Business Profile Survey

a) Location determined by personal restraints (please select relevant number)

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b) Access to transportation links? (please select relevant number)

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c) Availability of suitable premises? (please select relevant number)

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d) Were your set up costs...

i) cheaper than elsewhere? (please select relevant number)

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ii) comparable price? (please select relevant number)

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iii) higher then elsewhere? (please select relevant number)

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e) What other issues influenced your decision to start your business in The Vale of Aylesbury?

Please list your reason(s) below and give them a score rating (please select relevant number)

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a) Is the employee skill base you require available within The Vale of Aylesbury?

Yes No

If no, what, in your view is the reason for this?

b) Do any of the local education institutions/training providers within The Vale of Aylesbury provide skills or knowledge training in the areas you require of your employees?

Yes No

If you answer Yes, please comment on this provision:

c) What knowledge and/or skill provision do you seek?

i) IT Programming Dbases Office systems Other

ii) Management Studies (please specify)

iii) Marketing

iv) Health & Safety (please specify)

v) Graduates (which discipline)

vi) Other

d) Have you established any regular contact with any educational or skills/learning establishments?

Yes No

i) Who

ii) When

e) Do your needs link with NVQ level requirements?

Yes No Don’t know

a) Do the majority of your employees travel from locations within The Vale of Aylesbury?

Yes No

b) Do the majority of your employees travel from other locations within Buckinghamshire?

Yes No

c) Approximately, how many employees within your company use public transport to travel to work?

d) What percentage of your total employees use public transport?

%

e) Does your company have a “Green travel plan” to guide employees travel activities?

Yes No

If no, would you be interested in implementing a Green Travel Plan?

Yes No

If yes, please add your contact details here

a) Are there supply links to support your business within The Vale of Aylesbury?

Yes No

b) Please rate the importance of local links to your business (please select relevant number) 1 = No importance 7 = Critically important

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Why? Please expand

c) Approximately how many of your supply companies are based within The Vale of Aylesbury?

Please list your main local suppliers below

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d) Please enter the number of your supply companies which are based outside The Vale of Aylesbury?

i) Buckinghamshire

ii) South East of England

iii) England

iv) UK

v) Europe

vi) USA

vii) India

viii) China

ix) Other

a) Does your company undertake Research & Development in house?

Yes No

b) Does your company commission R & D from global companies (inc. your own parent company – if applicable)?

Yes No

c) Does your company commission R & D from companies within a 50 mile radius of The Vale of Aylesbury?

Yes No

a) Does your company have (or have you had) any contacts placed with a local consultancy?

Yes No

b) How important are these criteria in working with a local consultancy?

(please select relevant number) 1 = No importance 7 = Critically important

i) Ease of communication?

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ii) Competence?

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iii) Location?

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iv) Suitability?

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v) Price?

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c) Does your company have (or have you had) any contracts placed with either of the following:

i) An education institution within The Vale of Aylesbury or within a radius of 50 miles of The Vale of Aylesbury?

Yes No

If yes, please write the name here

ii) Any of the Research Councils?

Yes No

If yes, please write the name here

a) Do you expect to employ more staff over the next 5 years?

Yes No

If yes, approximately how many?

b) What skill areas will these jobs cover? Please circle any of the below that are relevant and add more

specific areas under ‘Other’:

Engineering Mechanical Electrical IT Logistics Administration Management Marketing

Other

c) How many staff does your company currently employ?

d) If you intend to expand will your company remain at its present site?

Yes No

i) If not, will you move to another location within The Vale of Aylesbury?

Yes No

If no, please list what constraints/reasons would necessitate your company moving outside of The Vale of Aylesbury

Reason 1

Reason 2

Reason 3

Reason 4

a) How interested would you be to meet other companies within your business sector on a regular basis to network and to investigate improving supply links to your businesses? (please select relevant number) 1 = No importance 7 = Critically important

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9. Your business sector is of great importance to The Vale. We desire to estimate the value of this business sector locally. To do this we would appreciate your completing this question. Please tick the box closest to your last year’s turn-over:

a) Less than £250,000
b) £250,000 - £500,000
c) £500,000 - £750,000
d) £750,000 - £1,000,000
e) £1,000,000 - £5,000,000
f) £5,000,000 - £10,000,000
g) £10,000,000 - £15,000,000
h) Greater than £15,000,000

a) How interested would you be in learning how using renewable energy could increase your margin/profits?

(please select relevant number)

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Only if you choose to, please enter your company name (See intro notes)

Finally, please use the space below to write down if there is anything we can do to help you or if there are any other comments you wish to make to us. Alternatively, please contact us at the address at the top of this survey.