This survey seeks your opinions on the NPR and the impact of an improved rail infrastructure on business in the North of England

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* 1. Please enter your contact details:

Name

Company

Position

Email Address

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* 2. How did you hear about this survey?

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* 3. Please tell us to which local authority you pay business rates:

If you pay business rates to more than one local authority please specify below:

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* 4. Please tell us the number of people your business employs in the North of England.

Less than 10

Less than 50

51 to 250

251 to 500

501 to 1000

0ver 1000

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* 5. What is your level of awareness around Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) and the benefits it will bring to businesses in the North:

Very aware and monitoring updates carefully

Aware but don't understand the benefits

Heard of it but would like to know more

Heard of it but it is of no interest

Not aware at all

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Do you think faster journey times, enhanced frequency and the greater capacity Northern Powerhouse Rail will deliver could have an impact on raising productivity in the Northern Powerhouse?

Yes

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* 7. Would your business make future investment decisions based on the Government’s commitment to fund the development of NPR?

Yes

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* 8. Looking at the options below, please tick which of the following positive investment decisions your business would be more likely to take if you knew that NPR was going ahead.

Widening of geographical area for recruitment range

Business development / marketing to a wider geographical area

Premises location or expansion

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* 9. What is the optimum lead in time period between a government commitment on schemes such as NPR and actual implementation, to allow you to make impactful business decisions today based on such schemes?

1 to 5 years

6 to 10 years

11 to 20 years

* 10. Do you think NPR would expand your customer base?

Yes

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* 11. Do you think NPR would allow you to contract with a wider range of suppliers?

Yes

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* 12. Approximately what percentage of your staff currently travel to work from another region in the North of England for example, from North West to Yorkshire & the Humber each day, vice versa or to North East.

1-9%

10-20%

21-30%

31-40%

41-50%

Over 50%

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* 13. If NPR meant that employees could travel from further afield, more reliably and faster, into work how significant would it be to your business?

Very significant

Significant

Neither significant nor insignificant

Insignificant

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* 14. In your opinion what will be the impact of NPR on the City-regions?

Increased inward investment

Improved job opportunities

Better education and skills opportunities

More investment in property

Increase in property values

Other (please specify)

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* 15. How critical is certainty of delivery for HS2 and NPR on the future investment decisions in your City-region?

Very Critical

Critical

Not critical

Irrelevant

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* 16. Please use the text box below if your business is able to provide further comment as to why you are in support of Northern Powerhouse Rail.

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* 17. If your business would like to back Northern Powerhouse Rail and display the We Back Northern Powerhouse logo on your email footer or on your website, please select below and a member of the team will contact you.

Yes, please contact me

If yes, please enter your email below:

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* 18. Are you happy for us to publicly attribute your comments in our report and related marketing material?

Yes

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* 19. Thank you for completing this survey. Addleshaw Goddard and Northern Powerhouse Partnership will publish a report summarising our findings in early 2019, which will be the next major development in our We Back Northern Powerhouse campaign as Transport for the North moves towards agreeing the business case.

If you would like to hear more about our work and our campaign please tick here:

Yes

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