2%	4%
Complexity of regulations	4	4	1	0	4	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	1	3	1	2	1	1	3	1	3	2	4	0	1	3	1	3
Not set	1%	2%	1%	0%	3%	1%	0%	0%	4%	2%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	3%	1%	3%	2%	*%	3%	1%	3%	1%	4%	1%	5%	2%	1%	2%	0%	1%	2%	1%	3%
Time spent on compliance	4	1	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	2	4	0	1	3	2	2
Not set	1%	1%	3%	3%	1%	1%	1%	0%	0%	2%	2%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	3%	1%	1%	2%	1%	2%	1%	0%	0%	0%	2%	0%	2%	1%	1%	0%	1%	2%	1%	2%
Lack of support/advice about regulations	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	1	2	0
Not set	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	3%	0%	*%	*%	0%	2%	1%	0%	1%	0%	1%	1%	2%	0%	4%	*%	5%	2%	0%	1%	0%	*%	1%	1%	0%
Contradictory regulations (global)	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	1	1
Not set	1%	0%	2%	1%	0%	2%	0%	0%	2%	0%	*%	0%	1%	*%	1%	0%	0%	*%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	2%	3%	0%	*%	0%	2%	0%	1%	0%	*%	1%	*%	1%
Other	10	4	5	1	3	3	2	0	0	3	7	2	4	4	4	4	1	4	6	6	4	3	3	4	2	2	5	3	5	4	10	0	6	3	6	4
Not set	3%	2%	6%	2%	2%	5%	4%	0%	0%	4%	4%	3%	3%	3%	3%	4%	2%	2%	6%	3%	3%	3%	3%	6%	7%	6%	2%	13%	5%	2%	3%	0%	4%	2%	3%	3%
None of the above	14	6	8	2	3	3	6	1	2	9	2	4	4	5	7	3	2	13	1	6	7	4	3	1	1	1	12	0	5	9	12	2	8	6	8	5
Not set	4%	3%	8%	4%	2%	4%	9%	4%	4%	13%	1%	9%	3%	4%	5%	3%	4%	6%	1%	4%	6%	4%	3%	2%	2%	2%	5%	0%	4%	4%	4%	8%	5%	4%	5%	4%
Don't know	7	4	2	1	3	3	0	1	1	0	5	0	3	4	3	3	1	5	1	5	1	2	3	1	0	1	5	1	4	2	7	0	3	4	4	2
Not set	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	4%	0%	3%	3%	0%	3%	0%	2%	3%	2%	3%	2%	2%	2%	3%	1%	3%	3%	2%	0%	4%	2%	5%	4%	1%	2%	0%	2%	2%	2%	2%
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 39	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
E1. Have you made, or attempted to make, a significant investment related to growing your business in the past 5 years?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: All Respondents	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Not set	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No
Unweighted Bases	601	279	322	137	190	158	116	43	96	150	298	96	214	261	295	152	113	448	153	340	261	153	187	166	90	76	414	55	222	379	561	40	310	291	322	279
Weighted Bases	601	389	212	124	192	151	134	43	98	147	301	100	217	255	285	160	114	442	159	325	276	146	178	152	78	74	431	50	212	389	558	43	292	309	324	277
Yes	325	195	129	75	114	79	57	30	57	81	153	52	93	158	169	73	61	257	68	325	0	146	178	107	54	53	211	35	145	179	306	19	178	147	196	129
Not set	54%	50%	61%	60%	59%	52%	43%	71%	58%	55%	51%	52%	43%	62%	59%	45%	53%	58%	43%	100%	0%	100%	100%	71%	69%	72%	49%	70%	69%	46%	55%	43%	61%	48%	60%	47%
No	257	183	74	46	73	69	69	11	36	63	139	45	116	90	108	81	53	170	87	0	257	0	0	41	23	19	209	14	58	199	234	23	108	149	120	137
Not set	43%	47%	35%	38%	38%	46%	51%	25%	36%	43%	46%	45%	53%	35%	38%	51%	47%	39%	55%	0%	93%	0%	0%	27%	29%	25%	49%	27%	28%	51%	42%	54%	37%	48%	37%	49%
Don't know	19	11	9	2	5	3	8	2	5	3	9	3	8	7	8	6	0	15	5	0	19	0	0	4	1	2	11	2	8	12	18	1	6	13	8	11
Not set	3%	3%	4%	2%	3%	2%	6%	4%	5%	2%	3%	3%	4%	3%	3%	4%	0%	3%	3%	0%	7%	0%	0%	2%	2%	3%	3%	3%	4%	3%	3%	3%	2%	4%	3%	4%
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 40	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
E2. For which specific reasons were you making the investment?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where made or tried to make significant investment	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No	Not set
