Summary

Spending and numbers employed on research and development by businesses in the UK, including data on sources of funds and regional spread.

Publications

• Options for Transformation of Business Enterprise Research and Development Statistics

  Improvements in the annual Business Enterprise Research and Development release to give better coverage of small businesses undertaking Research and Development.

• Business enterprise research and development, UK: 2021

  Spending and numbers employed on research and development by businesses in the UK, including data on sources of funds and regional spread.

Data

• Business enterprise research and development, UK (designated as official statistics)

  Annual research and development (R&D) spending by UK businesses, designated as official statistics.

• Business enterprise research and development, UK (designated as accredited official statistics)

  UK estimates of annual research and development (R&D) spending by UK businesses.

Contact details

Changes to this release date

1. Previous date

   17 November 2022 9:30am

   Reason for change

   The Business enterprise research and development 2021 and the Gross domestic expenditure on research and development 2020 statistical bulletins originally scheduled for publication tomorrow, Thursday 17 November, will now be published at 09:30 on Tuesday 22 November. This will enable further quality assurance and ensure consistency across the datasets We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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