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83%

83% -- share seeing productivity as challenge for UK SME leaders (2023)

Name: Share Seeing Productivity As Challenge Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-10-04

2023 · n=1,000 · Be the Business

83% of UK SME leaders view productivity as a challenge to UK businesses.

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Value

83%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2023

Entity

UK SME leaders

Sample Size

1,000

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

Single source - not yet corroborated

Score breakdown

Extraction

Source Trust

Citation Chain

Independence

Methodology

Freshness

Source

Be the Business Primary Tier A

https://bethebusiness.com/newsroom/more-business-leaders-believe-tech-is-the-answer-to-productivity-… ↗

Confidence: 57/100 Vintage: 2023 Channel: Common Crawl

Source Article

More business leaders believe tech is the answer to productivity puzzle

Original Research

Be the Business · Original study ↗

Methodology

Opinium online survey of 1,000 senior SME decision makers, Feb 2023; 32% major / 51% minor challenge

Methodology documented

Segmentation

Industrymarketing

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UK SME leaders: 83% share seeing productivity as challenge. Source: Be the Business (2023). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-sme-leaders-productivity-challenge-2023

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