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).


Trading Status

The BICS asks businesses about their trading status. Businesses were asked for their current trading status at the time of completion of the survey questionnaire (28 December 2022 to 8 January 2023 in Wave 73).

Overall, the share of businesses ‘currently trading’ was estimated at 98.6% in Wave 73. The share of businesses reporting that they were fully trading was estimated at 95.6%. Accommodation & Food Services was the industry sector with the lowest share of “fully trading” businesses, estimated at 79.6%.

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

e-mail: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot

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