Unweighted Bases	340	143	197	86	112	87	55	31	60	85	159	49	100	169	185	73	58	274	66	340	153	187	120	64	56	212	37	156	184	323	17	196	144	201	139	Not set
Weighted Bases	325	195	129	75	114	79	57	30	57	81	153	52	93	158	169	73	61	257	68	325	146	178	107	54	53	211	35	145	179	306	19	178	147	196	129	Not set
New premises/refurbish existing premises	98	57	41	11	49	14	24	7	21	26	42	10	25	54	54	23	11	74	24	98	53	45	25	11	15	69	11	36	62	93	5	51	47	60	38	Not set
Not set	30%	29%	32%	15%	43%	18%	41%	24%	36%	32%	27%	19%	27%	34%	32%	32%	18%	29%	36%	30%	36%	25%	23%	19%	28%	33%	30%	24%	35%	30%	25%	29%	32%	31%	29%	Not set
To purchase an asset (e.g. equipment)	72	44	28	29	24	12	7	1	10	16	45	10	21	40	42	15	13	50	22	72	33	38	28	13	15	42	7	28	43	68	4	37	35	50	21	Not set
Not set	22%	22%	22%	38%	21%	15%	11%	2%	18%	19%	29%	20%	22%	25%	25%	21%	21%	19%	32%	22%	23%	21%	26%	23%	29%	20%	21%	19%	24%	22%	20%	21%	24%	26%	17%	Not set
Business growth/expansion (unspecified)	40	21	19	8	9	10	12	2	7	11	20	4	19	16	16	11	12	32	8	40	15	25	12	6	6	27	5	20	20	37	2	24	16	23	17	Not set
Not set	12%	11%	14%	11%	8%	13%	21%	7%	12%	13%	13%	8%	20%	10%	10%	15%	19%	12%	11%	12%	10%	14%	11%	11%	12%	13%	14%	13%	11%	12%	13%	13%	11%	12%	13%	Not set
To fund a new product or service	39	25	13	14	9	10	6	2	6	14	15	7	11	20	22	7	8	33	6	39	18	21	14	8	6	25	6	20	18	37	1	24	15	22	17	Not set
Not set	12%	13%	10%	19%	8%	12%	10%	8%	11%	18%	10%	13%	12%	13%	13%	10%	12%	13%	8%	12%	12%	12%	13%	15%	10%	12%	18%	14%	10%	12%	7%	13%	10%	11%	13%	Not set
To sustain/increase working capital/cashflow	28	21	7	7	8	10	4	3	6	8	11	9	5	13	10	5	11	24	4	28	13	15	10	6	4	18	1	9	19	28	1	11	17	18	10	Not set
Not set	9%	11%	5%	9%	7%	12%	7%	11%	10%	10%	7%	17%	5%	8%	6%	7%	18%	9%	6%	9%	9%	9%	9%	12%	7%	8%	2%	7%	10%	9%	4%	6%	12%	9%	8%	Not set
Start-up business	17	10	7	1	10	2	4	8	3	3	3	3	3	8	8	1	4	16	2	17	6	12	2	1	1	14	1	10	8	17	0	9	8	13	4	Not set
Not set	5%	5%	5%	2%	9%	3%	7%	26%	5%	4%	2%	5%	3%	5%	5%	1%	6%	6%	2%	5%	4%	6%	2%	2%	2%	7%	3%	7%	4%	6%	0%	5%	6%	6%	3%	Not set
Invest in technology/I.T.	17	14	3	1	7	9	0	3	2	3	10	4	1	11	11	5	0	14	3	17	7	10	7	3	3	10	3	11	6	13	3	5	12	11	6	Not set
Not set	5%	7%	2%	2%	6%	11%	0%	9%	3%	3%	6%	7%	1%	7%	6%	6%	0%	5%	4%	5%	5%	6%	6%	6%	6%	5%	7%	8%	3%	4%	18%	3%	8%	6%	5%	Not set
To fund entry into a new market	14	3	11	4	1	5	3	1	3	3	7	5	2	7	10	2	2	13	2	14	4	10	5	4	1	9	1	11	4	14	0	11	3	10	5	Not set
Not set	4%	2%	9%	6%	1%	7%	6%	4%	6%	3%	5%	9%	2%	5%	6%	3%	4%	5%	2%	4%	3%	6%	5%	8%	2%	4%	3%	7%	2%	5%	0%	6%	2%	5%	4%	Not set
Improve business productivity/efficiency	14	8	6	6	4	2	2	2	1	3	8	1	6	6	6	6	2	11	2	14	8	6	8	2	5	6	4	9	5	14	0	7	7	11	3	Not set
Not set	4%	4%	5%	8%	3%	3%	3%	5%	2%	3%	5%	2%	6%	4%	4%	8%	3%	4%	4%	4%	6%	3%	7%	4%	10%	3%	11%	6%	3%	5%	0%	4%	5%	6%	2%	Not set
Recruitment and training of staff	13	5	8	2	4	3	4	1	5	2	5	1	5	6	9	3	0	11	2	13	5	8	4	3	1	9	1	5	8	13	0	8	5	8	5	Not set
Not set	4%	3%	6%	2%	3%	4%	7%	4%	8%	3%	3%	1%	5%	4%	5%	4%	0%	4%	2%	4%	3%	5%	4%	6%	2%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	0%	4%	4%	4%	4%	Not set
Better marketing/competitiveness	8	6	1	1	0	6	0	0	2	5	1	1	1	6	5	0	2	7	1	8	7	1	1	1	1	5	2	4	3	7	1	8	0	2	5	Not set
Not set	2%	3%	1%	2%	0%	8%	0%	0%	3%	6%	1%	1%	1%	4%	3%	0%	4%	3%	1%	2%	5%	*%	1%	1%	1%	2%	5%	3%	2%	2%	3%	4%	0%	1%	4%	Not set
Increase customer base	7	4	2	0	1	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	6	1	7	1	6	2	0	2	5	2	4	3	7	0	6	1	6	1	Not set
