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.


Constraints to Innovation

Figure 12: Of factors constraining innovation activities, ‘Issues related to COVID-19 pandemic’ was ranked as of ‘high importance’ by the largest proportion of Scottish broader innovators (38.1%). This was followed by ‘Excessive perceived economic risks’ (19.6%). These were also the top constraining factors for the UK as a whole.

Bar chart showing share of broader innovation active businesses  that rated constraints to innovation as of high importance in Scotland and the UK in 2018-20

In Scotland and the UK, ‘Issues related to COVID-19 pandemic’ were cited as of high importance by the highest proportion of businesses of all sizes (Table 19).

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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