BICS weighted Scotland estimates: data to wave 70

Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) weighted Scotland estimates containing data to wave 70.


Business Concerns

In Wave 70, the BICS asked businesses about their main concerns in December 2022.

Business concern question: Which of the following, if any, will be the main concern for your business in December 2022?

  • business rates
  • competition
  • energy prices
  • exchange rates
  • inflation of goods and services prices
  • interest rates (including mortgages)
  • property rental costs
  • supply chain disruption
  • taxation
  • other
  • not sure
  • no concerns for my business

Figure 2: The main concerns for businesses for December 2022 were energy prices (32.1%) and inflation of goods and services prices (30.4%).

A bar chart showing that the main concerns for businesses for December 2022 were energy prices and inflation of goods and services prices.

Source: Office for National Statistics – BICS – Weighted Scotland Estimates – Wave 70

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

 

For general enquiries about Scottish Government statistics please contact:

Office of the Chief Statistician

Telephone: 0131 244 0442

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