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Released on: 22 July 2026 | Time series
Released on: 13 February 2015 | Article
Policy makers are interested in identifying Science and Technology (S&T) businesses in official data sources to better understand the contribution that they make to the economy. This article proposes a classification for S&T and for sub-categories such as Life Sciences and Digital Technology, based on the UK Standard Industrial Classification of Economic Activities (SIC) 2007. It includes practical examples and explanations of how to use the approach with different data sources
