European business – facts and figures – data 1995-2004. 2005 edition

This is Eurostat's main reference publication on European Business. It gives a comprehensive picture of the structure, development and characteristics of European business and its different activities: from energy and the extractive industries to communications, information services and media. It presents the latest available statistics from a wide selection of statistical sources describing for each activity: production and employment; country specialisation and regional distribution; productivity and profitability; the importance of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs); work-force characteristics; external trade etc.

The accompanying CD-ROM presents the paper publication in an easily accessible electronic format, including all the data, graphs and tables in Excel-format. It also contains more complete, detailed datasets on which the publication is based, a means of easily accessing the most up-to-date live data, as well as a large amount of background information.

Eurostat: News Release, No.30, 2006: New comprehensive statistical panorama of European business http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-press-releases/-/4-07032006-AP

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