This research, completed by Queen’s University Belfast, provides insights into how Northern Ireland’s SMEs have responded to the Covid-19 pandemic, based on data from the latest wave of ONS Business Impact of Covid-19 Survey (BICS) and the new ERC Business Futures Survey. The latter aims to understand the experiences of SMEs over the past 12 months, including the impact of Covid-19, with the survey undertaken across the UK at the end of 2020.
The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on Northern Ireland SMEs: Evidence and comparison with the rest of the UK