BICS weighted Scotland estimates: data to wave 116
Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) weighted Scotland estimates containing data to wave 116
Business Concerns
In the period 2 September to 15 September 2024, the BICS asked businesses about their main concerns for October 2024.
Business concern question: Which of the following, if any, will be the main concern for your business in October 2024?
- business rates
- competition with other UK businesses
- energy prices
- exchange rates
- inflation of goods and services prices
- interest rates (including mortgages)
- property rental costs
- supply chain disruption
- taxation
- falling demand of goods and services
- other
- not sure
- no concerns for my business
Figure 2: The top concern for businesses for October 2024 was falling demand of goods and services (17.9%). However, 20.0% of businesses had no concerns.
Estimated share of businesses by main concern for October 2024. Businesses not permanently stopped trading, with 10+ employees and a presence in Scotland. Wave 116.
Source: BICS weighted Scotland estimates - data to Wave 116 from the Scottish Government. For Figure 2 data see table ‘BusinessConcern’.
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Marina Curran
Business & Innovation Statistics
Office of the Chief Economic Adviser
e-mail: industrystatistics@gov.scot
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