UK innovation survey 2021: results for Scotland

Scotland's results from the UK Innovation Survey 2021, covering the three-year period from 2018 to 2020.


Context for Innovation

 Figure 9: In both Scotland and the UK, ‘improving the quality of goods and services’ was the main driver of innovation.  This was ranked as of high importance by the greatest proportion of businesses. This was followed by ‘replace outdated products or processes’ in Scotland, and ‘Issues related to COVID-19 pandemic’ in the UK.

Bar chart showing share of businesses who rated factors as of high importance in driving innovation in Scotland and the UK in 2018-20

Contact

For enquiries about this publication please contact:

Marina Curran

Business & Innovation Statistics

Office of the Chief Economic Adviser

e-mail: marina.curran@gov.scot or industrystatistics@gov.scot

 

For general enquiries about Scottish Government statistics please contact:

Office of the Chief Statistician

Telephone: 0131 244 0442

e-mail: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot

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