Not set	2%	2%	2%	0%	1%	4%	4%	5%	2%	2%	2%	5%	2%	2%	1%	2%	4%	2%	1%	2%	1%	3%	1%	0%	3%	3%	5%	3%	2%	2%	0%	3%	1%	3%	1%	Not set
Acquisitions/merges	5	1	4	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	2	5	0	5	3	2	3	1	1	3	0	1	5	5	0	3	2	2	3	Not set
Not set	2%	1%	3%	3%	1%	1%	1%	2%	5%	1%	*%	5%	1%	1%	1%	1%	3%	2%	0%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%	2%	1%	0%	*%	3%	2%	0%	2%	1%	1%	2%	Not set
Other	21	12	9	5	5	9	2	1	2	4	15	2	8	12	10	9	1	18	3	21	7	15	7	3	4	14	3	14	8	20	2	14	7	11	10	Not set
Not set	7%	6%	7%	7%	5%	12%	3%	4%	4%	5%	10%	3%	8%	7%	6%	13%	1%	7%	5%	7%	4%	8%	7%	6%	8%	7%	7%	9%	4%	6%	9%	8%	5%	6%	8%	Not set
Don't know	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	Not set
Not set	*%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	2%	*%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	*%	0%	0%	1%	1%	0%	Not set
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 41	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
E3. Did this investment involve seeking external finance?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where made or tried to make significant investment	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Size	Not set	Sector	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age of firm	Not set	Not set	Not set	2 yr employment growth	Not set	Not set	2 yr turnover growth	Not set	Not set	Plan to grow	Not set	Significant invest	Sought external finance	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Innovation	Not set	Recruit employees	Not set	Senior mgrs	Not set	Family owned	Not set	Not set
Not set	Total	Oct-19	20-49	ABCDEF	GHI	JKLMN	PQRS	0-4 years	5-10 years	11-20 years	Over 20 yrs	Increase	Same	Decrease	Increase	Same	Decrease	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No/DK/Ref	Any	Significant	Small	None	Export potential	Any	None	Any	None	Yes	No	Yes	No	Not set
Unweighted Bases	340	143	197	86	112	87	55	31	60	85	159	49	100	169	185	73	58	274	66	340	153	187	120	64	56	212	37	156	184	323	17	196	144	201	139	Not set
Weighted Bases	325	195	129	75	114	79	57	30	57	81	153	52	93	158	169	73	61	257	68	325	146	178	107	54	53	211	35	145	179	306	19	178	147	196	129	Not set
Yes	146	83	63	30	53	28	35	10	23	47	64	20	41	79	74	41	25	108	38	146	146	0	40	16	24	103	12	66	80	139	7	76	70	85	61	Not set
Not set	45%	43%	49%	40%	47%	35%	61%	33%	41%	58%	42%	39%	43%	50%	44%	56%	41%	42%	56%	45%	100%	0%	37%	29%	45%	49%	35%	46%	45%	45%	38%	43%	48%	43%	48%	Not set
No	173	111	62	42	58	51	22	19	34	32	87	32	51	77	92	32	35	144	29	173	0	173	66	37	29	104	23	79	94	162	12	100	74	107	66	Not set
Not set	53%	57%	48%	56%	51%	65%	39%	63%	59%	39%	57%	61%	55%	49%	55%	44%	58%	56%	43%	53%	0%	97%	62%	68%	55%	49%	65%	54%	53%	53%	62%	56%	50%	55%	51%	Not set
Don't know	5	1	4	2	3	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	3	2	0	1	5	1	5	0	5	1	1	0	3	0	1	5	5	0	2	3	4	1	Not set
Not set	2%	1%	3%	3%	2%	0%	0%	4%	0%	2%	1%	0%	1%	2%	1%	0%	1%	2%	1%	2%	0%	3%	1%	2%	0%	2%	0%	*%	3%	2%	0%	1%	2%	2%	1%	Not set
9520 - Understanding Growth in Small Businesses	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Table 42	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
E4a. Why did you not use external finance? Was this because you could not raise it, or did you face other significant obstacles?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Base: Where planned investment, but did not use external finance	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set