Business enterprise research and development report, UK — Office for National Statistics

Released in November 2019

1. Main Points

• Expenditure on research and development (R&D) performed by UK businesses continued to grow, expanding by £1.4 billion to £25.0 billion in 2018, an increase of 5.8%.
• Aerospace was the product group that had the largest increase in expenditure on R&D in 2018, at £210 million, an increase of 14%.
• The East of England had the largest growth in the value of…