COVID-19: Impact on Sooke Businesses

Impact of COVID-19 on Sooke businesses

Responses to this survey will help us to better provide Chamber businesses and businesses throughout Sooke with the right information. Please take a moment to complete this survey. It has 10 questions, and should take three minutes of your time. Thank you.

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* 1. Are you a proprietor, partner, incorporated or a registered non-profit?

Sole Proprietor

Partnership

Incorporated

Co-op

Non profit (including societies)

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* 2. How many people are employed by your business?

1 (just you)

2-4

5-9

10-20

20+

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* 3. Which best describes your industry?

Accommodation (Hotel, B&B, AirBnB)

Administrative Support

Agriculture

Arts (fine and performance)

Childcare

Cultural

Construction

Consulting

Education

Finance and Insurance

Food Services

Forestry

Healthcare and social assistance

Informational (museum, info services)

Information Technology

Management of companies

Public Administration

Real Estate: sales, rental and/or leasing

Retail

Senior Services

Social Services

Travel and Transportation

Utilities

Wholesale

Other (please specify)

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* 4. What employment category best fits YOU? Check all the columns that apply. If none, select the last one.

	Access to Sick Leave	Access to Benefits	Access to Employment Insurance	No Access to Sick Leave, Benefits, or EI
Business owner / Entrepreneur with staff	Business owner / Entrepreneur with staff Access to Sick Leave	Business owner / Entrepreneur with staff Access to Benefits	Business owner / Entrepreneur with staff Access to Employment Insurance	Business owner / Entrepreneur with staff No Access to Sick Leave, Benefits, or EI
Business owner / Entrepreneur, solo	Business owner / Entrepreneur, solo Access to Sick Leave	Business owner / Entrepreneur, solo Access to Benefits	Business owner / Entrepreneur, solo Access to Employment Insurance	Business owner / Entrepreneur, solo No Access to Sick Leave, Benefits, or EI
Contractor / Gig economy worker	Contractor / Gig economy worker Access to Sick Leave	Contractor / Gig economy worker Access to Benefits	Contractor / Gig economy worker Access to Employment Insurance	Contractor / Gig economy worker No Access to Sick Leave, Benefits, or EI
Employee	Employee Access to Sick Leave	Employee Access to Benefits	Employee Access to Employment Insurance	Employee No Access to Sick Leave, Benefits, or EI

Other (please specify)

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* 5. General Impact of COVID-19 on your business

	Increased Income	Increased Opportunities	Increased Staffing	Decreased Income	Decreased Opportunities	Decreased Staffing	No impact
Currently	Currently Increased Income	Currently Increased Opportunities	Currently Increased Staffing	Currently Decreased Income	Currently Decreased Opportunities	Currently Decreased Staffing	Currently No impact
In the next 1 - 6 months	In the next 1 - 6 months Increased Income	In the next 1 - 6 months Increased Opportunities	In the next 1 - 6 months Increased Staffing	In the next 1 - 6 months Decreased Income	In the next 1 - 6 months Decreased Opportunities	In the next 1 - 6 months Decreased Staffing	In the next 1 - 6 months No impact
In the next 6 - 18 months	In the next 6 - 18 months Increased Income	In the next 6 - 18 months Increased Opportunities	In the next 6 - 18 months Increased Staffing	In the next 6 - 18 months Decreased Income	In the next 6 - 18 months Decreased Opportunities	In the next 6 - 18 months Decreased Staffing	In the next 6 - 18 months No impact
18+ months	18+ months Increased Income	18+ months Increased Opportunities	18+ months Increased Staffing	18+ months Decreased Income	18+ months Decreased Opportunities	18+ months Decreased Staffing	18+ months No impact

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What EXTERNAL impacts BEYOND YOUR CONTROL is your business seeing? Select all that apply.

Drop in revenue, business, or deal flow

Staff absences due to voluntary self-quarantine

Staff absences due to staff encouraged to work from home

Staff absences due to child care / family care matters

Disruption in imported supply and materials

Unable to move or shop own goods / products

Decreased demand for products and services

Increased demand for products and services

Heightened fear and increased caution is keeping customers away

No impact

Other (please specify)

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* 7. What measures WITHIN YOUR CONTROL have you taken?

Limited employee travel

Cancelled meetings, events and gatherings

Increased cleaning

Posted public advisories of steps being take to ensure customer safety

Asked employees to work from home

Required employees to work from home

Stopped asking for doctor's notes for illness-related absences

Reduced hours

Cancelled contracts

Reduced hours

Closed temporarily

Other (please specify)

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* 8. Looking forward, what do you anticipate the economic impact on your business will be, one year from now?

We could fold

None

We will thrive

Clear

i We adjusted the number you entered based on the slider’s scale.

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* 9. What can different levels of government do to support you and your business?

Cut interest rates

Provide economic stimulus

Work with banks to offer zero interest loans

Make tax remittances more flexible

Eliminate late penalty charges

Delay municipal property taxes payments without penalty

Suspend loan payments

Expand EI access

Increase EI allowance (higher than 55%)

Create resources for employees that must self isolate

Provide resources for employees that will be laid off

Provide resources for gig-economy workers

Provide business advise

Provide faster information about program access for resources resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic

Other (please specify)

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* 10. How informed do you consider yourself on the following:

	Definitely	Somewhat	Not a clue
I know what I need to do to keep MY BUSINESS operational	I know what I need to do to keep MY BUSINESS operational Definitely	I know what I need to do to keep MY BUSINESS operational Somewhat	I know what I need to do to keep MY BUSINESS operational Not a clue
I know where I can access financial resources to keep MYSELF afloat	I know where I can access financial resources to keep MYSELF afloat Definitely	I know where I can access financial resources to keep MYSELF afloat Somewhat	I know where I can access financial resources to keep MYSELF afloat Not a clue
I know what I need to do to provide some financial certainty for my staff	I know what I need to do to provide some financial certainty for my staff Definitely	I know what I need to do to provide some financial certainty for my staff Somewhat	I know what I need to do to provide some financial certainty for my staff Not a clue
I know where to direct staff for economic support during possible layoffs or self-quarantine	I know where to direct staff for economic support during possible layoffs or self-quarantine Definitely	I know where to direct staff for economic support during possible layoffs or self-quarantine Somewhat	I know where to direct staff for economic support during possible layoffs or self-quarantine Not a clue
I generally know what the different levels of government are doing to support businesses	I generally know what the different levels of government are doing to support businesses Definitely	I generally know what the different levels of government are doing to support businesses Somewhat	I generally know what the different levels of government are doing to support businesses Not a clue
I know what Chamber of Commerce is doing to keep me informed	I know what Chamber of Commerce is doing to keep me informed Definitely	I know what Chamber of Commerce is doing to keep me informed Somewhat	I know what Chamber of Commerce is doing to keep me informed Not a clue

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