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Small Business Survey 2014: all business data

Updated 18 June 2015
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Table 1
A1. How many sites in the UK does your business operate from, including your head office?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
1	93%	95%	92%	73%	50%	95%	93%	95%	93%	92%	93%	96%	92%	94%	93%	93%	98%	91%	92%	93%	93%	93%	90%	94%	90%	97%	87%	94%	78%	93%	93%
2	5%	4%	7%	16%	16%	4%	6%	4%	4%	6%	6%	3%	5%	5%	5%	5%	1%	5%	7%	5%	5%	5%	7%	5%	8%	2%	11%	4%	10%	5%	5%
3	1%	1%	1%	5%	10%	*%	*%	*%	1%	1%	1%	1%	3%	*%	1%	1%	*%	1%	*%	*%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	3%	1%	1%
04-Oct	1%	*%	*%	5%	20%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	1%	*%	1%	2%	*%	2%	*%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	1%	*%	8%	1%	*%
Nov-99	*%	*%	*%	*%	4%	*%	0%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%
100+	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Don't know	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	1%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	0%	*%
Refused	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%
Base for stats	5102	3863	1018	190	31	223	250	884	971	236	1111	319	1108	1357	3745	4465	208	313	116	443	1321	3323	676	4426	2705	2397	718	4364	20	661	4441
Mean	1.11	1.08	1.1	1.54	2.92	1.06	1.09	1.09	1.12	1.25	1.09	1.07	1.12	1.09	1.12	1.11	1.06	1.18	1.1	1.14	1.12	1.1	1.19	1.1	1.17	1.05	1.19	1.09	1.71	1.14	1.11
Standard error	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.03	0.13	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.11	0.01	0.04	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.05	0.03	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.01	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.26	0.03	0.01
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
A2. Excluding owners and partners, how many paid employees does your business currently employ across all sites?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
None (no employees)	76%	100%	0%	0%	0%	74%	66%	84%	60%	72%	80%	69%	85%	79%	75%	76%	75%	71%	72%	69%	74%	77%	66%	77%	67%	86%	66%	78%	0%	66%	77%
1-4 employees (Very small micro)	15%	0%	77%	0%	0%	20%	16%	12%	23%	21%	14%	20%	9%	14%	16%	15%	16%	18%	18%	22%	19%	13%	19%	15%	20%	10%	19%	15%	32%	23%	14%
5-9 employees (Larger micro)	5%	0%	23%	0%	0%	4%	7%	3%	9%	4%	3%	5%	3%	4%	5%	5%	5%	6%	5%	5%	4%	5%	6%	4%	6%	3%	7%	4%	21%	6%	4%
10-49 employees (Small)	4%	0%	0%	100%	0%	2%	9%	2%	7%	3%	2%	4%	3%	3%	4%	4%	4%	5%	4%	3%	3%	4%	7%	3%	6%	2%	7%	3%	42%	4%	4%
50-249 employees (Medium)	1%	0%	0%	0%	100%	*%	2%	*%	1%	1%	*%	1%	*%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	*%	1%	2%	*%	1%	*%	1%	*%	5%	1%	1%
Base for stats	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Mean	2.08	0	3.4	21.88	98.15	1.41	5.15	0.95	3.52	2.01	1.39	3.08	1.58	1.8	2.19	2.05	2.06	2.38	2.4	1.72	1.64	2.29	4.17	1.76	3.16	0.87	3.8	1.73	16.77	2.55	2.01
Standard error	0.13	0	0.05	0.26	1.49	0.46	0.68	0.25	0.3	0.61	0.26	0.73	0.28	0.25	0.16	0.16	0.72	0.32	0.49	0.34	0.22	0.18	0.44	0.13	0.2	0.14	0.41	0.14	2.33	0.36	0.14
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
A2A. And including yourself, how many working owners and partners are there in addition to the employees you have just mentioned?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
None	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
1	64%	74%	38%	23%	17%	50%	55%	71%	50%	57%	69%	64%	74%	65%	64%	65%	66%	64%	62%	52%	62%	67%	57%	66%	56%	74%	49%	67%	16%	54%	66%
2	25%	21%	39%	33%	22%	32%	33%	23%	38%	31%	25%	26%	12%	26%	25%	25%	24%	27%	24%	38%	30%	22%	31%	24%	30%	20%	30%	24%	43%	35%	24%
03-May	6%	3%	13%	24%	29%	17%	9%	6%	8%	5%	4%	5%	3%	8%	5%	6%	5%	5%	10%	5%	4%	6%	8%	5%	8%	3%	10%	5%	15%	6%	6%
06-Oct	2%	1%	2%	3%	6%	*%	1%	*%	1%	5%	1%	3%	3%	*%	2%	2%	*%	*%	1%	3%	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%	1%	4%	1%	2%	2%	1%
11+	*%	*%	1%	1%	4%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	2%	*%	*%
Don't know	3%	1%	7%	16%	23%	*%	2%	1%	2%	2%	2%	2%	6%	1%	3%	3%	3%	3%	3%	1%	2%	3%	3%	3%	3%	2%	6%	2%	22%	2%	3%
Refused	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%
Base for stats	4977	3840	952	160	24	223	245	879	957	231	1091	313	1038	1346	3631	4359	201	305	112	437	1290	3236	657	4319	2615	2362	677	4283	16	648	4329
Mean	1.7	1.36	2.72	3.35	3.97	1.82	1.65	1.38	1.84	1.73	1.45	1.72	2.07	1.5	1.77	1.7	1.45	1.84	1.59	1.73	1.55	1.75	1.68	1.7	1.98	1.39	2.7	1.54	2.53	1.69	1.7
Standard error	0.13	0.03	0.44	0.67	0.31	0.11	0.1	0.03	0.3	0.1	0.07	0.21	0.63	0.04	0.18	0.15	0.09	0.62	0.06	0.07	0.07	0.2	0.08	0.16	0.18	0.19	0.59	0.1	0.22	0.05	0.15
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
A2B. How many of them are temporary or casual 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
(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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
None	86%	90%	76%	66%	59%	58%	85%	94%	79%	91%	90%	86%	88%	86%	86%	87%	64%	87%	79%	88%	88%	85%	91%	86%	86%	87%	85%	87%	64%	87%	86%
1	8%	8%	9%	6%	3%	35%	5%	5%	9%	7%	6%	10%	7%	10%	8%	7%	31%	7%	13%	6%	5%	10%	5%	9%	7%	9%	7%	8%	9%	7%	8%
2	3%	1%	7%	5%	5%	3%	7%	1%	4%	*%	3%	1%	2%	2%	3%	3%	2%	2%	5%	3%	4%	2%	2%	3%	3%	2%	4%	2%	6%	3%	3%
03-May	2%	*%	6%	7%	9%	2%	2%	*%	5%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	2%	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%	8%	2%	2%
06-Oct	1%	0%	2%	7%	5%	1%	*%	*%	2%	1%	*%	*%	1%	*%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	1%	1%	*%	1%	1%	5%	1%	1%
Nov-49	*%	0%	*%	9%	12%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	1%	1%	*%	1%	*%	1%	*%	1%	*%	*%	1%	1%	*%	1%	*%	1%	*%	8%	1%	*%
50+	*%	0%	0%	*%	7%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%
Don't know	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Refused	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Base for stats	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Mean	0.39	0.12	0.6	2.96	11.48	0.65	0.39	0.09	0.77	0.22	0.18	0.78	0.36	0.24	0.44	0.37	0.62	0.38	0.5	0.42	0.35	0.39	0.29	0.4	0.51	0.25	0.56	0.35	2.84	0.47	0.38
Standard error	0.04	0.01	0.04	0.16	0.94	0.16	0.08	0.03	0.09	0.13	0.04	0.4	0.08	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.16	0.09	0.14	0.17	0.08	0.05	0.06	0.05	0.06	0.04	0.11	0.04	0.79	0.12	0.04
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
A2C. And how many, if any, contractor or agency staff or self employed do you have working for you right now that are not on the payroll?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
None	79%	81%	73%	72%	56%	76%	81%	76%	84%	73%	73%	83%	82%	77%	79%	78%	84%	85%	84%	74%	77%	80%	70%	80%	73%	85%	74%	79%	77%	77%	79%
1	8%	8%	10%	9%	7%	15%	10%	11%	5%	12%	12%	3%	4%	11%	7%	8%	13%	5%	7%	11%	9%	7%	15%	7%	11%	5%	7%	8%	6%	9%	8%
2	3%	3%	5%	5%	7%	4%	2%	2%	4%	5%	5%	*%	4%	2%	4%	4%	*%	2%	4%	6%	3%	3%	3%	4%	4%	2%	4%	3%	5%	5%	3%
03-May	5%	5%	5%	6%	12%	2%	3%	4%	6%	6%	6%	6%	5%	4%	6%	5%	1%	5%	3%	5%	7%	4%	7%	5%	6%	4%	9%	5%	3%	5%	5%
06-Oct	2%	2%	4%	3%	6%	3%	1%	6%	1%	1%	2%	2%	2%	4%	2%	2%	1%	1%	*%	2%	3%	2%	4%	2%	3%	1%	4%	2%	2%	2%	2%
Nov-49	2%	2%	2%	3%	7%	*%	2%	1%	*%	1%	2%	2%	4%	1%	2%	2%	*%	*%	1%	2%	1%	2%	1%	2%	1%	2%	1%	2%	2%	1%	2%
50+	*%	*%	1%	1%	3%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	4%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	3%	1%	*%
Don't know	*%	*%	*%	1%	2%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	2%	1%	*%
Refused	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%
Base for stats	5102	3865	1018	189	30	223	249	884	976	234	1107	319	1108	1357	3745	4466	208	313	116	439	1320	3327	676	4426	2700	2402	718	4364	20	657	4445
Mean	1.34	0.87	2.71	2.74	6.75	0.62	0.94	1.03	0.61	2.45	1.22	5.2	1.22	0.95	1.48	1.41	0.42	1.19	0.59	1.26	1.44	1.3	1.71	1.28	1.78	0.84	1.62	1.28	3.81	1.25	1.35
Standard error	0.13	0.12	0.45	0.41	0.86	0.23	0.16	0.17	0.12	1.49	0.23	1.39	0.16	0.1	0.18	0.16	0.25	0.36	0.21	0.4	0.34	0.15	0.41	0.14	0.2	0.11	0.29	0.15	1.51	0.27	0.15
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
A4. What is the principal activity of your organisation?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
ABDE - Primary	4%	4%	5%	3%	2%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	16%	0%	3%	31%	8%	14%	1%	1%	6%	1%	5%	4%	5%	7%	4%	3%	1%	5%
C - Manufacturing	5%	4%	6%	11%	19%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	18%	0%	5%	2%	3%	10%	4%	5%	5%	11%	4%	5%	5%	5%	5%	11%	5%	5%
F - Construction	17%	19%	13%	8%	6%	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	65%	0%	18%	4%	17%	21%	7%	18%	19%	1%	20%	13%	23%	15%	18%	7%	9%	19%
G - Wholesale/retail	12%	9%	19%	18%	15%	0%	0%	0%	60%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	16%	12%	11%	13%	12%	22%	8%	12%	18%	11%	13%	10%	9%	12%	24%	21%	10%
H - Transport/storage	4%	4%	3%	4%	4%	0%	0%	0%	20%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	5%	4%	3%	2%	2%	3%	4%	4%	3%	4%	4%	4%	7%	3%	1%	3%	4%
I - Food/accommodation	4%	2%	9%	13%	8%	0%	0%	0%	20%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	5%	4%	5%	6%	5%	11%	4%	2%	2%	4%	4%	3%	6%	3%	11%	10%	3%
J - Information/communication	5%	4%	6%	4%	5%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	6%	5%	1%	5%	2%	4%	6%	4%	16%	3%	6%	3%	3%	5%	1%	4%	5%
KL - Finance/real estate	3%	3%	5%	4%	4%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	15%	0%	0%	0%	5%	3%	1%	4%	2%	6%	5%	2%	3%	3%	4%	3%	5%	3%	3%	5%	3%
M - Professional services	18%	20%	14%	10%	9%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	85%	0%	0%	0%	25%	19%	18%	17%	10%	18%	21%	18%	34%	16%	22%	14%	19%	18%	17%	18%	18%
N - Administrative services	6%	6%	8%	7%	12%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%	9%	7%	4%	5%	2%	11%	7%	5%	8%	6%	7%	5%	7%	6%	6%	10%	6%
P - Education	6%	8%	1%	2%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	29%	0%	9%	7%	*%	8%	*%	1%	6%	7%	1%	7%	5%	8%	5%	7%	1%	3%	7%
Q - Health	5%	5%	4%	11%	11%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	21%	0%	6%	4%	7%	5%	4%	3%	4%	5%	*%	5%	3%	6%	5%	5%	8%	3%	5%
R - Arts/entertainment	4%	5%	2%	2%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	19%	0%	6%	4%	*%	4%	3%	5%	5%	4%	*%	5%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%
S - Other services	7%	7%	6%	3%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	31%	0%	9%	7%	12%	3%	14%	4%	7%	7%	2%	7%	6%	7%	4%	7%	4%	6%	7%
Cannot code	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
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
A4. What is the principal activity of your organisation?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 - SPSS)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
AB	4%	4%	5%	2%	1%	88%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	14%	0%	2%	22%	8%	13%	1%	1%	6%	1%	4%	4%	4%	6%	3%	2%	1%	4%
C	5%	4%	6%	11%	19%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	18%	0%	5%	2%	3%	10%	4%	5%	5%	11%	4%	5%	5%	5%	5%	11%	5%	5%
DE	1%	1%	1%	*%	1%	12%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%	0%	*%	10%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	1%	*%	1%	*%	1%	1%	*%	1%
F	17%	19%	13%	8%	6%	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	65%	0%	18%	4%	17%	21%	7%	18%	19%	1%	20%	13%	23%	15%	18%	7%	9%	19%
G	12%	9%	19%	18%	15%	0%	0%	0%	60%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	16%	12%	11%	13%	12%	22%	8%	12%	18%	11%	13%	10%	9%	12%	24%	21%	10%
H	4%	4%	3%	4%	4%	0%	0%	0%	20%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	5%	4%	3%	2%	2%	3%	4%	4%	3%	4%	4%	4%	7%	3%	1%	3%	4%
I	4%	2%	9%	13%	8%	0%	0%	0%	20%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	5%	4%	5%	6%	5%	11%	4%	2%	2%	4%	4%	3%	6%	3%	11%	10%	3%
J	5%	4%	6%	4%	5%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	6%	5%	1%	5%	2%	4%	6%	4%	16%	3%	6%	3%	3%	5%	1%	4%	5%
K	1%	1%	2%	2%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	5%	0%	0%	0%	2%	1%	1%	2%	1%	4%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	3%	1%	0%	3%	1%
L	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	10%	0%	0%	0%	3%	2%	*%	2%	1%	2%	4%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	3%	2%	2%
M	18%	20%	14%	10%	9%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	85%	0%	0%	0%	25%	19%	18%	17%	10%	18%	21%	18%	34%	16%	22%	14%	19%	18%	17%	18%	18%
