Digital Economy Business Survey 2021: findings

Summary of findings from the Digital Economy Business Survey (DEBS) 2021. This publication includes the high level DEBS report, accompanying data tables and the Digital Economy Maturity Index 2021.


Footnotes

1 Includes mobile broadband connection via portable devices (e.g. tethering to mobile 3G, 4G or 5G networks); portable computers using mobile phone networks (e.g. laptops with inbuilt 3G, 4G or 5G) and other portable devices such as smartphones or tablets.

2 This option was not listed in the 2017 survey, and so no comparisons are available.

3 Note that this question is not directly comparable with 2017 due to the change of scale from a 1-10 format to essential/ important/ not important for 2021.

4 Respondents were asked to rate how committed their business is to reducing its environmental impact on a scale of 1 to 10. 1 = not committed at all; and 10 = very committed.

5 The first cases of Covid-19 in Scotland were identified in March 2020. Scotland entered a national lockdown on 23rd March 2020 alongside the rest of the UK where many businesses were put under restrictions. Scottish businesses have faced ongoing restrictions of varying degree throughout 2020/2021 impacting businesses’ ability to trade.

6 * These responses were not asked in the 2017 survey.

7 The first cases of Covid-19 in Scotland were identified in March 2020. Scotland entered a national lockdown on 23rd March 2020 alongside the rest of the UK where many businesses were put under restrictions. Scottish businesses have faced ongoing restrictions of varying degree throughout 2020/2021 impacting businesses’ ability to trade.

Contact

Email: Sean.Murchie@gov.scot

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