Research and analysis

Small Business Survey 2018: methodology

Details of the methodology used to conduct the Small Business Survey 2018

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 27 June 2019

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Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2018: technical appendix

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This report explains the sampling and methodology of the Longitudinal Small Business Survey (LSBS) 2018, a large-scale telephone survey of UK small business owners and managers. This is the latest in a series of surveys dating back to 2003. Since 2015 the survey has been run annually with a longitudinal component and been known as the LSBS. The 2018 survey was carried out between July 2018 and January 2019.

Published 27 June 2019