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Please choose which of the following sectors best describes the business you work in:
Manufacturing
Financial services, banking and investment
Creative and media
Tourism and hospitality
Aerospace
Property and construction		 Transportation and logistics
Legal and/or accountancy
Retail
Other (please specify)
 
 
Please state where your business or workplace is based?
County/town (please specify)  
 
How many people does your company employ?
0 - 10
11 - 20
21 - 50		 51 - 100
101 - 200
200+
 
Which best describes your position within the company?
General worker
Lower management
Middle management		 Executive
Director level
CEO or equivalent
 

Are you:
Male Female
 
Do you agree the economy is experiencing green shoots?
Yes No
 
1. There has been talk of green shoots of recovery after months of recession. Which of the following best reflects your view of the recession:
We have not reached rock bottom yet.
The recession has bottomed out now.
We are well on the road to recovery.
 
2. How long will it take before the UK business community returns to growth?
0 - 6 months
7 - 12 months
1 - 2 years		 2 - 3 years
3 - 5 years
More than five years
 
3. How well prepared or not is the South West to recover quickly from the recession?
Poorly prepared
Reasonably well prepared		 Well prepared
Better prepared than most other UK regions
 
4. How important a factor has the inability to borrow finance commercially been during the recession?
Not important
Quite important		 Very important
 
5. What is the current situation for business credit in your industry?
Improving slowly but surely
Deteriorating		 About the same as usual
Virtually impossible to get necessary credit
 
6. Are you expecting to invest in your business in 2009/10?
Yes No
 
7. Do you expect your business to grow in 2009/10?
No Yes, a little
 
8. Has your business laid off staff in the last 12 months?
No
Yes, between 1 and 10		 Yes, between 10 and 25
Yes, more than 25
 
9. Do you expect your company to lay off staff in the next 12 months?
Yes No
 
10. Does your business have a female boss?
Yes No
 
11. Do you believe a glass ceiling exists for women in terms of pay?
Yes No
 
12. Do you believe a glass ceiling exists for women in terms of promotion?
Yes No
 
13. Does your company have any senior female staff?
Yes No
 
14. Does your company have a pension scheme?
Yes No
 
15. Is it a final salary scheme?
Yes No
 
16. Has your company got rid of its pension scheme?
Yes No
 
17. Do you have a provision in place for a pension?
Yes No
 
18. Do you believe business is hindered over regulation and red tape?
Yes No
 
19. How pressing is the need to tackle over-regulation of the business sector?
It's not an issue
Not very important		 Very important
 
20. Would you like to see a review of the business rates (national non-domestic rates)?
Yes No
 
21. A change of government is needed if we are to bring confidence back to the UK economy:
Yes No
 

 

 

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