{"id":37424,"date":"2018-04-05T13:13:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T12:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/?page_id=37424"},"modified":"2022-03-30T12:22:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T11:22:11","slug":"micro-business-britain-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/micro-business-britain-research\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Micro-business Britain\u2019 Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_third-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_third-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_third-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36 av_one_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '   ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_image-9053157891183d35e6d1582e6d1015ea\">\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-9053157891183d35e6d1582e6d1015ea .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-av_image-9053157891183d35e6d1582e6d1015ea av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-37441 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-37441 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/people-in-business-modern-300x200.jpg\" alt='' title='people in business modern'  height=\"200\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/people-in-business-modern-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/people-in-business-modern-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/people-in-business-modern-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/people-in-business-modern-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/people-in-business-modern-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/people-in-business-modern.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_two_third-9c1d454dc06f7247226bc4e8f931daae\">\n.flex_column.av-av_two_third-9c1d454dc06f7247226bc4e8f931daae{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_two_third-9c1d454dc06f7247226bc4e8f931daae av_two_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_third  el_before_av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '   ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-35972167d9f102c5ddaec0c531c98b9e'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The Enterprise Research Centre has been commissioned by the UK Government to undertake a large scale survey of micro-firms (i.e. firms with 1-9 employees) which will provide data to identify the specific challenges these businesses face in terms of achieving growth and raising productivity.<\/p>\n<p>The research will survey almost 10,000 businesses in the UK, Ireland and the US and is the largest micro-business study of its kind. Research will focus on firms trading for 3 years or more and exclude the self-employed (with no employees) and also exclude start-ups with little trading history and which are liable to particularly high failure rates. Telephone interviews will be conducted with a member of the leadership team of each randomly selected firm. This approach has been used extensively by the team in previous studies and provides high quality information within a tight timeframe.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_full-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_full-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_full-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_hr  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding column-top-margin'   ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-35972167d9f102c5ddaec0c531c98b9e'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Such a large sample size is necessary to ensure we can make robust comparisons between England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales and inform both local \u2018place-based\u2019 policy and national initiatives around ambition, skills, innovation, internationalisation and scale-up. It will create a baseline against which future policy actions can be measured and, through data-linking, allow place-based policy impacts to be monitored and compared. Small (c. 1.5-2k) companion surveys in the US (in collaboration with Georgia Tech) and Ireland (in collaboration with University College, Cork) will provide benchmark information on ambition and growth intentions, supply chains and internationalisation. The databases created will be deposited &#8211; in an anonymised form &#8211; in the Economic and Social Research Council Data Archive (shortly to be UK Research and Innovation) and will, therefore, be available for use by both the research and policy communities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div  class='hr av-av_hr-f39949d50f14a9ad8ff676ca560510e8 hr-default  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_two_third '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_two_third-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36\">\n.flex_column.av-av_two_third-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_two_third-9497bbf8bff73ea4c6992cc17fa9ec36 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_one_third  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '   ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-35972167d9f102c5ddaec0c531c98b9e'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The Research will gather detailed information on the enterprise and its leadership team and key areas of focus (reflecting the main concerns of the UK\u2019s proposed Industrial Strategy) will be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Ambition &#8211; the strategic objectives of the firm in terms of growth, profitability, productivity etc.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Resilience &#8211; attitudes and strategies for dealing with future uncertainty<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Market profile (buy side and sell side) &#8211; internationalisation, position in supply chains, public sector customers (procurement)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Performance &#8211; growth, profitability, productivity (value added per employee)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Innovation and diffusion &#8211; innovation activity (product\/service, process), IP, links to science base, barriers<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Training and skills &#8211; workforce, management and leadership skills<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Finance &#8211; external finance &#8211; debt, equity, alternative finance; investment profile<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>E-business and digital adoption &#8211; digital profile of business, ITC access and use<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Eco-system factors &#8211; competition, infrastructure, business networks and policy supports (LEPs, Growth Hubs), other sources of advice<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_third-9c1d454dc06f7247226bc4e8f931daae\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_third-9c1d454dc06f7247226bc4e8f931daae{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_third-9c1d454dc06f7247226bc4e8f931daae av_one_third  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_two_third  el_before_av_textblock  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '   ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_image-98127132633347465ec49f6313c1c238\">\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-98127132633347465ec49f6313c1c238 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-av_image-98127132633347465ec49f6313c1c238 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-10  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-37442 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-37442 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/People-in-office-300x200.jpg\" alt='' title='People in office'  height=\"200\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/People-in-office-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/People-in-office-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/People-in-office-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/People-in-office-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/People-in-office-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/People-in-office.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-35972167d9f102c5ddaec0c531c98b9e'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>There will be two deliverables from the project:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>Three country-specific survey databases which are usable by academics and policy analysts at local and national level;<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h5><strong>A draft headline report (c. 20-30 pages) &#8220;Micro-business Britain&#8221; to be published in June 2018 providing an overview of key insights from the UK and international benchmark survey datasets.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Further statistical and econometric analysis will continue as part of the ERC\u2019s wider research programme using the &#8220;Micro-business Britain&#8221; data and data-matching.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Micro-business Britain&#8221; project will be led by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/people\/professor-stephen-roper-3\/\">Professor Stephen Roper (ERC)\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/people\/professor-mark-hart\/\">Professor Mark Hart (ERC)<\/a>\u00a0and managed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/people\/katherine-hathaway\/\">Katherine Hathaway<\/a>. Katherine is an experienced project manager and was until March 2016 a Deputy Director of ERC. Prior to working with ERC, Katherine was a Deputy Director in the Enterprise Directorate in BEIS.<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-f39949d50f14a9ad8ff676ca560510e8 hr-default  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-35972167d9f102c5ddaec0c531c98b9e'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>If you have a further query about this research please contact Katherine Hathaway on <a href=\"mailto:katherine@enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\">katherine@enterpriseresearch.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For respondents in Ireland please contact Jane Bourke, Cork University Business at <a href=\"mailto:jane.bourke@ucc.ie\">jane.bourke@ucc.ie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information on commissioning of the project please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gtr.ukri.org\/projects?ref=ES%2FR011842%2F1\">UK Research and Innovation<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-f39949d50f14a9ad8ff676ca560510e8 hr-default  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37424"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37463,"href":"https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37424\/revisions\/37463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}