Theme: Business and Energy

Video Summary: Introduction to UK Business & Energy Statistics

Short video highlighting the producers of business and energy statistics in the UK

Video Summary: Introduction to UK Business & Energy Statistics

Short video highlighting the producers of business and energy statistics in the UK

International Trade in Services, 2009-2011

A flow map showing the international trade in services for 2009-2011

GSS Business Statistics - Interactive User Guide

This interactive guide helps you to find statistics on UK business published by the Government Statistical Service

Video Summary: Changing shape of UK business covering the period 1997-2012

Short video using National Accounts Gross Value Added and workforce jobs estimates

Exporters and importers in Great Britain, 2011

11% of registered businesses in GB were engaged in exporting in 2011, and 10% in importing

Research and development expenditure by foreign-owned businesses rises

This expenditure now accounts for approximately half of total business R&D expenditure in the UK

Summary of International Trade in Services, 2011

Latest release about International Trade in Services

ICT Activity of UK Businesses, 2011

Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) by UK businesses

Key Publications

Statistical bulletin: UK Business: Activity, Size and Location, 2012 03-Oct-2012
This statistical bulletin contains headline figures and commentary from the UK Business: Activity, Size and Location 2012 publication. Information provides a numbers of enterprises and local units produced from a snapshot of the Inter Departmental Business Register (IDBR) taken on 12 March 2012.

Statistical bulletin: Annual Business Survey, 2011 Provisional Results 15-Nov-2012
Annual Business Survey (ABS) 2011 provisional results, Statistical Bulletin (Nov 2012)

Statistical bulletin: Business Enterprise Research and Development, 2011 20-Nov-2012
This release provides estimates of businesses' expenditure and employment relating to R&D performed in the UK in 2011, irrespective of the residence of the ultimate owner/user of the R&D produced. Estimates in cash terms present the values of R&D expenditures collected by the Business Enterprise Research and Development (BERD) survey, while real terms estimates have been adjusted for changes in the general price level between years using the GDP deflator. This allows changes in the volume of R&D expenditures to be examined over time.

Statistical bulletin: Output in the Construction Industry, March and Q1 2013 10-May-2013
Construction output is a monthly series of the output of the construction industry in both the private and public sectors. Current and constant price not seasonally adjusted data by sector are published along with a quarterly series of constant price seasonally adjusted index data and value data by sector.

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Video Summary: The Economy - International Comparisons 14-May-2013
This is a short video looking at international comparisons of one aspect of well-being, the economy.
Exporters and importers in Great Britain, 2011 30-Apr-2013
11% of registered businesses in GB were engaged in exporting in 2011, and 10% in importing
Video Summary: An Overview of Children's Well-being, 2013 26-Apr-2013
An Overview of Children's Well-being, 2013
Older people more likely to feel they belong to their neighbourhoods 14-Mar-2013
This is a story about older people's perceptions of their neighbourhood, friends and overall life satisfaction
Output in the Construction Industry, January 2013 08-Mar-2013
This shows the monthly construction estimates for January 2013.
East Midlands: Public Sector Employment, 2012 06-Mar-2013
An estimated 17.7% of people in employment in the East Midlands worked in the public sector in September 2012. This is the fourth lowest proportion of all the regions of the UK.

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Improvements to the methods used to compile Output in the Construction Industry statistics 10-May-2013
As part of its commitment to produce trusted statistics to high quality, ONS continuously reviews and improves data sources methods and systems. This article highlights the outcomes of some of the work that has been undertaken to improve the methods used to compile Output in the Construction Industry statistics.
Output in the Construction Industry, March and Q1 2013 10-May-2013
Construction output is a monthly series of the output of the construction industry in both the private and public sectors. Current and constant price not seasonally adjusted data by sector are published along with a quarterly series of constant price seasonally adjusted index data and value data by sector.
Information paper - Annual Business Survey (ABS): Exporters and importers in Great Britain, 2011 (Pdf 362Kb) 30-Apr-2013
Information note
Output in the Construction Industry, February 2013 12-Apr-2013
Construction output is a monthly series of the output of the construction industry in both the private and public sectors. Current and constant price not seasonally adjusted data by sector are published along with a quarterly series of constant price seasonally adjusted index data and value data by sector.
Pre-release Access List, Output in the Construction Industry, February 2013 (Pdf 62Kb) 12-Apr-2013
A list of people who are given pre-release access to the construction output release 24 hours before the publication date.
UK Gross Domestic Expenditure on Research and Development, 2011 13-Mar-2013
This release provides estimates of R&D performed by the following four sectors of the economy, as defined in the Frascati manual, Business Enterprise (BERD), Higher Education (HERD), Government (GovERD) which includes Research Councils, and Private Non-Profit (PNP) organisations. All these sectors’ (Business, Government, Higher Education and Private Non-Profit) R&D data are known collectively as GERD, which represents the gross domestic expenditure on R&D in the UK.

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Reference table: UK Business: Activity, Size and Location, 2012 (Excel sheet 2563Kb) 03-Oct-2012
The data contained in these tables are numbers of enterprises and local units produced from a snapshot of the Inter Departmental Business Register (IDBR) taken on 12 March 2012. 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.

Reference table: Annual Business Survey 2011P - Sections A-S: UK Business Economy (Excel sheet 58Kb) 15-Nov-2012
Annual Business Survey provisional results for 2011, sections A-S (Nov 2012)

Reference table: UK Business Enterprise Research and Development, 2011 - Datasets (Excel sheet 1694Kb) 20-Nov-2012
Research and Development in UK Businesses, 2011 - Datasets

Reference table: Output in the Construction Industry, March 2013 (Excel sheet 1687Kb) 10-May-2013
Construction output is a monthly series of the output of the construction industry in both the private and public sectors. Current and constant price not seasonally adjusted data by sector are published along with a quarterly series of constant price seasonally adjusted index data and value data by sector. Each month, basic quality information is published.

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TOPSI: Manufacturing Export Turnover, March 2013 (Excel sheet 462Kb) 17-May-2013
Current price turnover figures for Production industries by market (Export, Domestic and Total) for March 2013.
TOPSI: Manufacturing New Orders, March 2013 (Excel sheet 203Kb) 17-May-2013
Current price new orders figures for Manufacturing industries by market (Export, Domestic and Total) for March 2013.
TOPSI: Production and Services Turnover, March 2013 (Excel sheet 506Kb) 17-May-2013
Current price turnover figures for Production and Services Industries for March 2013.
Turnover and Orders in the Production and Services Industries Dataset, March 2013 17-May-2013
Turnover and Orders in the Production and Services Industries time series dataset March 2013.
Output in the Construction Industry, March 2013 (Excel sheet 1687Kb) 10-May-2013
Construction output is a monthly series of the output of the construction industry in both the private and public sectors. Current and constant price not seasonally adjusted data by sector are published along with a quarterly series of constant price seasonally adjusted index data and value data by sector. Each month, basic quality information is published.
ABS Data by Export and Import Status, 2011 (Excel sheet 113Kb) 30-Apr-2013
This spreadsheet contains Annual Business Survey (ABS) estimates on importers and exporters for 2011

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Theme: Business and Energy

Video Summary: Introduction to UK Business & Energy Statistics

International Trade in Services, 2009-2011

GSS Business Statistics - Interactive User Guide

Video Summary: Changing shape of UK business covering the period 1997-2012

Video Summary: Introduction to UK Business & Energy Statistics

International Trade in Services, 2009-2011

GSS Business Statistics - Interactive User Guide

Video Summary: Changing shape of UK business covering the period 1997-2012

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