The Executive monitors thecreation and cessation of businesses using:VAT registrations andde-registrations provided by the Department of Trade and Industry;The InterdepartmentalBusiness Register maintained by the Office for National Statistics and Companies Houseregistrations and de-registrations.These sources are backed upby:Data on insolvencies fromthe Department of Trade and Industry; The number of new businessaccounts opened at branches of the four major Scottish Clearing Banks...