BICS; Business Impact of COVID-19 Survey

<div>The <span style="font-style: italic;">Business Insights and Conditions Surve</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Helvetica&quot;, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: italic;">y</span> (BICS, formerly</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> the Business Impact of COVID-19 Survey)</span> is a voluntary fortnightly survey of businesses developed to deliver timely indicators to help understand the impact of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19).&nbsp; The scope of the survey has been expanded to explore other economic-related issues such as the European Union transition period (Brexit).&nbsp; The survey captures businesses responses on how their turnover, workforce, prices, trade and business resilience have been affected in the two week reference period.<br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div><div>The data should be treated with caution as results reflect the characteristics of those who responded and not necessarily the wider business population. Comparison of the proportions of businesses' trading status between waves should be treated with caution because of the voluntary nature of the survey, the difference in response rates and dependency on those businesses that only responded in particular waves. These data should not be used in place of official statistics. The survey was designed to give an indication of the impact of the coronavirus on businesses and a timelier estimate than other surveys.</div><div><br></div><div><div>The latest publications from the survey can be found on the <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessservices/bulletins/coronavirusandtheeconomicimpactsontheuk/previousReleases" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Coronavirus and the Economic Impacts on the UK Statistical Bulletins</a> webpage (renamed the Business Insights and Impact on the UK Economy page, which includes analysis for Wave 18 onwards).&nbsp; All the questions asked in each wave of the survey can be found on the <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/businessimpactofcovid19surveyquestions/previousReleases" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">BICS Survey Questions Articles</a> webpage.<br></div><div><br><div><span style="font-style: italic;">Linking to other business studies</span></div><div>These data contain IDBR reference numbers. These are anonymous but unique reference numbers assigned to business organisations. Their inclusion allows researchers to combine different business survey sources together. Researchers may consider applying for other business data to assist their research.</div><div><br></div><span style="font-weight: bold;">Latest edition information</span><br>For the ninth edition (January 2022), data and documentation for Waves 43 to 45 have been added to the study.<br></div></div>

商业洞察与状况调查（Business Insights and Conditions Survey，简称BICS，前身为《新冠疫情商业影响调查》）是一项自愿性双周企业调查，旨在提供及时指标以助力理解冠状病毒大流行（COVID-19）对企业的影响。目前该调查的覆盖范围已扩展至欧盟过渡期（脱欧）等其他经济相关议题。调查收集企业在指定两周参考周期内，其营业额、用工、定价、贸易及业务韧性受影响情况的反馈。

对本数据需谨慎使用，因调查结果仅反映受访者企业的特征，未必能代表整体商业群体。由于调查为自愿参与、各波次响应率存在差异且仅依赖于特定波次参与企业的数据，因此对不同波次间企业经营状态占比的比较需持谨慎态度。此类数据不应替代官方统计数据。本调查旨在展现新冠疫情对企业的影响，并提供相较于其他调查更为及时的估算结果。

该调查的最新成果可访问《冠状病毒与英国经济影响统计公报》网页（现已更名为《英国经济商业洞察与影响》页面，包含第18波及后续波次的分析内容）。每一波次调查的所有问题可查阅《BICS调查问题相关文章》网页。

关联其他商业研究
本数据集包含IDBR参考编号，该编号为匿名且唯一的企业组织标识，可帮助研究人员整合不同商业调查数据源。研究人员可申请使用其他商业数据以辅助其研究工作。

最新版本信息
第九版（2022年1月）新增了第43至45波次的数据及相关文档。