BICS weighted Scotland estimates: data to wave 128
Business Insights and Conditions Survey (BICS) weighted Scotland estimates containing data to wave 128
Business Concerns
In the period 3 March to 16 March 2025, the BICS asked businesses about their main concerns for April 2025.
Figure 1: The main concerns for businesses for April 2025 were taxation (18.0%) and falling demand of goods and services (13.8%); this is the first time in the series that taxation has been the top concern for businesses.
Estimated share of businesses by main concern for April 2025. Businesses not permanently stopped trading, with 10+ employees and a presence in Scotland. Wave 128.
Source: BICS weighted Scotland estimates - data to Wave 128 from the Scottish Government. For Figure 1 data see table ‘BusinessConcern’.
Small to medium sized businesses (10 to 249 employees) were more likely to be concerned about taxation than large businesses (250+ employees). Taxation was the main concern for 19.1% of small to medium sized businesses, compared to 8.2% of large businesses.
Contact
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Marina Curran
Business & Innovation Statistics
Office of the Chief Economic Adviser
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