N	6%	6%	8%	7%	12%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%	9%	7%	4%	5%	2%	11%	7%	5%	8%	6%	7%	5%	7%	6%	6%	10%	6%
P	6%	8%	1%	2%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	29%	0%	9%	7%	*%	8%	*%	1%	6%	7%	1%	7%	5%	8%	5%	7%	1%	3%	7%
Q	5%	5%	4%	11%	11%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	21%	0%	6%	4%	7%	5%	4%	3%	4%	5%	*%	5%	3%	6%	5%	5%	8%	3%	5%
R	4%	5%	2%	2%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	19%	0%	6%	4%	*%	4%	3%	5%	5%	4%	*%	5%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%
S	7%	7%	6%	3%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	31%	0%	9%	7%	12%	3%	14%	4%	7%	7%	2%	7%	6%	7%	4%	7%	4%	6%	7%
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
A4. What is the principal activity of your organisation?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 - SPSS)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
ABDE	4%	4%	5%	3%	2%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	16%	0%	3%	31%	8%	14%	1%	1%	6%	1%	5%	4%	5%	7%	4%	3%	1%	5%
C	5%	4%	6%	11%	19%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	18%	0%	5%	2%	3%	10%	4%	5%	5%	11%	4%	5%	5%	5%	5%	11%	5%	5%
F	17%	19%	13%	8%	6%	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	65%	0%	18%	4%	17%	21%	7%	18%	19%	1%	20%	13%	23%	15%	18%	7%	9%	19%
GHI	19%	15%	31%	35%	27%	0%	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	26%	19%	19%	21%	19%	36%	16%	18%	22%	19%	21%	17%	21%	19%	36%	33%	17%
J	5%	4%	6%	4%	5%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	6%	5%	1%	5%	2%	4%	6%	4%	16%	3%	6%	3%	3%	5%	1%	4%	5%
KLM	22%	23%	19%	14%	14%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%	0%	30%	22%	19%	21%	12%	24%	26%	20%	37%	19%	26%	17%	24%	21%	20%	23%	22%
N	6%	6%	8%	7%	12%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%	0%	0%	9%	7%	4%	5%	2%	11%	7%	5%	8%	6%	7%	5%	7%	6%	6%	10%	6%
PQRS	22%	24%	13%	18%	16%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	100%	0%	30%	22%	20%	19%	21%	13%	22%	23%	4%	24%	18%	25%	18%	22%	16%	15%	23%
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
A5. What is the legal status of your organisation?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Sole proprietorship	56%	69%	15%	6%	1%	49%	46%	65%	47%	26%	52%	46%	72%	59%	54%	55%	55%	56%	63%	37%	46%	62%	36%	59%	45%	67%	43%	58%	9%	41%	58%
Private limited company, limited by shares (LTD.)	28%	16%	65%	71%	80%	9%	40%	22%	33%	66%	36%	40%	9%	23%	30%	28%	20%	28%	19%	48%	37%	21%	51%	24%	37%	17%	33%	27%	64%	45%	25%
Public Ltd Company (PLC)	*%	0%	1%	1%	2%	*%	1%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%
Partnership	11%	11%	11%	9%	3%	41%	12%	12%	16%	1%	6%	11%	7%	17%	9%	10%	20%	12%	13%	10%	8%	12%	5%	12%	11%	11%	16%	10%	3%	9%	11%
Limited liability partnership	1%	1%	2%	2%	3%	*%	1%	*%	1%	5%	3%	1%	1%	*%	2%	2%	*%	1%	*%	2%	4%	1%	5%	1%	3%	*%	2%	1%	1%	2%	1%
Private company limited by guarantee	1%	1%	2%	5%	6%	*%	*%	*%	1%	2%	1%	1%	3%	*%	1%	1%	*%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	3%	1%	2%	2%	1%
Community Interest Company (CIC, limited by guarantee or shares)	*%	*%	*%	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	*%	1%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%
Friendly Society	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	*%
A Co-operative	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	2%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	3%	0%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	0%	0%	*%
Industrial and Provident Society	*%	0%	0%	*%	1%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%
Private Unlimited Company	*%	*%	1%	1%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	3%	*%	*%
Foreign Company	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%
A trust	1%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	1%	0%	1%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	1%	*%	1%	*%	*%	1%	1%	*%	2%	*%	3%	*%	1%
An unincorporated association	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	*%
Other	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	2%	0%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	0%	0%	*%
Don't know	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	*%	*%	*%	2%	0%	*%	1%	2%	*%	1%	1%	3%	2%	1%	1%	2%	*%	1%	1%	*%	1%	*%	1%	14%	1%	1%
Refused	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
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
A6. And how many years has this firm been trading? This includes under all ownerships and all legal statuses.	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Less than one year	1%	1%	2%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	3%	1%	2%	0%	*%	1%	1%	1%	2%	3%	*%	13%	0%	0%	1%	1%	2%	*%	3%	1%	0%	8%	0%
1 years	1%	1%	2%	1%	*%	*%	1%	*%	3%	1%	1%	1%	2%	*%	2%	1%	1%	1%	2%	16%	0%	0%	3%	1%	2%	1%	2%	1%	2%	11%	0%
2 years	3%	3%	5%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%	5%	5%	3%	5%	2%	2%	4%	3%	3%	4%	1%	35%	0%	0%	3%	3%	5%	1%	5%	3%	2%	24%	0%
3 years	3%	3%	4%	3%	2%	0%	3%	1%	5%	1%	4%	10%	1%	1%	4%	3%	2%	6%	2%	36%	0%	0%	5%	3%	5%	1%	5%	3%	3%	24%	0%
4 years	3%	3%	5%	2%	3%	1%	4%	4%	4%	5%	4%	1%	2%	3%	3%	3%	2%	3%	3%	0%	13%	0%	4%	3%	5%	1%	4%	3%	5%	1%	4%
5 years	4%	3%	5%	3%	1%	1%	1%	5%	4%	6%	4%	6%	3%	4%	4%	4%	3%	5%	5%	0%	14%	0%	3%	4%	4%	3%	5%	3%	3%	2%	4%
6 - 10 years	19%	19%	19%	15%	11%	3%	20%	17%	13%	24%	23%	23%	21%	15%	20%	19%	13%	16%	17%	0%	72%	0%	20%	19%	20%	18%	14%	19%	25%	5%	21%
11 - 20 years	24%	24%	22%	21%	23%	16%	20%	26%	21%	36%	20%	29%	25%	23%	24%	24%	16%	24%	24%	0%	0%	36%	21%	24%	23%	24%	19%	24%	23%	13%	25%
More than 20 years	42%	43%	36%	51%	58%	78%	49%	44%	40%	20%	40%	25%	43%	51%	38%	41%	57%	37%	46%	0%	0%	64%	41%	42%	34%	50%	41%	42%	31%	12%	46%
Don't know	*%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	5%	1%	*%
Base for stats	5100	3872	1008	189	31	224	249	884	972	236	1111	318	1106	1356	3743	4463	208	314	115	443	1321	3336	677	4422	2699	2400	719	4362	19	657	4443
Mean	16.11	16.35	14.78	17.82	19.3	22.36	17.25	16.94	15.27	13.27	15.41	13.27	16.79	17.89	15.46	16.05	18.31	15.07	17.13	2.01	7.04	21.57	15.48	16.2	14.4	18.04	15.19	16.27	14.62	6.86	17.48
Standard error	0.12	0.3	0.22	0.2	0.24	0.39	0.33	0.37	0.24	0.51	0.3	0.42	0.27	0.22	0.14	0.15	0.67	0.28	0.37	0.04	0.05	0.08	0.26	0.14	0.14	0.21	0.27	0.14	0.75	0.29	0.12
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
A6. And how many years has this firm been trading? This includes under all ownerships and all legal statuses.	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 - SPSS)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
0 - 1 year	3%	2%	4%	2%	*%	1%	1%	1%	6%	2%	3%	1%	2%	1%	3%	2%	3%	4%	2%	29%	0%	0%	4%	2%	4%	1%	6%	2%	2%	19%	0%
2 - 3 years	6%	6%	8%	5%	3%	1%	5%	3%	11%	6%	7%	15%	3%	3%	7%	6%	5%	10%	3%	71%	0%	0%	8%	6%	10%	2%	10%	5%	5%	48%	0%
4 - 5 years	7%	6%	10%	5%	4%	1%	4%	9%	8%	11%	8%	8%	5%	7%	7%	7%	5%	8%	8%	0%	28%	0%	7%	7%	9%	5%	9%	7%	8%	3%	8%
6 - 10 years	19%	19%	19%	15%	11%	3%	20%	17%	13%	24%	23%	23%	21%	15%	20%	19%	13%	16%	17%	0%	72%	0%	20%	19%	20%	18%	14%	19%	25%	5%	21%
11 - 20 years	24%	24%	22%	21%	23%	16%	20%	26%	21%	36%	20%	29%	25%	23%	24%	24%	16%	24%	24%	0%	0%	36%	21%	24%	23%	24%	19%	24%	23%	13%	25%
More than 20 years	42%	43%	36%	51%	58%	78%	49%	44%	40%	20%	40%	25%	43%	51%	38%	41%	57%	37%	46%	0%	0%	64%	41%	42%	34%	50%	41%	42%	31%	12%	46%
Don't know	*%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	5%	1%	*%
Base for stats	5100	3872	1008	189	31	224	249	884	972	236	1111	318	1106	1356	3743	4463	208	314	115	443	1321	3336	677	4422	2699	2400	719	4362	19	657	4443
Mean	16.04	16.28	14.69	17.76	19.27	22.35	17.2	16.91	15.15	13.22	15.33	13.07	16.74	17.86	15.38	15.99	18.26	14.94	17.08	1.21	7.04	21.57	15.39	16.14	14.29	18	15.06	16.21	14.56	6.32	17.48
Standard error	0.12	0.31	0.22	0.2	0.24	0.39	0.34	0.37	0.24	0.51	0.31	0.44	0.27	0.22	0.14	0.15	0.68	0.28	0.37	0.02	0.05	0.08	0.26	0.14	0.15	0.21	0.28	0.14	0.76	0.3	0.12
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
A6. And how many years has this firm been trading? This includes under all ownerships and all legal statuses.	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 - SPSS)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
0-4 years	12%	11%	17%	9%	6%	2%	10%	8%	20%	13%	14%	17%	7%	7%	14%	12%	10%	17%	8%	100%	13%	0%	16%	11%	19%	5%	20%	11%	12%	68%	4%
5-10 years	22%	22%	24%	18%	12%	3%	21%	22%	17%	30%	26%	29%	24%	19%	24%	23%	16%	21%	22%	0%	87%	0%	23%	22%	24%	21%	19%	23%	29%	7%	25%
Over 10 years	65%	67%	58%	72%	81%	94%	69%	70%	62%	56%	60%	53%	68%	74%	62%	65%	74%	62%	70%	0%	0%	100%	61%	66%	57%	74%	61%	66%	54%	24%	71%
Don't know	*%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	5%	1%	*%
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
A6. And how many years has this firm been trading? This includes under all ownerships and all legal statuses.	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 - SPSS)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Trading for at least 1 year	99%	99%	97%	98%	99%	99%	100%	99%	97%	99%	98%	100%	100%	99%	98%	99%	98%	97%	99%	87%	100%	100%	99%	99%	98%	99%	97%	99%	95%	91%	100%
Not	1%	1%	2%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	3%	1%	2%	0%	*%	1%	1%	1%	2%	3%	*%	13%	0%	0%	1%	1%	2%	*%	3%	1%	0%	8%	0%
Don't know	*%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	5%	1%	*%
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
A6. And how many years has this firm been trading? This includes under all ownerships and all legal statuses.	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 - SPSS)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Trading for at least 2 years	97%	98%	95%	97%	99%	99%	98%	99%	94%	98%	97%	99%	98%	99%	97%	97%	97%	96%	97%	71%	100%	100%	96%	97%	96%	99%	94%	98%	93%	80%	100%
Not	3%	2%	4%	2%	*%	1%	1%	1%	6%	2%	3%	1%	2%	1%	3%	2%	3%	4%	2%	29%	0%	0%	4%	2%	4%	1%	6%	2%	2%	19%	0%
Don't know	*%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	5%	1%	*%
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
A6. And how many years has this firm been trading? This includes under all ownerships and all legal statuses.	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 - SPSS)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Trading for at least 4 years	91%	92%	87%	93%	96%	98%	93%	96%	83%	92%	90%	84%	95%	96%	89%	91%	92%	86%	95%	0%	100%	100%	88%	92%	86%	97%	84%	92%	88%	32%	100%
Not	9%	8%	12%	6%	4%	2%	6%	4%	16%	8%	10%	16%	5%	4%	10%	8%	8%	14%	5%	100%	0%	0%	12%	8%	14%	3%	16%	7%	7%	67%	0%
Don't know	*%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	5%	1%	*%
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
A7. Has there been a change of ownership of the business in the past 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
(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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Yes	5%	4%	9%	9%	10%	1%	6%	4%	9%	4%	5%	4%	4%	3%	6%	5%	3%	5%	5%	10%	4%	5%	6%	5%	9%	1%	8%	5%	10%	40%	0%
No	95%	96%	91%	91%	90%	99%	94%	96%	91%	96%	95%	96%	96%	97%	94%	95%	97%	95%	95%	90%	96%	95%	94%	95%	91%	99%	92%	95%	88%	60%	100%
Don't know	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	2%	0%	*%
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
A6/A7. Whether new start up.	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
New start up	13%	11%	19%	15%	13%	2%	12%	7%	22%	12%	14%	20%	9%	7%	15%	13%	9%	16%	9%	100%	4%	5%	17%	12%	21%	4%	23%	11%	17%	100%	0%
Not	87%	89%	81%	85%	87%	98%	88%	93%	78%	88%	86%	80%	91%	93%	85%	87%	91%	84%	91%	0%	96%	95%	83%	88%	79%	96%	77%	89%	83%	0%	100%
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
Country.	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
England	88%	88%	86%	86%	86%	53%	89%	90%	87%	92%	89%	92%	89%	84%	89%	100%	0%	0%	0%	85%	89%	87%	89%	87%	88%	88%	88%	88%	75%	88%	87%
Scotland	6%	6%	7%	7%	7%	11%	4%	6%	7%	7%	6%	5%	5%	7%	6%	0%	0%	100%	0%	10%	6%	6%	4%	6%	6%	6%	7%	6%	13%	8%	6%
Wales	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	29%	2%	1%	4%	1%	3%	3%	4%	6%	3%	0%	100%	0%	0%	4%	3%	5%	4%	4%	4%	4%	3%	4%	9%	3%	4%
Northern Ireland	2%	2%	3%	3%	3%	7%	5%	3%	2%	1%	1%	1%	2%	4%	2%	0%	0%	0%	100%	1%	2%	2%	3%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	3%	2%	2%
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
