The ERC has developed expertise in the analysis of firm-level secondary data on the UK economy as well as undertaking its own bespoke business surveys based on that secondary analysis. Staff in the ERC also manage the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK project which conducts an annual survey measuring entrepreneurial attitudes, activity and aspiration.
Improving the data available on SMEs is a key part of the ERC’s mission. This involves making better use of the data that exists as well as developing new data sources. The ERC has expertise in the analysis of firm-level secondary data from a range of sources as well as undertaking its own bespoke surveys.
Researchers at the Centre have developed a unified data project within the UK Data Service (UKDS) secure data environment. For approved researchers this provides access to a range of anonymised publicly funded data sources at the level of the individual business/respondent. Information on the datasets that the ERC has developed within the UKDS is provided below.
We are keen to encourage research use of these datasets. If you are interested in accessing the ERC’s data project please contact either Mark Hart or Stephen Roper
Click here to download our ERC Data Resource Guide.
Datasets
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Building Longitudinal Datasets
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Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK
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Higher Education – The Higher Education – Business and Community Interaction Survey (HE-BCI) and other HESA data
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Skills and High Performance Work Practices: Employer Skills Surveys (ESS)
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The Business Expenditure on R&D Survey (BERD)
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The Annual Business Survey (ABS)
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Innovation: The UK Innovation Survey (UKIS)
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The Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES)
The Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) is an annual survey which is used… -
The UK longitudinal small business survey (UKLSBS)
The Department of Business Innovation and Skills supported by a number of other Departments… -
Business Population Dynamics: The Business Structure Database (BSD)
Business Structure Database (BSD) is the central dataset to which the others are linked,… -
The Irish innovation panel
The Irish Innovation Panel (IIP) provides data on the innovation activity of manufacturing plants…