BICS weighted Scotland estimates: data to wave 70

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

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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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