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English Business Survey

Dataset

Summary

Citation:
Department for Business and Trade, released 01 October 2013, ONS SRS Metadata Catalogue, dataset, English Business Survey, https://doi.org/10.57906/x5fr-2k56

Documentation

Description:
A monthly telephone survey of workplaces, with roughly 3,000 achieved responses each month. Intended to provide timely and robust information on business conditions. Respondents are asked to describe change over previous 12 months directionally (i.e. 'more', 'less' or 'same') and forecast change over the next 12 months directionally. The key outputs from the survey are balance statistics, netting off 'more' against 'less'.

Coverage

Spatial

Spatial Coverage:
England
Geographical Levels:
  • LAU1
  • NUTS2
  • NUTS3
  • region

Temporal

Start Date:
01 October 2011
Latest Data:
31 January 2013
Frequency:
STATIC
Distribution Release Date:
01 October 2013

Provenance

Source:
Survey

Access and Governance

Usage

Condition of Access:
Standard access conditions for the use of data in the SRS
Condition of Use:
Standard conditions for the use of data in the SRS
Resource Creator:
Office for National Statistics

Access

Access Service:
  • Safe Rooms, SafePods
  • Assured Organisational Connectivity – office based
  • Assured Organisational Connectivity – remote access
Jurisdictions:
GB-EAW
Data Controller:
Department for Business and Trade
Access Level:
Access Level 3

Format and Standards

Languages:
en
Formats:
SPSS