UK innovation survey 2021: results for Scotland
Scotland's results from the UK Innovation Survey 2021, covering the three-year period from 2018 to 2020.
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Innovation Activities – by Size
Figure 4: In Scotland, in 2018-20, small (10-49 employees) businesses were least likely to be innovation active (36.5%). Businesses with 100-249 employees were most likely to be innovation active (57.5%).
A similar pattern was found for broader innovators and wider innovators (Table 3).
Figure 5: Innovation activity increased between 2016-18 and 2018-20 among businesses of all sizes in Scotland.
The largest increase is seen in businesses with 100-249 employees (+16.4 percentage points).
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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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