Research and analysis

Small Business Survey 2017: methodology

Details of the methodology used to conduct the Small Business Survey (SBS) 2017.

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Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2017: technical appendix

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This report explains the sampling and methodology of the Longitudinal Small Business Survey (LSBS) 2017, a large-scale telephone survey of 6,619 UK small business owners and managers. This is the latest in a series of surveys dating back to 2003. The 2017 survey was carried out between August 2017 and January 2018.

See the Small Business Survey reports for 2017

Published 28 June 2018