Country.	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 - SPSS)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
England/ Wales	92%	92%	90%	90%	90%	82%	91%	91%	91%	93%	93%	94%	92%	90%	92%	100%	100%	0%	0%	89%	92%	92%	92%	91%	92%	92%	91%	92%	84%	91%	92%
Scotland/ Northern Ireland	8%	8%	10%	10%	10%	18%	9%	9%	9%	7%	7%	6%	8%	10%	8%	0%	0%	100%	100%	11%	8%	8%	8%	9%	8%	8%	9%	8%	16%	9%	8%
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
Government Office Region	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 England 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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	3446	519	1090	1133	704	97	408	316	978	177	568	287	615	821	2625	3446	0	0	0	282	778	2356	813	2633	2592	854	798	2561	87	554	2892
Weighted Bases	4477	3411	876	163	26	118	223	798	855	217	992	293	982	1138	3339	4477	0	0	0	378	1177	2908	601	3876	2370	2108	632	3830	15	581	3896
East of England	13%	13%	10%	12%	12%	14%	6%	18%	11%	15%	14%	12%	10%	15%	12%	13%	0%	0%	0%	7%	9%	15%	11%	13%	12%	14%	11%	13%	4%	9%	13%
East Midlands	7%	6%	10%	8%	7%	9%	8%	5%	11%	1%	6%	7%	6%	6%	7%	7%	0%	0%	0%	7%	4%	8%	7%	7%	7%	7%	8%	7%	6%	6%	7%
London	12%	12%	13%	17%	19%	*%	12%	12%	9%	17%	14%	13%	14%	11%	13%	12%	0%	0%	0%	15%	16%	10%	19%	11%	13%	11%	11%	12%	19%	12%	12%
North East	3%	2%	3%	4%	4%	3%	4%	2%	3%	*%	4%	2%	2%	2%	3%	3%	0%	0%	0%	5%	4%	2%	4%	2%	4%	1%	4%	2%	5%	4%	2%
North West	10%	10%	9%	10%	11%	8%	11%	6%	11%	6%	11%	19%	9%	7%	11%	10%	0%	0%	0%	10%	14%	8%	8%	10%	9%	11%	10%	10%	9%	11%	10%
South East	21%	22%	20%	20%	17%	12%	16%	22%	19%	29%	24%	22%	22%	20%	22%	21%	0%	0%	0%	24%	20%	22%	22%	21%	20%	23%	21%	22%	24%	23%	21%
South West	15%	15%	14%	12%	11%	32%	17%	18%	15%	17%	12%	15%	13%	19%	14%	15%	0%	0%	0%	15%	13%	16%	6%	16%	15%	15%	14%	15%	7%	16%	15%
West Midlands	10%	10%	12%	10%	11%	15%	14%	6%	9%	13%	8%	7%	16%	9%	11%	10%	0%	0%	0%	11%	8%	11%	15%	10%	11%	10%	12%	10%	5%	14%	10%
Yorkshire and the Humber	9%	9%	9%	8%	8%	8%	12%	12%	13%	2%	7%	4%	8%	11%	8%	9%	0%	0%	0%	6%	13%	8%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	22%	5%	10%
Scotland	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Wales	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Northern Ireland	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
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
Urban Rural	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5078	750	1642	1704	982	197	621	479	1511	216	806	369	879	1297	3781	3426	160	993	499	402	1106	3532	1185	3893	3732	1346	1179	3765	134	767	4311
Weighted Bases	5082	3847	1015	189	31	224	249	886	979	236	1088	317	1104	1359	3723	4450	207	310	115	441	1299	3327	674	4408	2692	2390	714	4348	20	659	4423
Urban	67%	67%	66%	72%	79%	6%	63%	67%	73%	73%	66%	73%	72%	56%	71%	69%	39%	66%	51%	73%	74%	63%	67%	67%	68%	66%	59%	68%	67%	70%	66%
Rural	33%	33%	34%	28%	21%	94%	37%	33%	27%	27%	34%	27%	28%	44%	29%	31%	61%	34%	49%	27%	26%	37%	33%	33%	32%	34%	41%	32%	33%	30%	34%
Not provided	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
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
Whether in top 15% most deprived areas.	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5078	750	1642	1704	982	197	621	479	1511	216	806	369	879	1297	3781	3426	160	993	499	402	1106	3532	1185	3893	3732	1346	1179	3765	134	767	4311
Weighted Bases	5082	3847	1015	189	31	224	249	886	979	236	1088	317	1104	1359	3723	4450	207	310	115	441	1299	3327	674	4408	2692	2390	714	4348	20	659	4423
Yes	7%	6%	12%	13%	13%	1%	10%	4%	14%	6%	6%	10%	5%	5%	8%	7%	2%	7%	13%	18%	8%	6%	7%	7%	9%	5%	10%	7%	11%	17%	6%
No	93%	94%	88%	87%	87%	99%	90%	96%	86%	94%	94%	90%	95%	95%	92%	93%	98%	93%	87%	82%	92%	94%	93%	93%	91%	95%	90%	93%	89%	83%	94%
Not provided	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
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
A10. Does your business have separate business premises to your or someone else's home address? I.E. your business is based somewhere else other than at your or someone else's home	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Yes	41%	32%	63%	91%	96%	24%	58%	24%	57%	41%	34%	50%	43%	30%	44%	41%	50%	32%	38%	50%	44%	38%	55%	38%	47%	34%	54%	38%	81%	55%	38%
No	59%	68%	37%	9%	4%	76%	42%	76%	43%	59%	66%	50%	56%	70%	55%	59%	50%	68%	62%	50%	55%	62%	44%	61%	53%	66%	46%	61%	19%	45%	61%
Refused	*%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%
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
A10B. Which of the following descriptions applies to the energy, i.e. electricity and/or gas, supply contracts at your site?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 have less than 50 employees - Question added part way through)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	1374	258	554	562	0	88	111	175	515	75	175	79	156	374	1000	739	60	396	179	147	312	901	270	1104	944	430	271	1075	28	227	1147
Weighted Bases	1436	1067	312	56	0	78	49	372	329	68	207	120	211	499	936	1188	64	133	51	190	371	867	175	1261	788	648	243	1189	4	247	1189
It is a domestic, or residential, tariff or contract	50%	61%	20%	4%	0%	30%	30%	79%	21%	34%	60%	58%	46%	67%	41%	51%	27%	51%	48%	23%	55%	54%	32%	52%	40%	63%	42%	52%	7%	28%	54%
It is a business contract arranged by your business directly or by an energy broker on your business' behalf	32%	24%	55%	73%	0%	64%	53%	12%	64%	27%	18%	7%	33%	24%	37%	32%	27%	38%	44%	33%	26%	35%	39%	32%	34%	30%	41%	31%	56%	33%	32%
It is arranged by a landlord or building management company or included in the rent agreement	14%	13%	18%	18%	0%	4%	14%	7%	12%	33%	13%	33%	18%	7%	18%	14%	30%	9%	5%	37%	15%	9%	21%	13%	21%	6%	13%	14%	26%	32%	10%
Don't know	3%	2%	5%	4%	0%	1%	2%	2%	3%	2%	6%	*%	2%	1%	3%	3%	8%	1%	2%	7%	3%	2%	6%	2%	4%	1%	2%	3%	11%	6%	2%
Refused	1%	*%	2%	1%	0%	1%	0%	*%	*%	3%	3%	2%	1%	*%	1%	*%	9%	1%	0%	*%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	*%	2%	1%	0%	*%	1%
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
B1. How many paid employees did the business have 12 months ago across all sites (excluding owners and partners)?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 a 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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5061	748	1624	1702	987	196	626	478	1482	216	810	370	883	1300	3761	3409	160	993	499	354	1120	3549	1185	3876	3708	1353	1161	3762	138	720	4341
Weighted Bases	5060	3839	1001	189	31	223	249	879	956	233	1094	320	1106	1351	3708	4436	204	305	115	387	1321	3336	671	4389	2657	2403	694	4345	20	605	4454
None	62%	81%	4%	*%	0%	53%	54%	71%	41%	65%	72%	51%	70%	65%	62%	63%	53%	56%	58%	55%	67%	62%	56%	63%	54%	71%	58%	63%	2%	52%	64%
01-Apr	28%	19%	71%	*%	0%	39%	28%	24%	41%	26%	22%	36%	23%	27%	29%	27%	39%	32%	31%	38%	25%	28%	28%	28%	32%	24%	26%	29%	28%	37%	27%
05-Sep	5%	*%	22%	4%	0%	5%	7%	3%	9%	5%	3%	7%	3%	4%	5%	4%	4%	6%	5%	4%	4%	5%	6%	4%	6%	3%	6%	4%	24%	5%	4%
Oct-49	4%	0%	2%	92%	5%	3%	8%	2%	7%	3%	2%	4%	3%	3%	4%	4%	4%	5%	4%	3%	3%	4%	7%	3%	6%	2%	7%	3%	37%	4%	4%
50 - 249	1%	0%	0%	1%	91%	*%	2%	*%	1%	1%	*%	1%	*%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	*%	1%	2%	*%	1%	*%	1%	*%	4%	1%	1%
250+	*%	0%	0%	0%	1%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%
Don't know	*%	*%	1%	2%	3%	1%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	5%	1%	*%
Refused	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%
Base for stats	5044	3836	994	185	30	222	248	878	948	233	1093	319	1104	1348	3697	4423	204	304	114	387	1317	3328	667	4377	2645	2399	691	4334	19	602	4443
Mean	2.18	0.23	3.4	21.34	93.57	1.66	5.06	1.06	3.73	2.05	1.45	3.12	1.67	1.89	2.28	2.15	2.2	2.54	2.49	1.69	1.64	2.44	4.23	1.87	3.21	1.04	3.84	1.85	16.07	2.6	2.12
Standard error	0.13	0.02	0.06	0.3	1.55	0.54	0.66	0.24	0.3	0.61	0.27	0.68	0.27	0.25	0.16	0.16	0.69	0.31	0.46	0.33	0.21	0.17	0.44	0.13	0.19	0.15	0.4	0.13	2.82	0.36	0.14
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
B2. How many paid employees did the business have 12 months ago across all sites (excluding owners and partners)?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5061	748	1624	1702	987	196	626	478	1482	216	810	370	883	1300	3761	3409	160	993	499	354	1120	3549	1185	3876	3708	1353	1161	3762	138	720	4341
Weighted Bases	5060	3839	1001	189	31	223	249	879	956	233	1094	320	1106	1351	3708	4436	204	305	115	387	1321	3336	671	4389	2657	2403	694	4345	20	605	4454
More than currently	18%	19%	17%	13%	10%	27%	17%	16%	27%	13%	11%	23%	17%	18%	18%	17%	27%	20%	18%	21%	13%	20%	15%	19%	19%	17%	15%	19%	9%	20%	18%
The same	77%	81%	64%	53%	44%	66%	73%	81%	65%	82%	84%	70%	80%	77%	76%	77%	64%	74%	75%	69%	80%	76%	76%	77%	72%	82%	76%	77%	68%	69%	78%
Fewer	5%	*%	19%	33%	46%	6%	10%	4%	8%	5%	5%	7%	3%	5%	5%	5%	9%	5%	6%	10%	7%	4%	8%	5%	9%	1%	9%	5%	23%	11%	4%
Don't know	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%
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
B5. Excluding owners and partners, how many people do you expect the business to have as paid employees in twelve month's time?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
None	59%	77%	1%	*%	*%	48%	46%	69%	39%	55%	64%	49%	70%	62%	58%	60%	47%	52%	53%	33%	63%	61%	47%	60%	46%	73%	44%	61%	3%	35%	62%
01-Apr	29%	21%	64%	1%	*%	42%	32%	24%	39%	31%	25%	33%	22%	29%	29%	28%	42%	33%	35%	48%	27%	27%	30%	28%	35%	21%	36%	27%	29%	43%	27%
05-Sep	6%	*%	27%	1%	*%	7%	8%	3%	9%	6%	5%	7%	4%	5%	6%	6%	4%	7%	6%	9%	5%	5%	9%	5%	9%	2%	8%	5%	15%	10%	5%
Oct-49	4%	*%	3%	91%	1%	3%	9%	2%	7%	4%	3%	5%	3%	3%	4%	4%	4%	5%	4%	4%	3%	4%	7%	4%	6%	2%	8%	3%	40%	6%	4%
50 - 249	1%	0%	0%	3%	93%	*%	2%	*%	1%	1%	*%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	*%	1%	2%	*%	1%	*%	1%	1%	4%	1%	1%
250+	*%	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	0%	*%
Don't know	2%	2%	4%	5%	5%	*%	3%	1%	5%	2%	3%	5%	1%	1%	3%	2%	3%	2%	1%	6%	2%	2%	5%	2%	3%	2%	2%	2%	8%	5%	2%
Refused	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	*%
Base for stats	4994	3804	980	180	29	224	242	877	933	232	1081	304	1102	1342	3652	4368	202	310	115	418	1296	3265	641	4353	2631	2362	702	4273	19	628	4366
Mean	2.44	0.32	3.9	22.79	102.7	1.99	5.62	1.2	3.98	2.5	1.75	3.7	1.82	2.13	2.55	2.41	2.41	2.78	2.71	2.8	1.94	2.57	4.87	2.08	3.76	0.96	4.49	2.04	15.79	3.55	2.28
Standard error	0.14	0.03	0.07	0.29	1.69	0.49	0.72	0.26	0.32	0.65	0.28	0.81	0.3	0.26	0.17	0.17	0.74	0.32	0.51	0.39	0.24	0.19	0.49	0.14	0.21	0.14	0.44	0.14	2.4	0.39	0.15
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
B6. Could you tell me whether you expect it to be?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
More than currently	24%	21%	31%	36%	45%	29%	32%	19%	30%	29%	22%	29%	19%	23%	24%	23%	33%	27%	27%	49%	22%	22%	30%	23%	33%	13%	36%	22%	24%	46%	21%
About the same	74%	78%	64%	58%	49%	70%	66%	80%	65%	70%	77%	67%	80%	76%	73%	75%	66%	71%	71%	46%	77%	77%	68%	75%	65%	84%	62%	76%	67%	51%	78%
Fewer	1%	*%	4%	5%	5%	1%	2%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	7%	2%	1%
Don't know	1%	1%	1%	2%	*%	0%	1%	1%	3%	0%	*%	3%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	1%	*%	2%	*%	1%	*%	1%	*%	2%	*%	1%	2%	2%	1%
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
Recent and future growth 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
(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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Sustained growth	3%	0%	9%	19%	29%	1%	5%	1%	4%	4%	3%	4%	1%	2%	3%	3%	3%	2%	2%	6%	4%	2%	5%	2%	5%	*%	4%	2%	13%	7%	2%
Contained growth	2%	*%	9%	14%	17%	5%	5%	2%	4%	1%	1%	3%	1%	3%	2%	2%	6%	3%	4%	2%	3%	2%	3%	2%	4%	1%	5%	2%	10%	3%	2%
New growth business	21%	21%	22%	17%	16%	28%	26%	17%	27%	26%	19%	25%	18%	21%	21%	21%	30%	24%	25%	43%	18%	20%	25%	21%	28%	13%	31%	20%	12%	39%	19%
No growth	74%	79%	60%	51%	38%	65%	64%	79%	66%	69%	76%	68%	80%	74%	73%	75%	61%	71%	69%	48%	75%	76%	67%	75%	63%	86%	60%	76%	66%	51%	77%
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
C1. Does your business sell goods or services or licence your product outside the UK?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Yes	13%	11%	17%	26%	36%	4%	30%	1%	15%	45%	23%	18%	2%	7%	16%	13%	12%	9%	20%	18%	14%	12%	100%	0%	18%	7%	18%	12%	14%	17%	13%
No	86%	88%	83%	74%	64%	96%	70%	99%	85%	55%	77%	81%	96%	93%	84%	86%	87%	91%	80%	82%	86%	87%	0%	100%	81%	93%	80%	87%	85%	83%	87%
