Business Confidence and Training Survey

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BUSINESS CONFIDENCE AND TRAINING SURVEY

Please take 5 minutes to fill out this survey. We will compile the responses and publish them next week to assist you with your business planning.

All responses received by the end of business on Friday 9th May 2008 will enter a draw to win a $150 dinner voucher at a Timaru restaurant of your choice.

SECTION A: Business Background
1. Select the category that best describes your businesses principle activity.
Category:
2. How many people are employed by your firm?
People employed:
SECTION B: Economic Environment
3. The general business situation in NZ in the next 6 months:
The situation will:
4. Over the next 6 moths, do you anticipate that the general business situation...
in your own business will:
5. Compared with 3 months ago, do you find getting staff.
Skilled/Specialist:
Unskilled:
6. What single factor, if any, is the most limiting your ability to expand your activities?
A shortage of:
Comment:
7. Over the next 12 months, do you expect the amount of new investment approved by your firm to be?
On Buildings :
On plant / machinery:
Section C: Past and Future Trends
Excluding normal seasonal changes, what has been your businesses experience during the last 6 months and what changes do you expect over the next 6 moths in respect to the following?
8. Number of full-time employees
- Past 6 months (full time):
- Next 6 months (full time):
9. Number of part-time employees
- Past 6 months (part time):
- Next 6 months (part time):
10. Total hours worked
- Past 6 months (total hours):
- Next 6 months (total hours):
11. Average Costs of doing business
- Past 6 months (average cost):
- Next 6 months (average cost):
12. Average selling price
- Past 6 months (selling price):
- Next 6 months (selling price):
13. Profitability
- Past 6 months (profit):
- Next 6 months (profit):
14. Sales in NZ
- Past 6 months (nz sales):
- Next 6 months (nz sales):
15. Sales Overseas
- Past 6 months (overseas sales):
- Next 6 months (overseas sales):
Section D: Training
To help the Chamber match the training we provide with your requirements – could you please indicate if you could be interested in training in the following areas in the next 9 months
16 Human Resources :	Yes No
Details (HR):
17 Accounting:	Yes No
Details (Acc):
18 Customer Service:	Yes No
Details (CS):
19 Sales and Marketing:	Yes No
Details (S&M):
20 Website & internet marketing:	Yes No
Details (Web):
21 Exporting:	Yes No
Details (Exp):
22 Team building / business culture:	Yes No
Details (BC):
23 Health and Safety:	Yes No
Details (OH&S):
24 Computing:	Yes No
Details (Comp):
To enable us to put you name into a draw we need to identify who has completed the form. Please complete the detail below
Name:
Company: