BICS weighted Scotland estimates: data to wave 73
Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) weighted Scotland estimates containing data to wave 73 (including data for Wave 72).
Business Concerns
In Wave 73, the BICS asked businesses about their main concerns in February 2023.
Business concern question: Which of the following, if any, will be the main concern for your business in February 2023?
- 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
Note that in Wave 72 the response option "Falling demand of goods and services" was added, and the response option "Competition" was updated to include specific reference to other UK businesses.
Figure 2: The main concerns for businesses for February 2023 were energy prices (32.4%) and inflation of goods and services prices (21.0%).
Source: Office for National Statistics – BICS – Weighted Scotland Estimates – Wave 73
Contact
For enquiries about this publication please contact:
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
e-mail: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot
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