"Figure 12: Of businesses who expect to temporarily or permanently close a business site in the next two weeks, 83% are closing because of lockdown regulations","" "Reason for closure, businesses that are currently trading and who expect to temporarily or permanently close a business site in the next two weeks, broken down by industry, weighted, UK, 19 October to 1 November 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. Final weighted results, Wave 17 of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Business Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Survey (BICS); businesses currently trading and who expect to temporarily or permanently close a business site in the next two weeks. 2. Industries may not sum to 100% because of rounding, percentages less than 1% being removed for disclosure purposes, businesses could select more than one option, and the options “Not sure” and “Other” being removed. 3. Other services, Mining and quarrying, and Water supply, sewerage waste management and remediation activities have been removed for disclosure purposes, but their totals are included in “All Industries”. 4. Businesses were asked for their experiences for the reference period 19 October to 1 November 2020. However, for questions regarding business site closures, businesses may respond from the point of completion of the questionnaire (2 to 15 November 2020)." "Unit","%" "","" "Industry","Because of lockdown regulations","Insufficient customer interest or footfall","Not financially viable to keep open" "Education","100","1.2","0" "Information and communication","99.4","31.4","1.3" "Real estate activities","99.4","7.5","7.5" "Arts entertainment and recreation","99.2","*","6.3" "Human health and social work activities","97.3","0","2.7" "Transportation and storage","95.7","4.3","3.1" "Accommodation and food service activities","91.5","33.9","32.7" "Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles","87.8","18.3","10.6" "Construction","75.5","16.5","15.8" "Manufacturing","72.9","28","5.8" "Administrative and support service activities","62.8","19.7","35.1" "Professional scientific and technical activities","59.8","31.3","21.1" "All industries","83.4","22.2","16.6"