Uncertain	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	1%	1%	0%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	1%	*%	2%	*%	*%	*%	*%
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
C2. Approximately what percentage of your annual turnover do exports or overseas licensing account for? Please include any fees from overseas companies.	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 export)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	1192	122	295	437	338	26	342	34	304	120	233	83	50	402	790	813	35	157	187	63	245	881	1192	0	1053	139	299	865	28	165	1027
Weighted Bases	678	445	173	49	11	9	76	6	148	106	250	57	26	91	587	601	25	29	23	81	182	415	678	0	498	180	131	544	3	114	564
Up to 5% of turnover	35%	35%	34%	34%	36%	37%	54%	22%	38%	41%	24%	44%	21%	50%	32%	37%	4%	27%	27%	28%	41%	34%	35%	0%	30%	48%	35%	35%	41%	27%	36%
Up to 10%	11%	11%	12%	11%	8%	3%	8%	35%	10%	8%	17%	2%	8%	10%	12%	11%	7%	8%	19%	10%	13%	11%	11%	0%	14%	3%	11%	11%	6%	10%	12%
Up to 25%	13%	12%	16%	17%	14%	18%	9%	3%	15%	18%	14%	4%	7%	9%	14%	12%	32%	12%	15%	20%	12%	12%	13%	0%	12%	16%	25%	10%	13%	22%	11%
Up to 50%	17%	17%	17%	12%	18%	5%	8%	25%	7%	13%	26%	8%	49%	9%	18%	15%	51%	29%	11%	19%	16%	17%	17%	0%	19%	11%	6%	20%	5%	18%	17%
Up to 75%	6%	6%	7%	8%	8%	26%	14%	9%	4%	11%	3%	11%	*%	15%	5%	6%	3%	8%	18%	12%	7%	5%	6%	0%	7%	5%	4%	7%	0%	10%	6%
Up to 90%	6%	6%	5%	7%	7%	3%	4%	0%	7%	*%	6%	11%	6%	4%	6%	6%	1%	7%	7%	1%	4%	7%	6%	0%	5%	7%	7%	5%	2%	4%	6%
More than 90%	8%	10%	6%	6%	4%	7%	*%	6%	8%	5%	10%	20%	3%	1%	9%	9%	2%	4%	2%	8%	4%	10%	8%	0%	9%	7%	12%	7%	0%	6%	9%
Don't know	3%	3%	3%	3%	5%	1%	1%	*%	9%	2%	*%	*%	6%	1%	3%	3%	*%	5%	1%	2%	2%	3%	3%	0%	3%	1%	1%	3%	23%	2%	3%
Refused	1%	*%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	0%	1%	1%	*%	*%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	*%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	0%	*%	1%	0%	1%	11%	2%	*%
Base for stats	636	418	163	44	10	6	74	6	130	92	247	56	24	86	550	564	24	28	20	80	175	381	636	0	475	161	128	506	2	110	526
Mean	29.2	30.07	27.25	28.59	27.34	21.93	20.96	25.07	27.16	26.43	31.52	41.23	27.12	21.33	30.44	29.4	26.55	30.18	25.63	30.05	22.99	31.82	29.2	0	30.73	24.71	29.41	29.2	11.74	29.73	29.09
Standard error	0.99	3.17	1.82	1.55	1.76	6.66	1.47	4.96	2.11	2.9	2.19	4.74	3.82	1.37	1.25	1.23	3.14	2.4	2.09	3.96	1.91	1.22	0.99	0	1.04	2.99	2.1	1.13	9.3	2.45	1.08
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
C3. Do you have plans to start exporting or licensing your products or services outside the UK?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 export)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	3923	638	1358	1277	650	171	285	447	1213	98	584	287	838	903	3020	2633	126	848	316	345	875	2668	0	3923	2705	1218	885	2928	110	609	3314
Weighted Bases	4437	3429	847	142	20	215	174	879	833	130	861	263	1082	1268	3169	3876	183	285	93	362	1139	2921	0	4437	2209	2228	588	3832	17	546	3891
Yes - next 12 months	1%	1%	2%	1%	2%	1%	1%	*%	1%	9%	2%	1%	*%	*%	1%	1%	5%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	0%	1%	2%	*%	2%	1%	3%	2%	1%
Yes - further in the future	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	2%	*%	3%	7%	1%	*%	1%	1%	2%	1%	*%	4%	2%	5%	2%	1%	0%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	3%	1%
No	98%	98%	97%	97%	97%	98%	98%	100%	97%	84%	97%	99%	99%	99%	97%	98%	95%	95%	97%	93%	96%	99%	0%	98%	96%	99%	97%	98%	96%	95%	98%
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
C3a. Do you know how to begin exporting?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 export)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	137	27	52	35	23	13	19	11	28	19	26	7	14	43	94	89	4	28	16	25	43	68	0	137	124	13	43	92	2	34	103
Weighted Bases	107	75	27	4	1	4	4	2	29	21	28	3	15	11	96	81	9	14	3	26	41	40	0	107	80	27	16	90	1	29	78
Yes	41%	35%	54%	60%	75%	44%	59%	27%	8%	53%	55%	92%	46%	47%	40%	37%	54%	60%	23%	47%	41%	37%	0%	41%	48%	20%	54%	39%	71%	49%	38%
No	53%	61%	36%	37%	25%	50%	38%	2%	88%	47%	35%	8%	54%	35%	55%	56%	46%	38%	59%	53%	51%	56%	0%	53%	45%	78%	38%	56%	29%	51%	54%
Don't know	6%	4%	10%	3%	0%	6%	3%	70%	4%	0%	10%	0%	0%	19%	4%	6%	0%	2%	19%	0%	8%	7%	0%	6%	7%	1%	8%	5%	0%	0%	8%
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
C4. How many years has your business been selling goods and services or licensing its products overseas?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 export)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	1192	122	295	437	338	26	342	34	304	120	233	83	50	402	790	813	35	157	187	63	245	881	1192	0	1053	139	299	865	28	165	1027
Weighted Bases	678	445	173	49	11	9	76	6	148	106	250	57	26	91	587	601	25	29	23	81	182	415	678	0	498	180	131	544	3	114	564
As long as has been trading	18%	20%	16%	14%	13%	7%	25%	16%	30%	6%	18%	7%	8%	23%	18%	18%	24%	18%	17%	46%	20%	12%	18%	0%	15%	26%	23%	17%	20%	39%	14%
Less than one year	2%	2%	3%	1%	1%	0%	*%	8%	3%	4%	2%	*%	3%	1%	3%	2%	2%	1%	2%	16%	1%	*%	2%	0%	3%	2%	4%	2%	2%	12%	*%
1 years	1%	1%	3%	1%	1%	0%	4%	0%	1%	1%	2%	0%	*%	3%	1%	1%	5%	3%	6%	8%	1%	*%	1%	0%	2%	1%	1%	2%	0%	6%	*%
2 years	6%	6%	4%	4%	3%	25%	3%	23%	9%	11%	2%	2%	0%	7%	5%	5%	0%	12%	10%	23%	7%	2%	6%	0%	7%	2%	9%	5%	7%	19%	3%
3 years	4%	4%	4%	3%	3%	0%	2%	0%	3%	14%	1%	*%	6%	1%	4%	4%	2%	5%	3%	6%	3%	4%	4%	0%	3%	6%	3%	4%	0%	5%	4%
4 years	3%	3%	5%	5%	2%	0%	1%	8%	1%	3%	2%	15%	6%	1%	4%	3%	0%	2%	10%	0%	7%	2%	3%	0%	4%	1%	2%	4%	0%	1%	4%
5 years	7%	7%	10%	5%	6%	*%	2%	1%	4%	8%	11%	5%	10%	2%	8%	7%	5%	9%	8%	0%	15%	5%	7%	0%	9%	2%	6%	8%	10%	5%	8%
6 - 10 years	19%	17%	26%	21%	20%	14%	21%	23%	16%	14%	22%	31%	4%	20%	19%	20%	11%	20%	14%	0%	46%	11%	19%	0%	21%	14%	20%	19%	12%	3%	23%
11 - 20 years	15%	15%	15%	20%	18%	22%	11%	11%	16%	18%	15%	16%	10%	12%	16%	16%	4%	19%	14%	0%	0%	25%	15%	0%	16%	14%	12%	16%	15%	7%	17%
More than 20 years	22%	25%	13%	23%	30%	7%	22%	5%	16%	19%	23%	23%	52%	20%	22%	22%	48%	12%	6%	0%	0%	35%	22%	0%	20%	27%	20%	22%	12%	2%	25%
Don't know	2%	2%	1%	2%	1%	24%	9%	6%	*%	1%	*%	0%	0%	10%	*%	1%	0%	*%	11%	2%	*%	2%	2%	0%	1%	4%	1%	2%	23%	1%	2%
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
C4a. Do you plan to increase your levels of exports over the next few 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
(Base: Where export)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	1192	122	295	437	338	26	342	34	304	120	233	83	50	402	790	813	35	157	187	63	245	881	1192	0	1053	139	299	865	28	165	1027
Weighted Bases	678	445	173	49	11	9	76	6	148	106	250	57	26	91	587	601	25	29	23	81	182	415	678	0	498	180	131	544	3	114	564
Yes	51%	47%	55%	61%	61%	42%	42%	57%	47%	52%	57%	38%	62%	43%	52%	48%	88%	61%	68%	63%	54%	47%	51%	0%	61%	21%	48%	51%	53%	60%	49%
No	45%	48%	41%	34%	37%	45%	53%	40%	44%	45%	41%	61%	32%	52%	44%	48%	5%	31%	29%	34%	43%	48%	45%	0%	35%	74%	49%	44%	37%	37%	47%
Don't know	4%	4%	4%	5%	2%	13%	5%	3%	9%	3%	2%	*%	6%	6%	4%	4%	7%	8%	4%	4%	3%	5%	4%	0%	4%	5%	3%	5%	10%	3%	4%
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
C5. During the time you have been selling or licensing products overseas, have you had overseas sales every year or have there been some years where you haven't made any sales at all to overseas customers?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 exported for at least a 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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	1126	114	271	416	325	25	320	30	289	110	225	80	47	375	751	768	33	150	175	42	233	850	1126	0	993	133	282	820	24	138	988
Weighted Bases	641	424	161	46	11	7	66	5	142	99	240	57	25	78	563	571	23	28	18	60	178	402	641	0	473	168	124	515	2	93	549
Overseas sales every year (since started doing business overseas)	68%	62%	77%	87%	88%	91%	68%	51%	79%	67%	62%	56%	88%	69%	67%	66%	78%	82%	70%	85%	55%	70%	68%	0%	70%	61%	76%	66%	73%	77%	66%
Some years with no overseas sales	32%	38%	23%	12%	10%	9%	32%	49%	21%	33%	38%	44%	6%	31%	32%	33%	22%	13%	29%	15%	44%	29%	32%	0%	30%	38%	24%	34%	18%	23%	33%
Don't know	1%	*%	1%	1%	2%	0%	*%	1%	*%	*%	1%	0%	6%	*%	1%	*%	0%	5%	*%	0%	1%	1%	1%	0%	*%	1%	*%	1%	10%	*%	1%
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
C5a. Why have there have been some years with no overseas sales?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 had year(s) with no overseas sales)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	181	40	55	49	37	1	43	13	28	22	50	16	8	57	124	130	4	18	29	4	44	133	181	0	142	39	37	140	4	18	163
Weighted Bases	204	162	36	6	1	1	21	3	30	33	90	25	1	24	180	190	5	4	5	9	78	117	204	0	141	64	29	175	*	21	183
Don't have the time to pursue exporting	8%	9%	4%	18%	5%	0%	*%	0%	28%	9%	3%	12%	1%	*%	9%	8%	0%	3%	13%	2%	3%	12%	8%	0%	11%	2%	30%	5%	0%	18%	7%
Lack knowledge of how best to export	*%	0%	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	20%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	2%	*%	*%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	1%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%
Exporting is too risky	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Exporting is not profitable	3%	2%	8%	5%	14%	0%	3%	0%	1%	12%	1%	*%	0%	3%	3%	3%	0%	3%	1%	0%	4%	3%	3%	0%	4%	*%	1%	3%	0%	0%	3%
Prefer to concentrate on UK markets	9%	10%	3%	18%	14%	0%	28%	5%	10%	27%	*%	1%	18%	25%	7%	10%	0%	2%	*%	11%	4%	12%	9%	0%	7%	12%	1%	10%	0%	5%	10%
Only have occasional 'one-off' orders from overseas	43%	42%	47%	28%	41%	100%	28%	12%	59%	34%	38%	65%	43%	28%	44%	45%	5%	40%	7%	87%	39%	41%	43%	0%	40%	47%	34%	44%	55%	56%	41%
Overseas work was minimal/ non-existent	20%	16%	36%	24%	24%	0%	32%	63%	1%	8%	26%	21%	32%	35%	18%	17%	95%	3%	60%	0%	18%	23%	20%	0%	16%	30%	10%	22%	42%	7%	22%
Other	12%	13%	4%	12%	6%	0%	3%	0%	2%	10%	21%	0%	5%	2%	13%	11%	0%	50%	15%	0%	17%	9%	12%	0%	13%	8%	*%	14%	0%	14%	11%
Don't know	9%	11%	1%	0%	4%	0%	34%	0%	1%	0%	12%	0%	2%	29%	6%	9%	0%	*%	3%	0%	16%	5%	9%	0%	9%	9%	24%	6%	3%	0%	10%
Refused	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
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
C6. What are the barriers that prevent your business exporting?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 export)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	3786	611	1306	1242	627	158	266	436	1185	79	558	280	824	860	2926	2544	122	820	300	320	832	2600	0	3786	2581	1205	842	2836	108	575	3211
Weighted Bases	4331	3354	820	138	19	211	169	877	804	109	833	259	1068	1257	3073	3795	174	271	90	336	1098	2882	0	4331	2129	2202	571	3743	17	517	3813
Do not have a product or service suitable for exporting	58%	59%	55%	61%	65%	47%	34%	64%	51%	44%	52%	63%	72%	57%	59%	58%	66%	52%	60%	50%	61%	58%	0%	58%	63%	54%	62%	58%	47%	58%	58%
Not part of business plan	26%	26%	26%	25%	27%	29%	40%	22%	33%	42%	27%	24%	18%	26%	26%	25%	38%	32%	25%	36%	20%	27%	0%	26%	23%	28%	25%	26%	45%	28%	26%
Have sufficient business in the UK already	6%	5%	7%	6%	10%	6%	11%	8%	5%	6%	7%	8%	2%	8%	5%	6%	1%	2%	*%	8%	5%	6%	0%	6%	4%	7%	3%	6%	6%	9%	5%
Little knowledge of how to export	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	0%	3%	1%	1%	*%	1%	1%	0%	1%	*%	2%	*%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	2%	1%
Difficulty finding overseas customers	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	1%	2%	1%	5%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	1%	0%	1%	*%	1%	*%	1%	0%	1%	1%	*%	2%	*%	1%	1%	1%
Difficulty identifying opportunities	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	1%	0%	*%
Concerns about paperwork	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	1%	0%	2%	*%	*%	*%	1%	1%	*%	*%	3%	2%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	*%	1%	1%	0%	4%	*%
Fear of payment problems	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	1%	*%	*%	3%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	1%	1%	0%	1%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%
Too risky	1%	1%	*%	*%	1%	3%	1%	1%	*%	0%	3%	*%	*%	2%	1%	1%	0%	*%	1%	*%	*%	1%	0%	1%	*%	2%	*%	1%	0%	*%	1%
Lack of management time to pursue export opportunities	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	0%	4%	*%	*%	2%	*%	1%	*%	1%	*%	*%	0%	2%	*%	*%	1%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%
Too costly	2%	2%	3%	3%	2%	4%	6%	3%	2%	2%	1%	1%	3%	4%	2%	2%	0%	3%	3%	1%	3%	2%	0%	2%	3%	2%	2%	2%	1%	3%	2%
