Businesses

Provides a source of essential statistics for the regions of England and the constituent countries of the UK (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). The tables provide a range of demographic, social and economic statistics including population and population density for local authority areas.

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.

Reference Tables providing the estimates of R&D for 2011

UK Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D, 2011 pre-release access list.

Latest data on domestic and overseas acquisitions and mergers.

These reference tables provide estimates on the values and numbers of mergers, acqusitions and disposals involving UK companies with values of £1.0 million or greater.

Region and Country Profiles provides a source of essential statistics for the regions of England and the constituent countries of the UK (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). This release consists of the Key Statistics tables which provide the most useful demographic, social and economic statistics to compare the countries and regions.

Detailed product, industry and geographic breakdowns of imports and exports of services, mainly based on data from the International Trade in Services (ITIS) Survey.

The 2011 International Trade in Services publication provides a detailed breakdown of annual trade in services estimates, analysing data by product, industry and country. The data are sourced from the Office for National Statistics comprehensive surveys into international trade. The International Trade in Services survey is a key source of UK trade data. It is important to note that the survey does not contain data for transportation, travel and banking industries. This data is obtained from other sources such as the International Passenger Survey and the Bank of England. As a result, these industries are excluded from the figures reported in this publication. Estimates for the overall level of trade in services, including these industries, are published in the Office for National Statistics Pink Book publication.

Growth in UK imports of services from Europe subdued in 2011, a possible result of economic difficulties in the euro zone.

Provides a source of essential statistics for the regions of England and the constituent countries of the UK (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). The tables provide a range of demographic, social and economic statistics.

Provides a source of essential statistics for the regions of England and the constituent countries of the UK (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland). The tables provide a range of demographic, social and economic statistics.

This statistical bulletin contains headline figures and commentary from the Business Demography 2011 publication.

Pre-release access list for the 2011 Business Demography, 2011 release

This statistical bulletin provides data on the value and number of mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving UK companies with values of £1.0 million or greater.

Data on the value and number of mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving UK companies with values of £1.0 million or greater.

Breakdowns of research and development spending and employment by UK business across different market sectors.

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.

Research and Development in UK Businesses, 2011 - Datasets

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

Triennial review for the E-commerce and ICT Activity Survey 2012

This article examines regional and local industrial specialisations in Great Britain through use of employee jobs data. A number of measures of industrial specialisation have been calculated to provide a means of measuring the similarity, or otherwise, of industrial structures between areas. In addition, location quotients have been calculated. These allow for a more in depth analysis of local specialisations.

Krugman index calculations of the similarity or dissimilarity of industrial structures across all local authorities in Great Britain. Includes a tool to allow quick access to results for each local authority.

Calculated Location Quotients for 2011 for regions/countries and local authorities of Great Britain, by industrial sections, divisions and groups.

This article is the second in a series examining both the geographical concentration of industries and the industrial specialisation of local authority areas. This article investigates the patterns of spatial concentration of industries across Great Britain.