UK Business Innovation Activities by NUTS2 and LEP Areas, 2012-2018

BEIS analysis of UK business innovation activities from the UK Innovation Survey (UKIS) for 2015, 2017, and 2019. The data covers three survey periods (2012-2014, 2014-2016, 2016-2018) and is aggregated by NUTS2 geographic boundaries and Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas. The information is experimental, as the sample was not designed to be representative at this detailed geographical level.

Use Cases

• Mapping regional innovation intensity based on the percentage of innovation-active businesses.
• Analyzing the geographic distribution of product and process innovators.
• Comparing strategic and marketing innovation activities across Local Enterprise Partnership areas.
• Assessing the economic impact of new-to-market goods and services by their share of turnover.

Strengths

• Covers three distinct survey periods (2012-2014, 2014-2016, 2016-2018) providing a multi-year view.
• Includes seven specific innovation activity metrics, such as product innovators and collaboration within business groups.
• Aggregated by two established geographic classification systems (NUTS2 and LEP areas).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• The data is experimental, as the sample was not selected to be representative at the provided geographical level of detail.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service, based on UK Innovation Survey (UKIS) data.

Collection Method

BEIS analysis of survey data.

Time Range

Survey periods 2012-2014, 2014-2016, and 2016-2018.

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

United Kingdom, aggregated by NUTS2 regions and Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) areas.