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. The latest publications from the survey can be found on the ONS <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/businessservices" target="_blank">Business Services</a>&nbsp;webpage.&nbsp;</div><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 sixteenth edition (January 2023), data and documentation for Waves 65 to 70 have been added.<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》（Business Impact of COVID-19 Survey））是一项自愿性两周一次的商业调查，旨在提供及时的监测指标，助力理解新冠疫情（COVID-19）对商业的影响。目前该调查的覆盖范围已扩展至欧盟过渡期（英国脱欧）等其他经济相关议题。调查会收集企业在两周参考周期内，其营收、用工、定价、贸易及商业韧性受影响情况的反馈。

使用本数据时需谨慎，因为调查结果仅能反映受访者的特征，未必能代表更广泛的商业群体。由于本次调查为自愿参与模式，且不同波次的响应率存在差异，同时数据仅依赖于特定波次参与的企业，因此对不同波次间企业经营状况占比的比较需格外审慎。此类数据不可替代官方统计数据。本调查旨在展现新冠疫情对商业的影响，且相较于其他调查能够提供更及时的估算结果。该调查的最新出版物可在英国国家统计局（Office for National Statistics，简称ONS）的《商业服务》（Business Services）网页获取。

关联其他商业研究
本数据包含产业部门调查参考编号（IDBR），此类编号为匿名且唯一的商业机构参考标识，其纳入可帮助研究人员整合不同的商业调查数据源。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
第十六版（2023年1月）新增了第65至70波次的数据及文档资料。