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Copy of Quarterly Economic Survey Q1 2024

Quarterly Economic Survey

1.Name of organisation & email (optional)
2.What Chamber of Commerce is your business a member of? (If you are not a Chamber member, where is your business located?)(Required.)
3.How many people does your organisation or branch employ? If you are a sole-trade, simply type in 0.(Required.)
4.Which of the following best describes your main business activity?(Required.)
5.UK and overseas markets 
Excluding seasonal variations, over the past 3 months...
Increased
Remained Constant
Decreased
UK sales or bookings have...
UK orders or advance bookings have...
Overseas sales or bookings have...
Overseas orders or advance bookings have...
Please note: only complete the overseas questions if you are an exporter
6.Labour Force size
Increased
Remained Constant
Decreased
Over the past 3 months, has your workforce...
Over the next 3 months, do you expect your workforce to...
7.Recruitment
Yes
No
Have you attempted to recruit staff over the past 3 months?
8.If yes, were they for:
9.Recruitment difficulties
Yes
No
If you attempted to recruit, did you experience any difficulties finding suitable staff?
10.If you answered yes to question 10, for which of the following categories of employee:
11.Cash flow and investment
Increased
Remained Constant
Decreased
Over the past 3 months, cash flow has...
Over the past 3 months, investment plans for plant, machinery, tech, or equipment have...
Over the past 3 months, investment plans for training have...
12.Business Confidence
Improve
Remain the same
Worsen
Over the next 12 months, do you believe your business's turnover will...
Over the next 12 months, do you believe your business's profitability will...
13.Capacity
Full capacity
Below capacity
Are you currently operating at...
14.Prices/Costs
Increase
Remain the Same
Decrease
Over the next 3 months, do you expect the price of your good or services to...
15.Is your business facing pressure to raise prices from any of the following sources? (please tick all that apply)
16.Please indicate which of these following factors are more of a concern to your business than 3 months ago (please tick all that apply)
17.A free trade agreement (FTA) is an international treaty between two or more countries that reduces or eliminates certain barriers to trade in goods and services. How beneficial do you anticipate the UK’s FTA (Free Trade Programme) being to your business?

(1 - not at all beneficial ... 5 - very beneficial)
18.Which (if any) of the following trade arrangements have been / do you anticipate will be of benefit to your business? (select all that apply)
19.Which (if any) of the following free trade agreements do you anticipate would be of benefit to your business? (select all that apply)
20.The UK has signed several Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) agreements with individual US states (Indiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, Washington, and Florida) and is in negotiations with other States. These set out mutual goals and activities to facilitate greater trade and co-operation between the UK and the US. Do you anticipate these agreements being beneficial or damaging to your business?
21.Thinking about the next decade do you think the Free Trade Agreements negotiated by the UK government will have a positive or negative impact on your business growth?
22.Feel free to share any feedback about business or economic conditions in the previous three months.
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