The UK Data Service provides access to a large collection of business microdata. This is provided by the Office of National Statistics. This includes:

Annual Respondents Database which provides productivity data for manufacturing, retail, catering, construction, property, motoring and wholesale firms. The dataset contains over a thousand variables.

Annual Survey of hours and earnings (ASHE) is a survey of employees' hours of work and wages collected from companies in GB. This replace the new earnings survey in 2002.

Business Structure Database (BSD) provides information on organisations who have registered for VAT or pay at least one member of staff through the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax system, will appear on this register. Therefore it is a very comprehensive source about business organisations in the UK.

UK Innovation Survey collects data from organisations, designed to capture advances in innovative activity. This includes innovations in: production; new goods and services; markets in which businesses operate.

This database run by the University of Durham on behalf of the Office for National Statistics is a web based resource of labour market statistics.

It provides a range of government statistical information on the UK Labour market including unemployment, benefits data, employment, earningsm Labour Force Survey and Annual Population Survey.

Coverage varies but includes the latest published figures and times series data (in some cases data goes back to the 1970s)

HM Treasury releases a large range of statistics including:

Forecasts for the UK Economy
Weekly Economic Indicators
Statistics on Public Spending and Finance
Gross Domestic Product deflators

Britain's economy, population and society at national and local level.

You can find statistics on the following themes
Agriculture and Environment
Business and Energy
Children, Education and Skills
Crime and Justice
Economy
Government
Health and Social Care
Labour Market
People and Places
Population
Travel and Transport

Eurostat gathers data from the National Statistical Institutes of each of the 27 member states fo the European Union.

Popular areas include GDP growth, population statistics, unemployment rates, inflation data and sustainable development indicators.

Eurostat yearbook and Regional yearbook are available as free downloads.

Links to official statistical organizations active in the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) region

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills publish a range of National and Official Statistics; topics include:

Further and Higher Education
Building materials
Construction prices and costs
Economic performance and employment
Business population
Innovation
Trade Union Membership