HIE Business Panel Survey 2025
Our regular business panel surveys include questions on performance and growth aspirations and explores relevant topical issues with businesses and social enterprises throughout the region.
04/03/2025
About our business panel surveys
Our regular business panel surveys include questions on performance and growth aspirations, and also explore relevant topical issues with businesses and social enterprises throughout the region.
The findings provide a temperature check of business confidence and help identify regional challenges and opportunities.
As panel membership is representative of the Highlands and Islands business population, it provides a strong evidence base that facilitates robust regional, sub-regional and sectoral information.
View the most recent report below.
An archive of all panel reports, as well as information about how to join our panel, is also available.
Latest reports - published March 2025
This report, published in March 2025, presents findings from the Business Panel survey carried out in November and December 2024. The survey explored current challenges, financial concerns and sources, appetite to risk and investment, investment priorities, market aspiration and actions being taken to reduce emissions. It also looked at likely responses to increases in staff costs along with workforce challenges more broadly.
View the Business Panel findings below.