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Finance & Investment Decisions Survey 2025 (Analysis)

Department for Business & Trade

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Department for Business & Trade

Buyer Address: Old Admiralty Building, London, UKI32, SW1A 2DY, United Kingdom

Contact Email: DataAndSystems@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
50000.0 GBP
Published
25 Feb 2026, 15:36
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
06 Feb 2026, 00:00
Contract End
30 Sep 2026, 22:59
Category
n/a
CPV
73110000 - Research services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Oxford Brookes University
Official Source
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Description

The DBT requirement is for specialist econometric analysis of the Business Finance and Investment Decision Making Survey results. IFF Research will conduct the survey in Autumn Winter 2025. The survey is a structured, quantitative telephone survey of approximately 1,500 UK businesses to provide evidence on business finance and investment decision making processes and and unlike in the previous two waves, this time there will be additional emphasis in ensuring that the survey covers key issues around personal guarantees. Appointing Professor Marc Cowling of Oxford Brookes enables DBT to utilise his significant expertise on SME finance, familiarity with the methodology, questionnaire design, and analytical requirements ensuring efficiency and quality. In addition to his familiarity is continuity and comparability across previous survey waves 2018, 2023, allowing the production of robust, longitudinal insights that can inform policy.

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Contracts

Contract Title: Finance & Investment Decisions Survey 2025 (Analysis)

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