Choose to be local business only	2%	2%	3%	3%	1%	4%	1%	1%	3%	0%	1%	1%	5%	2%	3%	3%	0%	1%	1%	4%	3%	2%	0%	2%	3%	2%	4%	2%	1%	3%	2%
Logistical issues	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	1%	0%	2%	*%	*%	1%	1%	1%	0%	2%	*%	*%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	0%	*%	1%
Agreement/ Contractual reasons	*%	0%	*%	*%	1%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%
Regulation/ Legal reasons	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%	4%	4%	*%	2%	*%	4%	1%	*%	1%	2%	2%	0%	3%	1%	0%	1%	2%	0%	2%	2%	1%	4%	1%	2%	1%	2%
Personal decision	5%	5%	3%	2%	1%	4%	8%	7%	2%	9%	7%	1%	4%	6%	4%	5%	0%	4%	7%	2%	2%	6%	0%	5%	3%	7%	2%	5%	0%	2%	5%
Limited resources	1%	1%	1%	*%	1%	3%	*%	1%	3%	1%	*%	*%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	4%	1%	*%	2%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	*%	1%
Competition	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	0%	5%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	1%	*%	*%	0%	1%	3%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	0%	0%	*%
Other	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	10%	4%	1%	1%	2%	3%	1%	1%	3%	2%	2%	12%	2%	1%	*%	1%	2%	0%	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	*%	*%	2%
No particular reason	2%	2%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%	6%	3%	1%	2%	2%	*%	2%	1%	5%	3%	1%	0%	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	1%	3%	2%
Don't know	*%	*%	1%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	0%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	1%	*%	0%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	4%	*%	*%
Refused	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	0%	*%
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
C6a. Have you ever considered or tried exporting in the past?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 export but have suitable product/ service)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	1518	280	562	471	205	79	161	187	506	44	229	107	205	427	1091	1064	32	325	97	124	329	1054	0	1518	1035	483	317	1160	41	220	1298
Weighted Bases	1802	1376	365	54	7	112	111	315	397	62	403	97	304	538	1264	1576	60	130	36	168	428	1200	0	1802	788	1014	217	1576	9	215	1587
Yes	11%	11%	7%	11%	13%	27%	16%	1%	8%	3%	18%	5%	9%	10%	11%	10%	35%	6%	3%	6%	7%	12%	0%	11%	11%	10%	10%	11%	14%	7%	11%
No	89%	89%	92%	89%	86%	73%	84%	99%	92%	97%	82%	95%	91%	90%	89%	90%	65%	94%	96%	94%	93%	88%	0%	89%	89%	90%	90%	89%	84%	93%	89%
Don't know	*%	0%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	2%	*%	*%
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
C7. Within the past 3 years, has your business received any unsolicited enquiries or orders from potential overseas buyers?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 export)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	3923	638	1358	1277	650	171	285	447	1213	98	584	287	838	903	3020	2633	126	848	316	345	875	2668	0	3923	2705	1218	885	2928	110	609	3314
Weighted Bases	4437	3429	847	142	20	215	174	879	833	130	861	263	1082	1268	3169	3876	183	285	93	362	1139	2921	0	4437	2209	2228	588	3832	17	546	3891
Yes	7%	6%	9%	9%	8%	1%	21%	2%	5%	10%	9%	9%	8%	5%	8%	7%	3%	5%	3%	9%	10%	5%	0%	7%	9%	5%	8%	7%	15%	10%	6%
No	93%	93%	91%	90%	91%	99%	79%	97%	94%	90%	91%	91%	90%	95%	92%	92%	97%	95%	97%	90%	90%	94%	0%	93%	90%	95%	90%	93%	84%	90%	93%
Don't know	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	1%	1%	*%	*%	0%	*%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	*%	3%	*%	1%	*%	1%
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
C8. Were these enquiries a factor in your decision to begin exporting?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 export and have received unsolicited enquiries)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	43	3	19	12	9	4	11	5	9	4	6	0	4	20	23	28	1	7	7	7	13	23	0	43	41	2	17	25	1	10	33
Weighted Bases	20	7	12	1	*	2	2	2	4	1	5	0	5	6	14	15	*	4	1	5	8	7	0	20	20	1	6	14	*	5	15
Yes	60%	53%	67%	17%	60%	74%	24%	98%	90%	6%	1%	0%	100%	62%	59%	50%	100%	84%	99%	71%	45%	69%	0%	60%	62%	0%	63%	61%	0%	67%	57%
No	40%	47%	33%	83%	40%	26%	76%	2%	10%	94%	99%	0%	0%	38%	41%	50%	0%	16%	1%	29%	55%	31%	0%	40%	38%	100%	37%	39%	100%	33%	43%
Don't know	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
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
C9. Looking ahead over the next 3 years, how likely is your business to make any export sales as a result of any of these enquiries?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 export and have received unsolicited enquiries)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	274	41	96	100	37	6	42	20	94	12	40	27	33	68	206	208	8	51	7	24	78	172	0	274	219	55	69	200	5	46	228
Weighted Bases	284	209	63	12	1	1	35	19	40	12	73	23	83	54	230	266	6	10	2	30	103	151	0	284	173	112	41	241	2	51	234
Very likely	1%	0%	4%	4%	4%	0%	*%	0%	2%	1%	0%	1%	2%	*%	1%	1%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	*%	1%
Quite likely	8%	4%	18%	12%	10%	0%	28%	0%	2%	21%	5%	12%	2%	18%	5%	7%	44%	6%	11%	5%	14%	4%	0%	8%	11%	2%	7%	8%	0%	4%	8%
Unlikely	12%	10%	20%	17%	24%	33%	40%	3%	17%	25%	6%	6%	6%	27%	9%	11%	10%	46%	48%	15%	14%	11%	0%	12%	20%	1%	22%	11%	22%	10%	13%
Very unlikely	78%	85%	57%	61%	62%	67%	30%	96%	71%	53%	89%	81%	90%	53%	83%	80%	40%	47%	40%	81%	70%	82%	0%	78%	67%	94%	67%	79%	78%	86%	76%
Don't know	1%	1%	2%	6%	0%	0%	2%	1%	7%	0%	*%	0%	0%	1%	1%	1%	5%	0%	0%	0%	1%	2%	0%	1%	1%	2%	2%	1%	0%	0%	2%
Summary: Likely	9%	4%	21%	16%	14%	0%	29%	0%	4%	22%	5%	13%	4%	18%	6%	8%	44%	7%	11%	5%	15%	5%	0%	9%	12%	3%	9%	9%	0%	4%	9%
Summary: Unlikely	90%	95%	77%	78%	86%	100%	70%	99%	88%	78%	95%	87%	96%	80%	92%	91%	50%	93%	89%	95%	84%	93%	0%	90%	87%	95%	90%	90%	100%	96%	89%
Base for stats	280	207	61	11	1	1	34	19	37	12	72	23	83	53	227	263	6	10	2	30	102	148	0	280	171	110	40	238	2	51	230
Mean	1.31	1.19	1.67	1.56	1.56	1.33	1.99	1.03	1.3	1.71	1.16	1.32	1.17	1.65	1.23	1.28	2.05	1.61	1.71	1.24	1.46	1.22	0	1.31	1.46	1.08	1.42	1.29	1.22	1.18	1.34
Standard error	0.04	0.08	0.09	0.09	0.31	-	0.12	0.04	0.07	0.25	0.08	0.14	0.1	0.1	0.04	0.04	0.39	0.09	0.4	0.11	0.09	0.04	0	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.09	0.05	0.25	0.07	0.05
Table 43	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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. Approximately what proportion of your turnover is income generated from trading? I.e not from grants or donations	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
None	4%	4%	3%	3%	2%	3%	*%	4%	1%	2%	3%	1%	9%	3%	4%	3%	7%	9%	8%	1%	5%	4%	2%	4%	3%	5%	5%	3%	7%	1%	4%
More than 0% up to 25%	1%	1%	1%	2%	2%	*%	*%	2%	1%	*%	*%	*%	2%	1%	1%	1%	*%	2%	*%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	0%	1%	1%
More than 25% up to 50%	2%	2%	1%	2%	2%	11%	*%	2%	1%	1%	*%	*%	2%	3%	1%	1%	10%	1%	1%	*%	*%	2%	*%	2%	1%	2%	2%	2%	1%	*%	2%
More than 50% up to 75%	1%	*%	2%	2%	1%	4%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	3%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	1%	1%	*%	2%	1%	2%	1%	1%
More than 75% up to 100%	92%	93%	91%	88%	92%	78%	98%	92%	94%	97%	95%	97%	85%	91%	92%	93%	83%	82%	90%	94%	92%	92%	96%	91%	92%	91%	88%	93%	72%	94%	92%
Don't know	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	3%	*%	1%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	3%	1%	1%	*%	1%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	1%	14%	2%	*%
Refused	*%	*%	1%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	0%	*%	*%	3%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	2%	*%	4%	2%	*%
Base for stats	5033	3831	989	182	30	217	247	878	956	235	1084	318	1098	1342	3691	4409	207	302	114	428	1300	3292	675	4358	2660	2373	701	4316	16	634	4399
Mean	94.45	94.43	94.76	93.23	94.56	86.01	99.16	94.11	97.27	97.59	98.05	98.5	87.48	93.73	94.71	95.35	87.46	87.52	90.69	97.9	93.92	94.21	96.67	94.11	95.19	93.62	91.24	94.99	90.3	98.27	93.9
Standard error	0.3	0.78	0.49	0.55	0.65	1.69	0.3	1.03	0.38	1	0.46	0.52	1.1	0.58	0.35	0.34	2.24	0.99	1.28	0.63	0.69	0.36	0.5	0.35	0.32	0.63	0.76	0.33	2.88	0.42	0.34
Table 44	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
D3. 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
(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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Yes	76%	76%	78%	79%	84%	62%	80%	75%	74%	75%	84%	73%	74%	74%	77%	77%	60%	80%	78%	62%	81%	76%	83%	75%	77%	75%	75%	77%	42%	65%	78%
No	19%	20%	17%	15%	13%	35%	16%	18%	18%	22%	13%	25%	23%	21%	19%	19%	33%	18%	19%	30%	16%	19%	15%	20%	19%	20%	21%	19%	10%	26%	19%
Don't know	4%	4%	4%	5%	3%	4%	4%	6%	7%	2%	2%	2%	2%	5%	3%	4%	4%	2%	2%	8%	3%	4%	2%	4%	4%	4%	3%	4%	37%	9%	3%
Unwilling to answer	1%	*%	1%	1%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	1%	*%	1%	1%	3%	*%	1%	*%	*%	1%	*%	1%	*%	1%	1%	1%	11%	*%	1%
Table 45	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
D4. Do you pay more than 50% of your trading profit or surplus to owners/shareholders?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Yes	29%	33%	18%	13%	14%	20%	23%	32%	24%	37%	40%	33%	22%	28%	30%	30%	15%	27%	24%	25%	33%	28%	34%	29%	29%	30%	26%	30%	9%	24%	30%
No	64%	62%	71%	73%	76%	77%	71%	60%	70%	53%	56%	63%	71%	65%	64%	63%	79%	67%	69%	64%	60%	66%	59%	65%	64%	65%	65%	65%	18%	66%	64%
Have never generated a trading profit or surplus	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	*%	1%	1%	*%	*%	1%	3%	1%	1%	1%	*%	2%	2%	7%	1%	1%	*%	1%	1%	1%	4%	1%	1%	5%	1%
Don't know	4%	3%	7%	10%	8%	1%	5%	8%	4%	8%	2%	2%	2%	6%	3%	4%	3%	4%	5%	4%	5%	4%	6%	4%	4%	4%	4%	4%	63%	5%	4%
Unwilling to answer	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	*%	1%	*%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	*%	1%	1%	3%	1%	*%	*%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	9%	1%	1%
Table 46	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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. Do you think of your business as a social enterprise, by which I mean a business that has mainly social or environmental aims?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 pay more than 50% of profit/surplus to owners/shareholders)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	4231	512	1366	1494	859	161	560	395	1297	169	552	289	808	1116	3115	2836	139	835	421	339	893	2965	981	3250	3143	1088	1006	3094	131	630	3601
Weighted Bases	3615	2590	833	165	26	179	193	606	747	149	665	214	863	977	2638	3121	176	230	88	332	879	2391	450	3165	1919	1696	535	3062	18	503	3112
Yes	37%	38%	33%	35%	32%	51%	32%	32%	31%	25%	27%	42%	51%	36%	37%	37%	37%	39%	34%	42%	33%	37%	27%	38%	37%	37%	41%	36%	47%	39%	36%
No	56%	55%	61%	59%	63%	28%	60%	65%	61%	73%	69%	57%	38%	57%	56%	57%	35%	58%	55%	54%	61%	55%	68%	55%	58%	55%	49%	58%	38%	58%	56%
Don't know	7%	7%	6%	6%	5%	21%	8%	3%	8%	3%	4%	1%	11%	7%	7%	6%	28%	3%	11%	4%	5%	8%	5%	7%	5%	9%	10%	6%	15%	4%	7%
Unwilling to answer	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%
Table 47	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
D6. How well do you think your business fits the following definition of a social enterprise: 'A business with primarily social/environmental objectives, whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose in the business or community rather than mainly being paid to shareholders and owners'?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 pay more than 50% of profit/surplus to owners/shareholders)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	4231	512	1366	1494	859	161	560	395	1297	169	552	289	808	1116	3115	2836	139	835	421	339	893	2965	981	3250	3143	1088	1006	3094	131	630	3601
Weighted Bases	3615	2590	833	165	26	179	193	606	747	149	665	214	863	977	2638	3121	176	230	88	332	879	2391	450	3165	1919	1696	535	3062	18	503	3112
Yes, it is a very good fit	13%	12%	14%	19%	17%	13%	7%	10%	10%	8%	9%	12%	21%	10%	13%	13%	3%	10%	15%	15%	10%	13%	7%	13%	14%	11%	15%	12%	17%	16%	12%
Yes, it is quite a good fit	26%	25%	30%	29%	28%	34%	38%	30%	26%	13%	24%	32%	21%	32%	24%	26%	22%	25%	25%	28%	26%	26%	27%	26%	26%	26%	25%	26%	25%	25%	26%
No, it is not a good fit	55%	56%	52%	49%	54%	25%	40%	55%	58%	79%	65%	55%	51%	47%	58%	56%	33%	62%	50%	51%	61%	54%	62%	54%	55%	55%	55%	55%	40%	54%	55%
Don't know	6%	7%	4%	4%	2%	27%	15%	5%	6%	1%	2%	1%	7%	11%	4%	4%	42%	3%	10%	7%	3%	7%	4%	7%	4%	8%	5%	6%	17%	6%	6%
