quarterly trends data
Each quarter, the UK Business Barometer asks five core questions on the following themes:
- Skill Shortages
- Lack of Finance
- Low Market Demand
- Recent and Expected Growth
Growth over last three months
Growth Summary

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Expected Growth - next three months
Expected Growth Summary

Skill Shortages
Skill Shortages Summary

Finance
Finance Summary

Low Market Demand
Low Market Demand Summary

Charts appropriate to trends relating to 'Turnover' and 'Sector' up to September 2008 can be accessed via the links listed below.
Skill Shortages
Skill Shortages Summary

Skill Shortages by Turnover

Skill Shortages by Sector

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Finance
Finance Summary

Finance by Turnover

Finance by Sector

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Low Market Demand
Low Market Demand Summary

Low Market Demand by turnover

Low Market Demand by Sector

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Skill Shortages by Turnover

Skill Shortages by Sector

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Finance by Turnover

Finance by Sector

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Low Market Demand by turnover

Low Market Demand by Sector

N.B. As of April 2009, the wording of the Trends Questions was amended.
The following graphs reflect Growth statistics up to and including June 2008. Graphs reflecting current Growth statistics can be found at the top of the page.
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Growth over last three months
Growth Summary

Growth by Turnover

Growth by Sector

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Expected Growth - next three months
Expected Growth Summary

Expected Growth by Turnover

Expected Growth by Sector
