London Business Survey 2014: International Trade by Enterprise Size and Sector
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Description
The 2014 London Business Survey collected information from a representative sample of private sector businesses in London during May-July 2014. This dataset contains information on the value of goods and services traded, sales and purchases to/from London, the rest of the UK, Europe, and the rest of the world, and the average proportion of sales and purchases from specified locations. Results are presented by enterprise size band and industry sector and include 95% confidence intervals for estimates.
Use Cases
Analyzing the geographic distribution of London business sales based on reported trade with London, the UK, Europe, and the world.
Modeling the import/export behavior of businesses based on industry sector and enterprise size band classifications.
Estimating the economic contribution of different business sizes to London's international trade based on the value of goods and services traded.
Strengths
Data includes 95% confidence intervals for all estimates to assist with interpretation of sample variability.
Results are stratified by enterprise size band and industry sector, allowing for detailed subgroup analysis.
Survey was designed by the Office for National Statistics on behalf of the London Enterprise Panel and GLA, suggesting a structured methodology.
Limitations
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for specific modeling tasks.
Data is from a single survey period (May-July 2014); temporal trends cannot be analyzed.
Provenance
Source
Office for National Statistics, on behalf of the London Enterprise Panel and the Greater London Authority.
Collection Method
Survey of a representative sample of private sector business units (sites/workplaces) in London.
Time Range
Survey conducted May-July 2014.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-03-25 12:03:00.205271; freshness should be verified as the underlying data is from 2014.
Geography
London, United Kingdom.
Data is based on a sample and subject to variability; care is required when interpreting findings.