Table 48	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
BIS definition of social enterprise	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Yes	5%	5%	5%	7%	7%	5%	3%	4%	4%	2%	4%	4%	10%	4%	6%	6%	1%	4%	4%	9%	4%	5%	3%	6%	6%	5%	6%	5%	1%	6%	5%
Not	95%	95%	95%	93%	93%	95%	97%	96%	96%	98%	96%	96%	90%	96%	94%	94%	99%	96%	96%	91%	96%	95%	97%	94%	94%	95%	94%	95%	99%	94%	95%
Table 49	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Cabinet Office definition of social enterprise	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Yes	14%	14%	14%	16%	15%	12%	19%	13%	14%	5%	10%	15%	19%	14%	14%	14%	6%	11%	10%	23%	10%	14%	12%	14%	15%	12%	16%	13%	3%	20%	13%
Not	86%	86%	86%	84%	85%	88%	81%	87%	86%	95%	90%	85%	81%	86%	86%	86%	94%	89%	90%	77%	90%	86%	88%	86%	85%	88%	84%	87%	97%	80%	87%
Table 50	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
F1. I'd now like to turn to the future that you foresee for your business. Over the next two to three years, do you aim 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
(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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Yes	53%	47%	71%	80%	87%	48%	51%	39%	58%	68%	63%	62%	45%	43%	57%	53%	53%	52%	55%	83%	59%	46%	73%	50%	100%	0%	75%	49%	74%	86%	48%
No	47%	53%	29%	20%	13%	52%	49%	61%	42%	32%	37%	38%	55%	57%	43%	47%	47%	48%	45%	17%	41%	54%	27%	50%	0%	100%	25%	51%	26%	14%	52%
Table 51	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
F2. How likely is it that you will approach external finance providers to help fund this growth?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 aim 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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	3758	396	1161	1350	851	124	512	316	1106	187	631	313	569	952	2806	2592	111	686	369	349	871	2514	1053	2705	3758	0	974	2681	103	676	3082
Weighted Bases	2707	1807	721	152	27	108	128	344	569	161	705	198	495	579	2128	2370	111	163	63	369	784	1546	498	2209	2707	0	539	2153	15	569	2138
Very likely	12%	12%	11%	16%	20%	36%	12%	8%	13%	13%	12%	13%	7%	14%	11%	11%	35%	12%	8%	15%	8%	13%	13%	12%	12%	0%	32%	7%	2%	14%	11%
Fairly likely	16%	16%	16%	19%	21%	25%	19%	15%	19%	22%	12%	13%	17%	18%	16%	17%	9%	14%	19%	20%	12%	18%	13%	17%	16%	0%	28%	14%	15%	21%	15%
Not very likely	21%	19%	26%	25%	23%	7%	31%	29%	23%	22%	16%	33%	19%	26%	20%	22%	16%	16%	22%	26%	23%	20%	26%	20%	21%	0%	18%	22%	14%	25%	20%
Not at all likely	50%	53%	45%	38%	35%	29%	37%	47%	45%	43%	60%	40%	56%	42%	52%	50%	38%	57%	48%	38%	56%	49%	47%	50%	50%	0%	21%	57%	51%	40%	52%
Don't know	1%	*%	1%	2%	1%	3%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	3%	*%	2%	*%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	0%	1%	*%	18%	*%	1%
Summary: Likely	28%	28%	27%	35%	41%	61%	31%	23%	32%	35%	24%	26%	25%	32%	27%	28%	44%	26%	27%	35%	20%	31%	26%	29%	28%	0%	60%	20%	17%	35%	27%
Summary: Unlikely	71%	72%	71%	64%	58%	36%	69%	76%	68%	65%	76%	72%	75%	67%	72%	72%	53%	73%	70%	64%	79%	69%	73%	71%	71%	0%	39%	79%	66%	65%	73%
Base for stats	2689	1803	710	149	26	105	127	343	566	160	702	195	492	575	2115	2357	108	163	62	368	777	1537	495	2194	2689	0	535	2142	12	567	2122
Mean	1.9	1.87	1.94	2.13	2.26	2.69	2.06	1.84	2	2.04	1.75	1.99	1.76	2.05	1.87	1.89	2.42	1.82	1.87	2.12	1.71	1.95	1.92	1.9	1.9	0	2.73	1.7	1.6	2.09	1.86
Standard error	0.02	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.11	0.05	0.05	0.03	0.08	0.04	0.06	0.04	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.13	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0	0.04	0.02	0.1	0.04	0.02
Table 52	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
F3. Does your business plan to do any of the following over the next two to 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
(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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Increase turnover by exploiting new markets	43%	40%	54%	61%	65%	40%	52%	29%	48%	78%	49%	48%	35%	35%	47%	44%	48%	42%	37%	68%	47%	39%	71%	39%	67%	17%	59%	41%	50%	68%	40%
Increase the skills of the workforce	45%	37%	69%	82%	87%	45%	47%	39%	44%	63%	52%	48%	40%	41%	47%	46%	50%	41%	43%	72%	49%	40%	59%	43%	66%	22%	68%	41%	74%	76%	41%
Increase the leadership capability of managers	31%	24%	51%	73%	83%	26%	30%	24%	33%	39%	35%	39%	29%	25%	33%	31%	25%	32%	31%	49%	36%	27%	44%	29%	49%	11%	51%	28%	68%	52%	28%
Capital investment (in premises, machinery etc.)	34%	30%	44%	57%	72%	54%	42%	28%	40%	47%	31%	35%	26%	35%	33%	34%	35%	34%	39%	52%	35%	31%	43%	32%	50%	16%	59%	30%	43%	55%	31%
Develop and launch new products/services	38%	35%	46%	55%	60%	27%	41%	24%	45%	73%	39%	33%	39%	27%	42%	39%	34%	37%	33%	65%	49%	31%	60%	35%	56%	18%	55%	35%	44%	66%	34%
None of these	32%	38%	14%	6%	3%	35%	27%	48%	27%	5%	25%	24%	40%	42%	28%	32%	36%	32%	35%	8%	25%	38%	12%	35%	8%	59%	13%	35%	8%	9%	36%
Don't know	*%	0%	*%	1%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	3%	*%	*%
Table 53	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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: F4. How capable is your business at the following?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Total	Very poor	Poor	Average	Strong	Very strong	Don't know	Not applicable	Summary: Poor	Summary: Strong	Mean	Base for stats	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
People management	Not set	3%	2%	14%	31%	33%	*%	17%	5%	64%	4.07	4254	0.01	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Developing and implementing a business plan and strategy	Not set	5%	10%	24%	34%	20%	1%	6%	15%	55%	3.59	4768	0.02	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Entering new markets	Not set	13%	15%	29%	17%	9%	*%	16%	28%	26%	2.93	4252	0.02	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Developing and introducing new products or services	Not set	10%	9%	26%	23%	16%	*%	16%	20%	38%	3.28	4298	0.02	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Accessing external finance	Not set	22%	10%	14%	13%	10%	1%	29%	32%	23%	2.7	3545	0.02	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Operational improvement	Not set	6%	7%	22%	31%	24%	1%	9%	13%	55%	3.67	4562	0.02	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Taking decisions on regulation and tax issues	Not set	3%	4%	21%	30%	35%	1%	5%	8%	65%	3.95	4810	0.01	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 54	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
F4. How capable is your business at 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
(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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Very poor	3%	3%	1%	*%	*%	*%	5%	3%	2%	*%	3%	5%	3%	3%	3%	3%	0%	1%	4%	2%	3%	3%	1%	3%	1%	5%	*%	3%	0%	2%	3%
Poor	2%	2%	3%	2%	3%	11%	5%	*%	5%	3%	2%	1%	*%	3%	2%	2%	10%	2%	3%	3%	2%	2%	4%	2%	3%	2%	3%	2%	7%	5%	2%
Average	14%	13%	17%	20%	23%	31%	21%	17%	11%	17%	11%	13%	13%	20%	12%	14%	23%	16%	20%	15%	12%	15%	13%	14%	16%	13%	17%	14%	24%	18%	14%
Strong	31%	26%	44%	46%	50%	18%	30%	33%	32%	40%	36%	34%	22%	30%	31%	32%	16%	26%	33%	36%	34%	29%	36%	30%	38%	23%	43%	29%	34%	34%	30%
Very strong	33%	33%	34%	30%	23%	34%	23%	29%	33%	34%	29%	27%	44%	29%	35%	33%	33%	34%	23%	31%	32%	34%	28%	34%	32%	35%	22%	35%	32%	31%	33%
Don't know	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	1%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	3%	*%	*%
Not applicable	17%	22%	2%	*%	*%	4%	16%	18%	16%	6%	19%	21%	18%	15%	17%	16%	18%	20%	17%	13%	17%	17%	17%	17%	11%	23%	15%	17%	1%	10%	18%
Summary: Poor	5%	6%	4%	3%	4%	12%	10%	3%	7%	3%	5%	6%	3%	6%	5%	5%	10%	3%	7%	6%	6%	5%	5%	5%	4%	7%	3%	5%	7%	7%	5%
Summary: Strong	64%	59%	78%	76%	73%	52%	53%	62%	65%	74%	65%	61%	66%	59%	66%	65%	49%	60%	55%	67%	66%	63%	64%	64%	69%	58%	65%	64%	66%	66%	64%
Base for stats	4254	3033	1002	189	31	214	210	729	819	222	904	253	904	1152	3102	3740	170	249	95	385	1096	2759	559	3695	2402	1853	612	3623	20	597	3657
Mean	4.07	4.07	4.1	4.04	3.92	3.77	3.73	4.04	4.07	4.12	4.06	3.97	4.28	3.93	4.12	4.08	3.88	4.13	3.81	4.04	4.08	4.07	4.05	4.08	4.09	4.05	3.98	4.09	3.95	3.97	4.09
Standard error	0.01	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.08	0.04	0.04	0.03	0.06	0.03	0.06	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.09	0.03	0.05	0.05	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.01	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.08	0.04	0.02
Table 55	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
F4. How capable is your business at Developing and implementing a business plan and 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
(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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Very poor	5%	6%	2%	1%	1%	2%	5%	10%	6%	*%	3%	7%	3%	8%	4%	5%	*%	5%	12%	4%	5%	5%	1%	6%	3%	7%	3%	5%	0%	4%	5%
Poor	10%	11%	7%	7%	5%	15%	12%	7%	15%	25%	5%	6%	7%	9%	10%	10%	11%	6%	4%	8%	9%	10%	13%	9%	8%	11%	9%	10%	15%	9%	10%
Average	24%	23%	29%	23%	20%	23%	27%	25%	22%	16%	27%	20%	25%	25%	24%	24%	24%	25%	35%	20%	21%	26%	26%	24%	23%	25%	24%	24%	10%	24%	24%
Strong	34%	33%	38%	44%	48%	40%	26%	36%	33%	36%	37%	43%	29%	35%	34%	35%	43%	27%	22%	43%	38%	32%	37%	34%	42%	26%	43%	33%	38%	41%	33%
Very strong	20%	20%	21%	23%	26%	16%	20%	16%	18%	18%	23%	14%	27%	17%	22%	20%	17%	26%	11%	22%	22%	19%	18%	21%	21%	19%	18%	21%	19%	19%	20%
Don't know	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	2%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	7%	*%	1%	1%	1%	0%	*%	2%	*%	*%	1%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	1%	12%	*%	1%
Not applicable	6%	7%	3%	1%	*%	3%	9%	5%	6%	4%	4%	3%	9%	6%	6%	6%	5%	10%	14%	3%	4%	7%	4%	6%	2%	10%	3%	7%	6%	2%	7%
Summary: Poor	15%	17%	9%	8%	6%	17%	17%	18%	21%	25%	8%	13%	10%	17%	14%	15%	11%	11%	16%	12%	14%	15%	14%	15%	11%	18%	12%	15%	15%	13%	15%
Summary: Strong	55%	53%	59%	67%	74%	55%	46%	52%	51%	54%	60%	57%	56%	51%	56%	55%	60%	53%	33%	65%	60%	51%	56%	54%	63%	45%	61%	53%	58%	60%	54%
Base for stats	4768	3568	983	187	31	212	225	835	917	225	1061	286	1006	1273	3495	4194	197	280	97	430	1261	3063	651	4117	2624	2144	699	4052	17	644	4124
Mean	3.59	3.54	3.72	3.82	3.94	3.55	3.47	3.42	3.43	3.49	3.74	3.58	3.78	3.45	3.64	3.59	3.68	3.71	3.2	3.74	3.65	3.55	3.61	3.59	3.72	3.44	3.66	3.58	3.74	3.63	3.59
Standard error	0.02	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.07	0.05	0.05	0.03	0.07	0.03	0.06	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.07	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.09	0.04	0.02
Table 56	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
F4. How capable is your business at Entering new markets?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Very poor	13%	13%	12%	8%	6%	11%	13%	19%	16%	8%	11%	9%	8%	17%	11%	12%	10%	17%	13%	8%	13%	13%	4%	14%	10%	16%	9%	13%	13%	8%	13%
Poor	15%	15%	16%	15%	14%	17%	16%	15%	13%	29%	15%	19%	12%	15%	15%	15%	20%	11%	9%	10%	16%	16%	17%	15%	17%	14%	13%	16%	7%	14%	15%
Average	29%	28%	32%	34%	36%	27%	24%	27%	28%	26%	33%	21%	34%	26%	31%	30%	13%	28%	32%	32%	33%	28%	32%	29%	31%	27%	33%	29%	24%	33%	29%
Strong	17%	16%	20%	20%	24%	5%	20%	12%	20%	24%	20%	27%	13%	12%	19%	18%	8%	15%	10%	29%	19%	15%	28%	15%	25%	9%	25%	16%	22%	26%	16%
Very strong	9%	9%	7%	10%	9%	7%	11%	11%	10%	6%	11%	4%	6%	11%	8%	9%	6%	4%	4%	12%	8%	9%	12%	8%	9%	9%	11%	8%	10%	9%	9%
Don't know	*%	*%	1%	1%	*%	2%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	1%	*%	11%	*%	*%
Not applicable	16%	18%	12%	12%	10%	31%	16%	15%	13%	7%	10%	19%	26%	18%	16%	14%	42%	24%	32%	10%	10%	20%	7%	18%	9%	25%	8%	18%	13%	9%	18%
Summary: Poor	28%	28%	29%	23%	21%	28%	29%	34%	29%	37%	26%	29%	21%	32%	26%	28%	31%	28%	22%	18%	29%	28%	21%	29%	26%	29%	22%	29%	20%	22%	29%
Summary: Strong	26%	25%	27%	30%	34%	12%	31%	24%	29%	30%	31%	31%	19%	23%	27%	27%	13%	19%	15%	41%	27%	23%	41%	24%	33%	18%	36%	24%	32%	35%	24%
Base for stats	4252	3163	896	165	28	150	209	747	848	217	1000	260	821	1106	3145	3818	119	236	79	400	1181	2660	631	3621	2456	1796	654	3582	15	601	3651
Mean	2.93	2.92	2.92	3.1	3.18	2.69	2.99	2.79	2.93	2.91	3.05	2.96	2.95	2.81	2.98	2.96	2.62	2.71	2.78	3.3	2.91	2.89	3.3	2.87	3.06	2.76	3.19	2.89	3.11	3.16	2.9
