B
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25%
25% -- share of smes locked out of social media accounts for UK SMEs (2015)
25% experienced being locked out of company social media accounts on at least one occasion due to staff departure or absence.
- The exact sub-population or overall base for the 25% figure is ambiguous in the text phrasing ('a small portion... with 25% experiencing being locked out').
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Value
25%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2015
Entity
Sample Size
500
Geography
UK
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Slater and Gordon
Primary
Tier B
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Slater and Gordon
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Methodology
Survey of 500 UK SMEs by Slater and Gordon
Methodology documented
Segmentation
Industrycybersecurity,media_entertainment
Company SizeSMB
RegionUK
Channelsocial
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UK SMEs: 25% share of smes locked out of social media accounts. Source: Slater and Gordon (2015). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/uk-sme-locked-out-social-media-25pct
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