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September 2019
United Kingdom
4th quarter 2011 to 2nd quarter 2019
SME**
Face-to-face interview
* The respondent was the person in charge of managing the business’s finances. Data was collected via interview. Respondents were asked: "Which of the following do you feel describes your plans for the business over the next year?"
Respondents were then given four options:
- Grow substantially
- Grow moderately
- Stay the same size
- Become smaller
- Plan to sell/pass on/close
This statistic shows the share of those who responded with either 'grow substantially' or 'grow moderately'.
Real estate, renting and business activities.
**In order to qualify for interview, SMEs had to meet the following criteria in addition to the quotas by size, sector and region:
Not 50%+ owned by another company
Not run as a social enterprise or as a not for profit organisation
Turnover of less than £25m