Standard error	0.02	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.09	0.05	0.06	0.03	0.08	0.04	0.06	0.04	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.11	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.04	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.13	0.04	0.02
Table 57	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
F4. How capable is your business at Developing and introducing new products or services?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Very poor	10%	12%	7%	5%	5%	11%	10%	23%	9%	6%	9%	6%	6%	18%	8%	10%	14%	15%	14%	5%	11%	11%	3%	12%	7%	15%	7%	11%	5%	6%	11%
Poor	9%	9%	11%	10%	9%	8%	10%	8%	8%	18%	8%	17%	9%	8%	10%	9%	11%	8%	7%	11%	10%	9%	14%	9%	9%	9%	9%	9%	15%	9%	9%
Average	26%	26%	26%	28%	29%	17%	27%	23%	27%	18%	27%	35%	27%	23%	27%	27%	5%	25%	27%	26%	28%	25%	26%	26%	28%	24%	31%	25%	14%	26%	26%
Strong	23%	21%	27%	30%	33%	7%	25%	19%	25%	23%	30%	22%	20%	18%	24%	23%	16%	21%	23%	29%	24%	21%	33%	21%	30%	14%	34%	21%	21%	33%	21%
Very strong	16%	15%	16%	17%	16%	10%	19%	13%	21%	29%	13%	6%	16%	14%	16%	16%	12%	11%	8%	21%	16%	15%	21%	15%	17%	14%	10%	17%	25%	19%	15%
Don't know	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	2%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	10%	*%	*%
Not applicable	16%	17%	11%	11%	8%	45%	9%	15%	9%	5%	14%	14%	22%	19%	15%	14%	42%	20%	21%	8%	9%	19%	4%	18%	9%	23%	10%	17%	9%	7%	17%
Summary: Poor	20%	20%	19%	14%	14%	19%	20%	30%	17%	24%	17%	23%	15%	26%	17%	19%	25%	23%	21%	15%	21%	20%	16%	20%	16%	24%	16%	20%	20%	15%	20%
Summary: Strong	38%	37%	44%	47%	48%	17%	44%	32%	46%	52%	43%	27%	36%	32%	41%	40%	28%	32%	31%	51%	41%	36%	54%	36%	47%	29%	44%	37%	46%	52%	36%
Base for stats	4298	3197	904	169	28	119	227	749	888	222	957	273	864	1095	3204	3837	120	250	92	406	1199	2681	653	3645	2451	1847	649	3633	16	614	3684
Mean	3.28	3.24	3.38	3.5	3.5	2.95	3.37	2.91	3.45	3.54	3.34	3.05	3.4	3.01	3.38	3.31	3.02	3.07	3.06	3.57	3.27	3.25	3.58	3.23	3.45	3.06	3.35	3.27	3.56	3.54	3.24
Standard error	0.02	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.11	0.05	0.07	0.03	0.09	0.04	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.13	0.04	0.06	0.06	0.04	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.12	0.04	0.02
Table 58	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
F4. How capable is your business at Accessing 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
(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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Very poor	22%	23%	19%	12%	8%	7%	33%	30%	19%	29%	22%	21%	16%	27%	20%	22%	12%	22%	14%	16%	23%	22%	22%	21%	19%	24%	13%	23%	3%	17%	22%
Poor	10%	10%	13%	11%	9%	7%	6%	7%	12%	10%	9%	18%	14%	6%	12%	10%	11%	9%	16%	15%	12%	9%	12%	10%	12%	8%	14%	10%	7%	19%	9%
Average	14%	13%	20%	19%	21%	21%	14%	13%	17%	16%	12%	12%	15%	14%	14%	14%	10%	13%	21%	20%	13%	14%	16%	14%	16%	12%	27%	12%	18%	17%	14%
Strong	13%	12%	15%	20%	25%	15%	12%	12%	15%	15%	18%	11%	7%	12%	13%	13%	10%	11%	8%	15%	12%	13%	13%	13%	15%	11%	21%	12%	12%	14%	13%
Very strong	10%	9%	11%	15%	22%	8%	9%	12%	11%	7%	10%	8%	10%	11%	10%	10%	3%	10%	10%	9%	11%	10%	9%	10%	10%	9%	12%	10%	6%	9%	10%
Don't know	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	3%	1%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	3%	1%	1%	1%	*%	1%	*%	*%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	*%	1%	29%	1%	1%
Not applicable	29%	32%	21%	21%	16%	40%	26%	26%	26%	23%	28%	30%	36%	28%	30%	28%	53%	34%	31%	24%	25%	32%	27%	30%	26%	33%	13%	32%	24%	23%	30%
Summary: Poor	32%	33%	32%	23%	16%	13%	38%	37%	30%	39%	31%	39%	29%	33%	31%	33%	23%	30%	30%	31%	36%	31%	34%	32%	32%	32%	27%	33%	10%	36%	31%
Summary: Strong	23%	21%	26%	35%	46%	23%	21%	23%	26%	21%	28%	19%	17%	23%	23%	24%	14%	21%	18%	25%	23%	23%	22%	23%	25%	21%	33%	21%	19%	23%	23%
Base for stats	3545	2580	794	146	25	129	184	649	716	180	788	223	676	962	2583	3164	97	204	80	335	953	2248	488	3057	1979	1566	623	2912	9	508	3037
Mean	2.7	2.63	2.81	3.2	3.53	3.19	2.45	2.55	2.83	2.47	2.8	2.51	2.7	2.62	2.73	2.7	2.62	2.69	2.76	2.83	2.65	2.7	2.65	2.71	2.78	2.6	3.06	2.62	3.27	2.73	2.7
Standard error	0.02	0.06	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.09	0.07	0.08	0.04	0.11	0.06	0.08	0.05	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.12	0.05	0.06	0.07	0.05	0.03	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.12	0.05	0.03
Table 59	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
F4. How capable is your business at Operational improvement, e.g. adopting industry best practice?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Very poor	6%	7%	2%	1%	*%	*%	4%	9%	10%	1%	3%	5%	5%	7%	5%	6%	1%	6%	7%	2%	5%	7%	2%	6%	2%	9%	4%	6%	2%	5%	6%
Poor	7%	8%	5%	4%	3%	11%	11%	6%	7%	10%	8%	9%	5%	8%	7%	7%	10%	5%	4%	5%	7%	7%	8%	7%	8%	5%	10%	7%	3%	6%	7%
Average	22%	21%	26%	26%	22%	27%	29%	26%	25%	15%	20%	18%	18%	27%	20%	21%	24%	26%	29%	24%	23%	21%	25%	22%	21%	24%	23%	22%	20%	26%	21%
Strong	31%	28%	37%	40%	43%	25%	32%	24%	26%	42%	37%	38%	30%	26%	32%	31%	26%	27%	28%	34%	35%	28%	39%	29%	38%	22%	37%	30%	30%	33%	30%
Very strong	24%	24%	23%	26%	30%	18%	15%	25%	23%	20%	26%	16%	28%	22%	25%	24%	17%	25%	15%	26%	25%	23%	20%	25%	24%	24%	19%	25%	24%	22%	24%
Don't know	1%	2%	1%	1%	*%	3%	3%	*%	2%	1%	2%	0%	1%	1%	2%	2%	*%	1%	*%	*%	1%	2%	1%	2%	1%	2%	*%	2%	13%	1%	2%
Not applicable	9%	11%	5%	3%	1%	17%	7%	8%	8%	11%	4%	14%	14%	9%	9%	8%	23%	10%	17%	9%	4%	12%	7%	10%	6%	13%	8%	10%	7%	8%	10%
Summary: Poor	13%	15%	7%	5%	4%	11%	14%	15%	16%	11%	11%	14%	9%	15%	12%	13%	11%	10%	11%	7%	12%	14%	10%	13%	11%	15%	13%	13%	6%	10%	13%
Summary: Strong	55%	52%	60%	66%	73%	43%	47%	50%	48%	62%	63%	55%	58%	48%	57%	56%	42%	53%	43%	60%	60%	52%	58%	54%	61%	47%	56%	54%	54%	55%	55%
Base for stats	4562	3393	955	184	30	181	225	813	883	207	1038	274	941	1219	3343	4027	160	280	95	403	1251	2893	629	3933	2519	2043	662	3884	16	603	3959
Mean	3.67	3.63	3.79	3.89	4	3.6	3.48	3.55	3.5	3.78	3.8	3.62	3.85	3.55	3.72	3.68	3.61	3.7	3.48	3.85	3.73	3.62	3.72	3.67	3.77	3.55	3.63	3.68	3.87	3.67	3.67
Standard error	0.02	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.07	0.04	0.06	0.03	0.07	0.04	0.06	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.08	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.09	0.04	0.02
Table 60	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
F4. How capable is your business at Taking decisions on regulation and tax issues?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Very poor	3%	4%	2%	1%	1%	1%	7%	3%	4%	6%	1%	8%	3%	3%	3%	3%	*%	2%	5%	2%	3%	3%	3%	3%	2%	5%	3%	3%	0%	4%	3%
Poor	4%	4%	4%	3%	2%	4%	11%	3%	4%	3%	4%	7%	3%	5%	4%	4%	6%	5%	10%	4%	4%	5%	7%	4%	5%	4%	8%	4%	2%	3%	4%
Average	21%	22%	18%	16%	14%	39%	26%	18%	23%	26%	19%	16%	20%	23%	20%	20%	44%	22%	21%	18%	23%	21%	21%	21%	20%	22%	21%	21%	7%	20%	21%
Strong	30%	29%	36%	39%	43%	29%	24%	34%	26%	32%	35%	28%	28%	32%	30%	31%	24%	30%	25%	34%	32%	30%	32%	30%	36%	24%	34%	30%	23%	32%	30%
Very strong	35%	35%	36%	37%	38%	23%	29%	38%	35%	21%	36%	34%	38%	34%	35%	36%	21%	35%	31%	40%	36%	34%	28%	36%	34%	36%	29%	36%	29%	37%	35%
Don't know	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	*%	4%	*%	2%	*%	*%	3%	2%	1%	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	2%	*%	1%	1%	2%	1%	1%	33%	2%	1%
Not applicable	5%	5%	3%	2%	2%	2%	*%	3%	6%	12%	4%	4%	6%	3%	6%	5%	3%	5%	6%	2%	2%	6%	8%	4%	3%	7%	4%	5%	7%	2%	5%
Summary: Poor	8%	8%	6%	4%	3%	6%	17%	6%	8%	9%	5%	15%	6%	8%	7%	7%	6%	7%	16%	6%	7%	8%	10%	7%	7%	9%	11%	7%	2%	7%	8%
Summary: Strong	65%	63%	72%	75%	81%	53%	53%	72%	62%	53%	72%	62%	66%	65%	65%	67%	46%	65%	56%	74%	67%	63%	60%	66%	70%	60%	64%	66%	51%	69%	65%
Base for stats	4810	3618	979	182	30	219	239	854	908	208	1067	297	1019	1312	3498	4208	200	296	106	430	1286	3079	618	4192	2611	2199	686	4112	12	634	4176
Mean	3.95	3.92	4.05	4.12	4.18	3.7	3.6	4.06	3.91	3.68	4.05	3.78	4.04	3.92	3.96	3.97	3.63	3.97	3.71	4.09	3.95	3.93	3.84	3.97	3.99	3.91	3.83	3.97	4.28	4	3.94
Standard error	0.01	0.04	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.07	0.05	0.05	0.03	0.07	0.03	0.07	0.04	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.07	0.03	0.06	0.05	0.03	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.08	0.04	0.02
Table 61	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
F5. Do you have a formal written business plan?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
Yes - kept up to date	17%	12%	30%	46%	61%	13%	17%	10%	16%	17%	20%	27%	20%	12%	19%	18%	11%	19%	9%	38%	20%	13%	20%	17%	25%	9%	29%	15%	26%	33%	15%
Yes - but not kept up to date	11%	11%	11%	9%	9%	7%	6%	6%	9%	9%	14%	12%	14%	6%	12%	10%	14%	14%	15%	14%	17%	8%	16%	10%	12%	9%	12%	10%	13%	14%	10%
No	71%	77%	58%	41%	28%	80%	74%	84%	74%	74%	65%	61%	66%	81%	68%	71%	75%	67%	76%	48%	62%	78%	63%	73%	62%	82%	58%	74%	29%	53%	74%
Don't know	1%	*%	2%	3%	3%	*%	3%	*%	1%	*%	1%	1%	*%	1%	1%	1%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	*%	1%	28%	1%	1%
Refused	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	3%	0%	*%
Table 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	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
G1. Which, if any, represent obstacles to the success of 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
(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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
The economy	59%	60%	59%	59%	63%	70%	57%	52%	67%	64%	60%	46%	59%	56%	61%	59%	68%	52%	66%	53%	61%	60%	65%	59%	63%	55%	63%	59%	58%	57%	60%
Competition in the market	49%	47%	56%	56%	64%	39%	47%	55%	59%	41%	53%	40%	41%	51%	49%	51%	27%	43%	48%	54%	57%	46%	56%	48%	59%	38%	53%	49%	56%	56%	49%
Not being able to increase prices/fees	49%	47%	52%	52%	55%	64%	52%	57%	49%	45%	42%	56%	42%	57%	45%	50%	35%	41%	54%	39%	49%	50%	48%	49%	52%	45%	55%	48%	33%	44%	49%
Red tape	47%	45%	53%	58%	58%	84%	45%	55%	52%	25%	46%	51%	34%	58%	43%	47%	62%	37%	55%	49%	45%	48%	43%	48%	46%	48%	55%	46%	34%	47%	47%
Regulations	42%	40%	48%	53%	56%	81%	37%	57%	50%	26%	36%	41%	28%	57%	37%	42%	64%	36%	41%	47%	40%	43%	42%	42%	40%	45%	52%	41%	29%	46%	42%
Taxation, VAT, PAYE, National Insurance, business rates	40%	37%	49%	48%	43%	34%	47%	51%	50%	30%	36%	46%	25%	47%	37%	40%	42%	32%	42%	42%	41%	39%	43%	39%	44%	34%	51%	38%	29%	43%	39%
Cash flow	38%	37%	43%	36%	36%	43%	44%	51%	43%	26%	32%	42%	28%	49%	34%	38%	40%	32%	48%	35%	42%	37%	41%	38%	43%	32%	63%	34%	40%	44%	37%
Late payment	35%	34%	41%	39%	39%	38%	45%	41%	31%	37%	38%	50%	24%	41%	33%	36%	29%	31%	38%	35%	34%	36%	45%	34%	41%	29%	54%	32%	29%	39%	35%
Obtaining finance	21%	19%	29%	25%	21%	14%	25%	24%	28%	21%	16%	22%	19%	23%	21%	22%	14%	18%	31%	30%	23%	19%	23%	21%	25%	17%	45%	18%	25%	31%	20%
Shortage of skills generally	21%	18%	29%	37%	44%	24%	25%	28%	21%	33%	20%	16%	16%	27%	19%	21%	23%	18%	21%	21%	23%	21%	21%	21%	24%	18%	28%	20%	26%	23%	21%
Recruiting staff	18%	14%	30%	43%	49%	29%	26%	17%	21%	25%	16%	18%	14%	21%	18%	18%	36%	16%	19%	22%	22%	16%	23%	18%	25%	12%	29%	17%	22%	25%	18%
Pensions	18%	17%	21%	24%	29%	23%	22%	24%	15%	11%	17%	25%	14%	23%	16%	18%	14%	13%	18%	15%	13%	20%	20%	17%	19%	17%	25%	17%	13%	20%	18%
Availability/cost of suitable premises	18%	17%	20%	22%	22%	15%	16%	16%	24%	12%	12%	19%	21%	16%	18%	19%	6%	14%	16%	25%	22%	15%	15%	18%	22%	14%	27%	16%	19%	24%	17%
Shortage of managerial skills/expertise	14%	13%	16%	24%	32%	9%	18%	16%	16%	17%	14%	10%	13%	15%	14%	15%	9%	10%	16%	15%	18%	13%	18%	14%	18%	10%	23%	13%	11%	17%	14%
Any other obstacles	6%	7%	5%	5%	4%	19%	1%	7%	6%	2%	4%	2%	8%	8%	6%	6%	12%	8%	3%	3%	5%	7%	5%	6%	6%	7%	5%	6%	1%	4%	7%
No obstacles	9%	10%	5%	5%	2%	10%	5%	7%	5%	8%	7%	9%	15%	7%	9%	8%	9%	15%	10%	5%	7%	10%	3%	9%	3%	14%	3%	10%	13%	4%	9%
No opinion	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	5%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	1%	*%	*%
Unwilling to answer	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	1%	0%	*%
Table 63	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
G2. So currently which represents the biggest obstacle to the success of 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
(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	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	5115	760	1653	1714	988	197	627	481	1517	218	817	370	888	1305	3810	3446	161	1005	503	408	1120	3549	1192	3923	3758	1357	1184	3793	138	774	4341
Weighted Bases	5115	3874	1020	190	31	224	250	886	981	236	1111	320	1108	1359	3756	4477	208	315	116	443	1321	3336	678	4437	2707	2408	719	4376	20	661	4454
