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We’re all going on a summer holiday: lessons from transforming travel statistics
In this blog, Statistics Regulator Adele Nethercott reflects on ONS’s transformation of travel and tourism statistics, highlighting the importance of…
OSR publishes review of UK Trade Statistics
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has today published its review of UK Trade Statistics, produced by the Office for…
OSR publishes review of ONS statistics on profitability of UK companies
OSR has completed a quality-focused assessment on the Office for National Statistics (ONS) output on Profitability of UK companies and…
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Compliance review of the Statistical Business Register
Overview The Statistical Business Register (SBR) is a planned register of UK businesses intended to serve as a data source…
Latest correspondence on Business and Trade
View all correspondence posts about Business and TradeEd Humpherson to Liz McKeown: Regional Gross Disposable Household Income (GDHI)
Dear Liz, Reaccreditation of Regional Gross Disposable Household Income (GDHI) statistics Thank you for your letter requesting reaccreditation of the Regional Gross Disposable Household Income (GDHI) statistics, including the regional Real Household Disposable Income (RHDI) estimates (adjusting for the impact of price…
Kate Davies to Rob Kent-Smith: Compliance review of the Statistical Business Register
Dear Rob, Compliance review of the Statistical Business Register Thank you for your letter and for the constructive way in which colleagues at the Office for Statistics Regulation have undertaken the compliance review of the Statistical Business Register. I welcome…
Rob Kent-Smith to Kate Davies: Compliance review of the Statistical Business Register
Dear Kate, Compliance review of the Statistical Business Register We have completed a compliance review of the Statistical Business Register (SBR) under development by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) against the standards of the Code of Practice for Statistics…
Penny Young to Sir James Cleverly MP, Andrew Griffith MP and James Wild MP – changes to Business Rates
Dear Sir James, Mr Griffith, and Mr Wild, Thank you for your letter of 8 January 2026 about the changes to business rates announced in the Budget of 26 November 2025. Your letter focused on the claim that the “tax rates” for business rates for…