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
N.B. As of April 2009, the wording of the Trends Questions was amended.
To access the recent responses made in respect of Skills Shortages,Lack of Finance and Low market Demand, please visit the 'Analysis' page on this site.
Updated trends graphs for these areas will appear on this page in due course. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.
Charts appropriate to trends up to September 2008 can be accessed via the links listed below and allow results to be viewed incorporating all respondents (summary), or broken down by company type (sector) or company size (measured by turnover)
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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
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