The economy	17%	18%	13%	12%	14%	2%	18%	11%	16%	15%	17%	12%	26%	10%	19%	17%	6%	18%	22%	10%	17%	17%	19%	16%	17%	17%	12%	17%	19%	14%	17%
Competition in the market	11%	11%	12%	12%	15%	1%	7%	11%	14%	13%	15%	14%	7%	8%	12%	11%	11%	9%	11%	14%	13%	10%	12%	11%	13%	9%	9%	12%	11%	13%	11%
Not being able to increase prices/fees	8%	9%	6%	5%	8%	8%	10%	4%	7%	11%	10%	7%	10%	6%	9%	9%	2%	7%	16%	2%	9%	9%	9%	8%	9%	8%	7%	9%	7%	4%	9%
Red tape	8%	8%	7%	8%	5%	26%	8%	8%	5%	4%	7%	9%	8%	11%	7%	7%	18%	8%	9%	2%	4%	10%	7%	8%	6%	10%	5%	8%	7%	2%	9%
Taxation, VAT, PAYE, National Insurance, business rates	7%	5%	12%	8%	5%	1%	7%	6%	11%	6%	8%	8%	3%	5%	7%	7%	9%	7%	6%	11%	6%	6%	10%	6%	7%	6%	7%	7%	7%	10%	6%
Cash flow	6%	6%	7%	6%	6%	6%	8%	13%	7%	7%	5%	6%	2%	11%	5%	7%	5%	4%	3%	8%	9%	5%	6%	7%	7%	6%	10%	6%	13%	8%	6%
Regulations	6%	6%	6%	6%	5%	13%	6%	9%	5%	3%	6%	13%	1%	9%	5%	6%	3%	5%	2%	12%	5%	5%	5%	6%	6%	5%	7%	6%	*%	9%	5%
Late payment	5%	6%	5%	5%	3%	3%	5%	7%	6%	5%	5%	12%	3%	6%	5%	6%	1%	6%	3%	5%	6%	5%	7%	5%	7%	4%	8%	5%	2%	6%	5%
Obtaining finance	5%	5%	5%	4%	4%	5%	3%	8%	6%	6%	3%	1%	5%	7%	4%	5%	4%	4%	6%	7%	7%	4%	3%	5%	6%	4%	16%	3%	4%	8%	4%
Recruiting staff	3%	3%	4%	8%	11%	10%	2%	1%	3%	5%	2%	2%	5%	3%	3%	3%	11%	4%	1%	7%	4%	2%	3%	3%	4%	2%	6%	3%	2%	6%	3%
Shortage of skills generally	2%	2%	4%	5%	6%	1%	5%	1%	2%	12%	3%	3%	1%	2%	3%	3%	1%	2%	4%	5%	3%	2%	4%	2%	3%	2%	2%	3%	5%	4%	2%
Availability/cost of suitable premises	2%	1%	3%	2%	3%	1%	3%	*%	3%	*%	1%	1%	2%	1%	2%	2%	*%	2%	*%	5%	2%	1%	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	4%	1%
Shortage of managerial skills/expertise	1%	*%	1%	2%	3%	0%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	1%	*%	5%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	2%	*%	1%	*%	1%	1%	1%	*%	1%
Pensions	*%	*%	*%	1%	1%	0%	1%	2%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	1%	0%	*%	1%
Other	3%	3%	2%	2%	2%	11%	1%	1%	3%	1%	4%	2%	5%	3%	3%	3%	10%	3%	1%	2%	2%	4%	3%	3%	2%	4%	2%	3%	0%	2%	3%
No main obstacle	15%	16%	10%	11%	7%	11%	15%	18%	11%	10%	13%	10%	20%	16%	14%	14%	13%	18%	11%	11%	12%	16%	7%	16%	9%	20%	6%	16%	18%	9%	15%
No opinion	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	5%	*%	1%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	2%	*%	*%
Unwilling to answer	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	1%	1%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	1%	*%	*%
Table 64	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
G3. Which of these, if any, are specific issues that affect your business that relate to the economy?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 economy is biggest obstacle to business success)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	720	128	229	213	150	11	73	59	241	33	129	42	132	143	577	469	21	151	79	35	147	532	175	545	529	191	132	560	28	85	635
Weighted Bases	855	693	134	23	4	4	45	93	159	36	189	39	289	142	713	760	12	57	25	46	227	579	130	725	455	400	88	763	4	93	762
Reduction in demand for products or services	72%	74%	65%	61%	64%	10%	71%	85%	52%	88%	79%	89%	72%	79%	71%	73%	88%	70%	51%	78%	71%	73%	84%	70%	68%	77%	66%	73%	41%	76%	72%
Local economic conditions	66%	66%	66%	64%	57%	89%	21%	73%	71%	13%	70%	54%	74%	57%	68%	67%	82%	51%	76%	62%	61%	69%	47%	70%	63%	69%	60%	67%	53%	76%	65%
Pressure to reduce prices	45%	44%	52%	55%	61%	34%	31%	64%	53%	20%	44%	56%	40%	53%	44%	47%	25%	33%	43%	28%	46%	47%	40%	46%	37%	54%	27%	47%	61%	56%	44%
Increased costs	43%	39%	61%	54%	59%	61%	49%	54%	58%	12%	24%	58%	45%	53%	41%	43%	33%	40%	53%	61%	38%	44%	33%	45%	41%	46%	49%	43%	66%	61%	41%
Other	4%	4%	3%	5%	6%	0%	2%	15%	6%	*%	4%	1%	1%	10%	3%	4%	4%	7%	10%	1%	3%	5%	4%	4%	2%	6%	6%	4%	5%	3%	4%
Uncertain / Don't know	2%	2%	2%	2%	2%	3%	3%	3%	1%	8%	*%	7%	1%	3%	2%	1%	1%	8%	11%	0%	3%	2%	3%	2%	2%	2%	1%	2%	4%	*%	2%
Table 65	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
G4. Which, if any, of the following do you consider to be causes of cash flow difficulty?	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	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 cash flow is biggest obstacle to business success)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	317	47	116	97	57	12	50	48	87	14	41	21	44	110	207	220	14	50	33	35	86	195	76	241	247	70	107	203	7	63	254
Weighted Bases	329	243	73	11	2	14	20	112	69	16	54	21	24	146	183	303	11	12	3	35	122	172	41	289	193	136	75	252	3	50	279
Late payment from individual customers to whom you sell	62%	64%	57%	58%	63%	71%	39%	70%	29%	41%	90%	77%	71%	66%	59%	64%	39%	42%	54%	32%	65%	66%	73%	60%	63%	60%	67%	61%	24%	31%	67%
Fluctuating income or outgoings	59%	59%	61%	55%	53%	84%	49%	42%	70%	23%	93%	30%	80%	47%	69%	59%	71%	64%	34%	80%	64%	52%	64%	59%	78%	34%	66%	58%	1%	83%	55%
Timing of tax payments	42%	42%	41%	37%	41%	46%	16%	38%	44%	16%	84%	23%	5%	36%	46%	42%	69%	15%	28%	32%	55%	34%	53%	40%	45%	37%	38%	43%	2%	29%	44%
Late payment from other businesses to whom you sell	41%	40%	46%	38%	46%	31%	21%	39%	22%	55%	69%	40%	61%	35%	46%	42%	32%	33%	61%	39%	35%	46%	45%	41%	52%	25%	53%	38%	22%	35%	42%
Longer payment terms	37%	34%	44%	44%	62%	62%	47%	41%	41%	44%	27%	23%	10%	44%	31%	36%	67%	23%	59%	66%	25%	39%	37%	37%	52%	15%	30%	39%	2%	63%	32%
High levels of investment required by business	32%	30%	40%	27%	48%	68%	38%	26%	58%	42%	15%	16%	5%	32%	33%	32%	63%	22%	10%	55%	40%	22%	22%	34%	42%	19%	25%	35%	2%	60%	27%
Difficult/expensive to get credit from your suppliers	22%	19%	30%	23%	36%	25%	39%	3%	41%	47%	30%	22%	7%	10%	32%	21%	69%	15%	19%	34%	28%	16%	13%	23%	25%	18%	23%	22%	2%	38%	19%
Banks less willing to lend/ reducing overdraft	1%	1%	0%	2%	4%	0%	1%	2%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	2%	*%	1%	0%	0%	*%	0%	2%	*%	*%	1%	*%	2%	*%	1%	0%	0%	1%
Other	4%	5%	3%	3%	1%	0%	0%	10%	1%	8%	*%	0%	1%	8%	1%	4%	0%	*%	7%	*%	1%	7%	*%	5%	1%	9%	*%	5%	0%	1%	5%
Uncertain / Don't know	11%	12%	8%	5%	2%	0%	27%	12%	18%	0%	*%	*%	15%	13%	9%	10%	17%	16%	0%	*%	4%	17%	4%	12%	7%	15%	18%	8%	76%	*%	12%
Table 66	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
G5. Which regulations do you consider to be obstacles to the success of 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
(Base: Where regulations are biggest obstacle to business success)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	299	47	88	106	58	24	40	23	62	7	77	24	42	87	212	212	7	54	26	19	67	213	69	230	218	81	73	224	2	38	261
Weighted Bases	297	223	61	12	2	29	14	76	46	8	69	43	12	119	178	271	7	17	2	51	69	177	35	262	167	130	52	245	*	61	236
Sector specific regulations	18%	20%	10%	25%	31%	20%	9%	35%	4%	2%	23%	4%	16%	28%	12%	20%	3%	7%	10%	21%	10%	21%	3%	20%	16%	21%	38%	14%	0%	18%	18%
Health and safety	16%	17%	12%	12%	16%	20%	49%	24%	5%	16%	0%	25%	12%	26%	9%	16%	0%	12%	7%	2%	17%	19%	7%	17%	8%	26%	1%	19%	0%	2%	19%
No specific regulations/all regulations	15%	17%	10%	7%	5%	23%	20%	15%	22%	0%	5%	25%	2%	17%	14%	16%	10%	9%	0%	24%	7%	16%	3%	17%	8%	24%	21%	14%	14%	21%	14%
Environmental regulations	11%	13%	5%	9%	3%	42%	43%	4%	1%	18%	0%	25%	0%	18%	7%	12%	3%	4%	1%	21%	4%	11%	4%	12%	13%	9%	1%	14%	0%	18%	10%
Employment regulations	8%	7%	11%	6%	13%	0%	*%	15%	1%	38%	1%	8%	29%	9%	7%	8%	0%	0%	21%	2%	3%	11%	7%	8%	6%	10%	2%	9%	0%	3%	9%
Financial services (eg. FSA)	7%	5%	15%	4%	6%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	13%	26%	0%	*%	11%	7%	0%	*%	1%	0%	20%	4%	10%	6%	5%	9%	3%	8%	0%	2%	8%
Planning applications	5%	5%	4%	2%	7%	4%	*%	15%	3%	0%	0%	0%	1%	10%	1%	5%	0%	*%	1%	2%	*%	7%	*%	5%	1%	10%	*%	6%	0%	2%	5%
Local Authority/ Council regulations	4%	5%	0%	3%	0%	1%	0%	15%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	10%	*%	4%	3%	*%	0%	0%	16%	*%	0%	4%	7%	*%	0%	5%	0%	0%	5%
Providing information/record-keeping	4%	5%	*%	0%	2%	0%	0%	15%	0%	0%	*%	*%	0%	9%	*%	4%	0%	0%	5%	0%	*%	6%	*%	4%	*%	9%	0%	5%	0%	0%	5%
Tax-related	3%	2%	5%	10%	20%	0%	14%	3%	1%	0%	5%	1%	0%	4%	2%	3%	0%	*%	*%	5%	2%	3%	6%	3%	4%	1%	1%	3%	0%	5%	3%
Building and construction regulations	2%	2%	2%	5%	3%	0%	1%	5%	0%	2%	4%	0%	1%	4%	2%	3%	2%	*%	0%	6%	4%	1%	*%	3%	4%	*%	1%	3%	0%	5%	2%
Company law	1%	1%	1%	1%	2%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	5%	*%	0%	*%	2%	1%	0%	3%	0%	6%	*%	1%	*%	1%	2%	0%	0%	2%	0%	5%	*%
Export regulations/paperwork	1%	0%	5%	4%	3%	1%	1%	0%	*%	0%	4%	0%	0%	*%	2%	1%	0%	2%	2%	0%	4%	*%	9%	*%	1%	1%	*%	1%	0%	*%	1%
Pensions	1%	0%	5%	3%	8%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	*%	8%	0%	*%	2%	1%	0%	*%	8%	0%	2%	1%	1%	1%	2%	0%	*%	1%	0%	0%	1%
Food regulations	1%	0%	3%	1%	*%	1%	1%	0%	4%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	1%	1%	0%	2%	5%	0%	1%	1%	*%	1%	1%	0%	1%	1%	0%	0%	1%
Freight/transport regulations	1%	0%	3%	*%	6%	0%	*%	0%	1%	16%	0%	*%	0%	*%	1%	*%	0%	0%	33%	0%	*%	1%	4%	*%	1%	*%	*%	1%	0%	0%	1%
Working time directive	1%	0%	3%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	4%	0%	0%	1%	1%	0%	1%	0%	0%	2%	*%	*%	1%	1%	0%	*%	1%	0%	0%	1%
Licensing regulations	*%	0%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	10%	0%	1%	*%	0%	1%	0%	2%	0%	*%	0%	1%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	2%	*%
Waste disposal	*%	0%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	16%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	4%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%
Trading Standards	*%	0%	*%	2%	0%	0%	2%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	1%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	8%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%
Red tape/ Bureaucracy	*%	0%	*%	0%	2%	1%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	2%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%
Minimum wage regulations	*%	0%	0%	2%	2%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	*%	*%	3%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	0%	*%
Fire regulations	*%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	*%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%
Procurement/ Tendering process	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	0%	*%	0%	*%	*%	0%	0%	*%	0%	0%	*%
Anti-discrimination	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Other	7%	6%	9%	10%	3%	20%	1%	3%	9%	37%	5%	3%	3%	7%	7%	6%	0%	20%	2%	0%	14%	6%	16%	6%	8%	5%	4%	7%	0%	4%	8%
None in particular	3%	3%	5%	8%	6%	3%	1%	0%	8%	2%	7%	0%	2%	1%	5%	3%	17%	7%	11%	2%	6%	3%	9%	2%	4%	2%	1%	4%	86%	2%	4%
Don't know	20%	22%	13%	11%	7%	5%	6%	3%	46%	6%	36%	7%	36%	4%	30%	17%	69%	45%	14%	13%	11%	25%	35%	18%	20%	19%	27%	18%	0%	19%	20%
Refused	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Table 67	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
G6. Which types of taxation, VAT, PAYE, national insurance, business rates etc. do you consider to be obstacles to the success of 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
(Base: Where tax is biggest obstacle to business success)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set
Not set	Not set	Employment Size	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Grouped SICs)	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Not set	Industrial Sector (Broad Group SIC)	Not set	Nation	Not set	Not set	Not set	Age Of Business	Not set	Not set	Exporter	Not set	Business Growth	Not set	Sought Finance In Last 12 Months	Not set	Not set	Start Up	Not set
Not set	Total	Zero	Micro 1-9	Small 10-49	Medium 50-249	Primary ABDE	Manufacturing C	Construction F	Transport, Retail and Distribution GHI	Information and Communication J	Business Services KLM	Administrative Services N	Other Services PQRS	Production and Construction	Services	England	Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	< 4 years	4-10 years	> 10 years	Yes	No	Proposing growth	Not proposing growth	Sought finance	Not sought finance	Don't know/ Refused	Start up	Not a start up
Unweighted Bases	435	43	199	148	45	10	41	40	220	10	50	22	42	91	344	286	10	86	53	52	110	268	74	361	306	129	103	326	6	85	350
Weighted Bases	339	201	121	16	1	3	18	50	107	15	94	24	28	71	269	292	19	21	6	49	77	211	66	273	198	141	47	291	1	66	273
VAT	49%	44%	54%	64%	58%	51%	76%	56%	55%	23%	48%	27%	29%	61%	46%	47%	68%	60%	67%	61%	62%	41%	33%	53%	47%	52%	61%	47%	49%	63%	46%
Business rates	22%	9%	42%	32%	36%	80%	42%	7%	31%	29%	2%	58%	26%	19%	23%	23%	5%	13%	31%	27%	19%	21%	15%	23%	29%	12%	32%	20%	9%	28%	20%