Research and analysis

Business Regulation: Business Perceptions Survey 2020

Report on a survey of businesses’ views on the extent of regulation in the UK.

From:
Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
Published
16 December 2020

Documents

Business perceptions survey 2020: research report

Ref: BEIS research report number: 2020/025

PDF, 884 KB, 60 pages

Business perceptions survey 2020: technical report

PDF, 709 KB, 61 pages

Survey results: main tables

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Survey results: alternative wording tables

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Survey results: innovative and high growth firms tables

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Details

The Business Perceptions Survey has provided evidence of businesses’ views on the extent of regulation in the UK since 2007. The 2020 survey was commissioned by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and conducted by IFF Research.

The survey took place between February and May 2020 and comprised 2,014 25-minute telephone interviews.

Specifically, the 2020 survey aimed to collect views on:

  • business challenges and the extent to which regulation is considered an obstacle to success
  • the government’s approach to regulation
  • businesses’ experience with regulators
  • overall time spent on complying with regulations
  • sources of support – including reliance and expenditure on external business agents to ensure compliance
  • expectations of future regulatory burdens and reasons behind these
Published 16 December 2020