When Covid-19 first hit, SWA conducted our first “Scottish Wholesale Market Survey” in April. We are now following this up with this Wholesale Market; Business Confidence Survey  which will directly feed into our ongoing discussions with:

·         Scottish Government Ministers & their officials
·         Scottish Parliament Committees and opposition MSPs
·         The Scottish Government’s  'Advisory Group for Economic Recovery'
·         UK Government Ministers, their officials and opposition MPs
·         Competition & Markets Authority

SWA take part in the Scottish Government’s Covid-19 Food Resilience Group and have been involved in drawing up Retail sector guidance for moving out of lockdown.

Our fundamental focus has been on securing Scottish Government financial assistance for our members.  So, it’s critical that we have a good up to date understanding of the impacts Covid-19 is having, and will continue to have, on members' businesses and what is needed to transition out of ‘lockdown’.

The information shared will be treated with the utmost confidence by SWA and will NOT be shared in named format with any other member, 3rd party or even Scottish Government unless we specifically ask your permission.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey - we appreciate you are extremely busy but this will help us to help you.
Business Confidence

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* 1. Company Name:

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* 2. What are your average weekly total sales (£)

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* 3. Post Covid-19 have you gained or lost sales?

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* 4. Post C-19 what % of sales have you gained/lost?

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* 5. What are your most important & immediate concerns for your business?

  Most Important Important Least Important
Lost income
Cashflow
Continued school closure (until 11th Aug.)
Continued lockdown of hospitality/tourism
Customer debt
Personnel issues
Change to Furlough Scheme
Stock ‘date’ issues
Stock supply continuity
Removal of credit insurance
Lack of Government Grants
Cost of borrowing (incl. UK Govt loans)
Lack of clear guidance

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* 6. From Q5 above, what is your ONE most important concern for your business now?

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* 7. How confident are you of your business survival over the next 3 months?
[Assuming no changes are made to the Government information & support that you’re already aware of]

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* 8. How confident are you of your business survival to the end of the year? 
[Assuming no changes are made to the Government information & support that you’re already aware of]

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* 9. Out with complying with C-19 rules, how has the way you do/run your business changed?

Business Support

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* 10. What UK Government support have you applied for?
[Leave blank if you've not applied for the support in question. Select N/A if you were not eligible to apply in the first instance.]

  Successful  Unsuccessful Awaiting decision N/A
Statutory sick pay relief
Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan
Coronavirus Large Business Interruption Loan
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furloughing of staff)
VAT deferral (till end June)
HMRC Time to Pay
Bounce Back Loan scheme
Other (Please give detail)

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* 11. What Scottish Government support have you applied for?
[Leave blank if you've not applied for the support in question. Select N/A if you were not eligible to apply in the first instance.]

  Successful  Unsuccessful Awaiting decision N/A
Pivotal Enterprise Resilience Fund
Business Rates Relief
Local Council Business Grant
Eviction protection for commercial tenants
Other (Please give detail)

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* 12. What further financial, or other assistance, would you want SWA to campaign for from the Scottish Government?
(Please give detail: ie recovery of ‘wasted’ stock, continue furlough etc.)

Market Supply

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* 13. Pre C-19 What % of your business was split across...

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* 14. Post C-19 What % of your business is split across...

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* 15. Order versus Supply % (post C-19)

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* 16. What suppliers are giving you the most supply issues & what reason do you attribute those issues?
[ie. orders based on LY; preference to mults; production issues]

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* 17. What specific products are you having difficulty in sourcing/getting supplied into you?
[These may, or may not, be related to suppliers named above.]

Looking to The Future
SWA know that your main focus right now is on day to day matters but we are also beginning to look to the future.

We have been invited to feed into the Soct.Gvt. 'Advisory group on Economic Recovery' and have been asked to consider the following questions.

Only answer where you feel you can and do not let these questions prevent you from submitting the much needed data you’ve already completed above.

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* 18. What learnings should SG take when looking to re-establish the economy/ stimulate growth/ kickstart the restart?

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* 19. Considering your geography/locale and the customer base you serve, what is required to ‘reset’ your business and local economy?

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* 20. What taxation policy would you like SG to pursue in relation to business and how would this help you specifically?

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* 21. What support measures should SG think about to help the food & drink industry over the next 5 years? (ie. focus on supporting local over export, lower taxes related to carbon footprint, developing better regional food-groups)

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* 22. What impact do you think Brexit will have on your business?

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* 23. What are the opportunities for a Green recovery and what could the wholesale industry do (collectively or businesses independently) to move towards a greener industry/future? Has the Covid-19 crisis made you think differently about sustainability issues? 

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* 24. What role will technology play in Scotland’s future economy? What will it mean to your business and the wholesale industry? What will be the workforce implications?

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* 25. What are the biggest lessons we should take out of this Pandemic?

SWA Support

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* 26. Over the past few weeks SWA have provided members with regular news updates, lobbied government and supported individual members with financial, legal and personnel issues.

Please let us know if there is anything else we can do to assist you...

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