Employers Survey 2018 (Folkestone & Hythe District)

This is the second Annual Employers Survey for the Folkestone & Hythe District.

This will provide valuable information to the District Council and local training organisations on the needs of business within the area and will help shape policies and activities to support economic growth.

The survey should take 10-15 minutes to complete but, if you have less time, you can skip questions to focus on those that are most important to you.

The closing date is 31 December 2018.

Further information is available from: graham.hammond@folkestone-hythe.gov.uk

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* 1. Business Name and Address

Business name

Address

Postcode

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* 2. Your primary business activity (please choose one option - if none of the categories fit, please describe in the 'Other' section)?

Financial and insurance activities

Information and Communication activities (including digital media)

Manufacturing

Construction (including buildings, roads, demolition and related trades)

Arts, entertainment and recreation

Wholesale and retail (including vehicles and their repair)

Electricity and gas supply (including air conditioning)

Energy generation

Water supply, sewerage and waste management

Transportation and logistics (including storage and passenger traffic)

Accommodation and food services (including hotels and restaurants)

Real estate activities (including housing associations, business and shopping centres)

Professional services (including marketing, PR, law, architects and Chartered Surveyor services)

Administrative and support services (including car hire, tour operators, security, window cleaning, landscaping etc)

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Human health and social work (including hospital services, care homes, dental, child-care etc)

Service activities (repair of furniture, shoes, clothes, computers, mobiles and household items; beauty treatments and hairdressing; cleaning; funeral services; etc

OTHER (please specify)

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* 3. Number of people employed in your business. (For this survey, full-time is someone contracted to work 35 hours or more a week; part-time is less than 35 hours; and self-employed is someone having no employees).

Full time

Part-time

Self-employed

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* 4. Compared to 12 months ago, have the number of people employed .....

Remained the same

Increased

Decreased

Not in business 12 months ago

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* 5. What is the trading outlook for your business over the next 12 months?

Improving significantly

Improving a little

About the same

Worsening a little

Worsening significantly

Any further comments about trading conditions?

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* 6. Do you have a property requirement arising from expansion/consolidation?

Yes - seeking to expand/consolidate on current site

Yes - seeking to move to larger/smaller premises

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* 7. If you have a requirement for other property, please indicate your preferred location (please tick all that apply).

Folkestone

Romney Marsh

Otterpool

Hythe

Hawkinge

Elham Valley

Elsewhere in Kent

Other than Kent

Please provide any further information (eg. timescales, type of premises, amount of floorspace required, etc).

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* 8. What, if any, are the barriers to growth faced by your business? Please rank all that apply (Rank 1 being the greatest difficulty).

Increased competition

N/A

Decreasing market

N/A

Unable to recruit people with the right skills

N/A

Turnover of staff

N/A

Unable to recruit people with the right attitude

N/A

Supply chain issues

N/A

Regulation

N/A

Lack of training facilities to upskill staff

N/A

No suitable premises to accommodate growth/consolidation

N/A

Unable to attract people to work locally

N/A

None

N/A

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* 9. Where is your customer base located mainly?

Online

Folkestone & Hythe District

Kent

South East

National

Europe

Global

Any further comments