Business Insights and Conditions Survey: Waves 1- 91, 2020-2023: Secure Access

<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 twentieth edition (October 2023), data and documentation for Waves 88 to 91 have been added to the study.<br></div></div>《商业洞察与状况调查》（Business Insights and Conditions Survey, BICS，前身为新冠疫情商业影响调查）是一项自愿参与的双周企业调查，旨在提供及时指标以助力理解新冠疫情（COVID-19）大流行对企业的影响。目前调查范围已扩展至欧盟过渡期（英国脱欧）等其他经济相关议题。该调查收集企业在两周参考期内，其营业额、用工规模、定价策略、贸易情况及业务韧性受影响情况的反馈。 使用本数据时需格外谨慎：调查结果仅反映受访者的特征，未必能代表更广泛的商业群体。由于本调查为自愿参与模式、各波次回应率存在差异，且数据仅依赖特定波次参与企业的反馈，对比不同波次间企业经营状态占比时需审慎处理。本数据不可替代官方统计数据。本调查旨在呈现新冠疫情对企业的影响，且相比其他调查可提供更及时的估算结果。该调查的最新公开成果可在英国国家统计局（Office for National Statistics, ONS）的「商业服务」网页查阅。 关联其他商业研究 本数据包含IDBR参考编号（IDBR reference numbers），此类编号为分配给企业组织的匿名且唯一的标识，可支持研究者整合不同商业调查数据源。研究者可申请其他商业数据以辅助其研究工作。 最新版本信息 第二十版（2023年10月）新增了第88至91波次的数据及相关文档。