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Please enter the password printed on your paper questionnaire: |
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Please enter your Chamber ID number, which is printed on your paper questionnaire: |
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Your Business |
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How many people do you employ? |
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What is your main business activity? |
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For businesses involved in the UK market |
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Excluding seasonal variations, over the past 3 months... |
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a) Sales/custom/bookings have... |
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b) Orders/advance custom/bookings have... |
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For businesses involved in overseas market |
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Excluding seasonal variations, over the past 3 months |
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a) Sales/custom/bookings have... |
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b) Orders/advance custom/bookings have... |
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The Labour Force |
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a) Over the past 3 months, has your workforce: |
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b) Over the next 3 months, do you expect your workforce to: |
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c) Have you attempted to recruit staff over the past 3 months? |
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d) If yes, were they for: (please tick all that apply)
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Part time jobs
Full time jobs
Temporary jobs
Permanent jobs
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e) Did you experience any difficulties finding suitable staff? |
Yes / No |
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If yes, for which of the following categories of employee:
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Skilled manual/ technical
Professional/Managerial
Clerical
Semi/unskilled
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Cashflow |
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During the last 3 months has your cashflow: |
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Investment |
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Over the past 3 months, what changes have you made to your investment plans for |
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a) plant/machinery/equipment? |
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b) For training? |
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Business Confidence |
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Do you believe that over the next 12 months: |
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a) Turnover... |
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b) Profitability... |
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Capacity |
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Are you currently operating at: |
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Prices/Costs |
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a) Over the next 3 months, do you expect the price of your good/services to |
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b) Is your business currently suffering pressures to raise its prices from any of the following? (please tick all that apply)
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Pay settlements
Raw material prices
Finance costs
Other overheads
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External Factors |
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Please indicate which of these following factors are more of a concern to your business than 3 months ago. (please tick all that apply) |
Interest rates
Exchange rates
Business rates
Inflation
Competition
Taxation
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