Business and Energy

Includes bulletins, notes, papers, reports, guides, policies, correspondence, investigations, revision explanations and feasibility studies behind some of ONS's key business statistics.

• Introduction to Business and Energy Statistics

  This short video highlights some of the producers of business and energy statistics in the UK and summarises the types of statistics available.

• Annual Business Survey

  Background information to the Annual Business Survey (ABS), formerly known as the Annual Business Inquiry (ABI)

• E-commerce and ICT activity

  Data on the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in E-commerce

• UK Business: Activity, Size and Location

  Publication compiled from the Inter Departmental Business Register (IDBR) which contains information on VAT traders and PAYE employers in a statistical register representing nearly 99 per cent of economic activity

• Business Investment

  Guidance and methodological information for ONS's Business Investment statistics.

• Guide to the business population and demographics statistics publications

  Summarises the key features of the three National Statistics publications on the UK business population

• Research & Development Surveys

  The BERD survey is the key source of data on UK businesses’ Research & Development and aims to provide information covering all Research & Development performed by businesses in the UK

• UK Manufacturers' Sales by Product (PRODCOM)

  Background information to PRODCOM

• Output in the Construction Industry

  Background information to the Output in the Construction Industry Survey