Business and Energy

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

This shows the monthly construction estimates for January 2013.

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.

An estimate of the volume of Construction Output for the December and Q4 2012 period.

This release provides estimates of the values of e-commerce and the adoption and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) by UK businesses. The source of the information is the E-commerce Survey of UK Businesses. The 2011 survey selected approximately 7,700 UK businesses with 10 or more employees, in the manufacturing, distribution and parts of the service sectors of the economy. Estimates of the levels of e-commerce are calculated using total turnover from the Annual Business Survey (ABS).

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.

Summary of Annual Business Survey 2011 provisional results

This shows the monthly construction estimates for August 2012

Information on the outputs in the construction industry, July 2012

The monthly Output in the Construction Industry estimates for April 2012.

This summary shows the monthly Output in the Construction Industry estimates for February 2012

This summary shows the monthly construction estimates for November 2011

Comparison of Energy consumption per unit of economic output between 1995 and 2009 by industry.

This summary contains the latest estimates of the number of businesses as at March 2011.

This publication is compiled from the Inter Departmental Business Register (IDBR) which contains information on VAT traders and PAYE employers in a statistical register.