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Release: UK Business: Activity, Size and Location, 2011

Released: 05 October 2011
This product is designated as National Statistics All editions of this release

Contact

Carl Roberts

Business Statistics Division

pa1003@ons.gsi.gov.uk

Telephone: +44 (0)1633 456902

Categories: Business and Energy, Businesses, Structure of Businesses, Locations of Businesses, Legal Status of Businesses, Businesses by Employment Size, Businesses by Turnover, Enterprises by Size and Number, Local Units by Size and Number, Small and Medium Enterprises, Businesses by Industry Sector, Businesses by Region, Businesses by Size

Frequency of release: Annually

Language: English

Geographical coverage: UK

Geographical breakdown: Local Authority and County

Survey name(s): Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES)

  • Number of UK businesses fell by nearly 20,000 (0.9 per cent) to 2.08 million in the year to March 2011.

  • There was a reduction in both sole proprietors and partnerships, while corporate businesses increased by 0.6 per cent.

  • All regions except London and Scotland saw a fall in the number of businesses.

In this release

This publication is compiled from the Inter Departmental Business Register (IDBR) which contains information on VAT traders and PAYE employers in a statistical register.  The publication contains tables on local units and enterprises by geography, industry, legal status and employment size band. Additional tables at enterprise level provide information by age of business and turnover size band.

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