BICS weighted Scotland estimates: data to wave 122
Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) weighted Scotland estimates containing data to wave 122
Business Concerns
In the period 2 December to 15 December 2024, the BICS asked businesses about their main concerns for January 2025.
Business concern question: Which of the following, if any, will be the main concern for your business in January 2025?
- 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 January 2025 was falling demand of goods and services (17.2%), followed by taxation (14.8%). 14.5% of businesses had no concerns.
Estimated share of businesses by main concern for January 2025. Businesses not permanently stopped trading, with 10+ employees and a presence in Scotland. Wave 122.
Source: BICS weighted Scotland estimates - data to Wave 122 from the Scottish Government. For Figure 2 data see table ‘BusinessConcern’.
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Business & Innovation Statistics
Office of the Chief Economic Adviser
e-mail: industrystatistics@gov.scot
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