BICS weighted Scotland estimates: data to wave 59
Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) weighted Scotland estimates containing data to wave 59.
Trading Status
The BICS asks businesses about their trading status: the specific question asked is shown below. Businesses were asked for their current trading status at the time of completion of the survey questionnaire (13 June to 26 June 2022 in Wave 59).
Trading Status Question: Which of the following statements best describes your business’s trading status?
- currently fully trading
- currently partially trading
- paused trading but intends to restart in the next two weeks
- paused trading and does not intend to restart in the next two weeks
- has permanently ceased trading
‘Currently fully trading’ and ‘Currently partially trading’ have been combined to ‘Currently Trading’.
Figure 1: In the period 13 June to 26 June 2022 (Wave 59), the share of businesses ‘currently trading’ was estimated at 98.5%, broadly in line with the previous period (30 May to 12 June 2022).
Source: Office for National Statistics – BICS – Weighted Scotland Estimates – Wave 7 to Wave 59
Figure 2: In the period 13 June to 26 June 2022, the share of businesses reporting that they were fully trading was estimated at 95.5%. The Accommodation & Food Services continued to be the industry sector with the lowest share of “fully trading” businesses, estimated at 84.6%.
Source: Office for National Statistics – BICS – Weighted Scotland Estimates – Wave 59
Contact
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Marina Curran
Business & Innovation Statistics
Office of the Chief Economic Adviser
e-mail: marina.curran@gov.scot or industrystatistics@gov.scot
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Office of the Chief Statistician
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