Business Survey Results
The Business Survey is a survey of local businesses. This survey was conducted in addition to the household survey, which gathered residents' views about local businesses. The Business and Commerce section of the main survey can be viewed online here. Below are the results of the Business Survey.
| 1. Nature of the Business i.e. what does your business do? | ||
|---|---|---|
| Response Count | ||
| Comments will soon be available to view online | 68 | |
| answered question | 68 | |
| skipped question | 0 | |
| 2. Is your business | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| Commercial/Service |  | 59.7% | 40 |
| Retail Outlet | | 32.8% | 22 |
| Other | | 7.5% | 5 |
| answered question | 67 | ||
| skipped question | 1 | ||
| 3. Which category describes your main customer base? (select all that apply) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| Members of the Public | | 76.1% | 51 |
| Other Businesses | | 32.8% | 22 |
| Public Sector | | 14.9% | 10 |
| answered question | 67 | ||
| skipped question | 1 | ||
| 4. Number of employees (full and part time) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| 1 - 5 | | 78.8% | 52 |
| 6 - 10 | | 10.6% | 7 |
| 11 - 15 | | 3.0% | 2 |
| 16 - 20 | 0.0% | 0 | |
| 21+ | | 7.6% | 5 |
| answered question | 66 | ||
| skipped question | 2 | ||
| 5. If you are the owner of the business, what were the main factors which influenced you when choosing Keyworth as a place to set up your business? | ||
|---|---|---|
| Response Count | ||
| Comments will soon be available to view online | 58 | |
| answered question | 58 | |
| skipped question | 10 | |
| 6. Business Support Services | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Response Count | |
| Do you know of the help available from agencies such as Business Link, HMRC (Revenue and Customs), etc? | 74.6% (50) | 25.4% (17) | 67 |
| Are you aware that mentoring facilities are available? | 48.5% (32) | 51.5% (34) | 66 |
| Are you aware of the marketing and other grants available from organisations such as these? | 47.8% (32) | 52.2% (35) | 67 |
| Would regular local briefings from members of these organisations be of any interest to you? | 46.9% (30) | 53.1% (34) | 64 |
| answered question | 67 | ||
| skipped question | 1 | ||
| 7. The Keyworth Labour Market | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | Response Count | |
| Do you normally recruit from the local labour market? | 58.7% (37) | 41.3% (26) | 63 |
| Would you recruit locally more often if the labour was more accessible? | 51.8% (29) | 48.2% (27) | 56 |
| Would links to schools help when recruiting suitable labour? | 25.4% (15) | 74.6% (44) | 59 |
| answered question | 63 | ||
| skipped question | 5 | ||
| 8. Recruitment of Staff - please rate Keyworth for the following: | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Good | Good | Average | Poor | Very Poor | Response Count | |
| Ease of finding local labour | 12.8% (6) | 31.9% (15) | 34.0% (16) | 14.9% (7) | 6.4% (3) | 47 |
| Suitable skills of local labour | 11.1% (5) | 28.9% (13) | 48.9% (22) | 11.1% (5) | 0.0% (0) | 45 |
| Retention of local labour | 21.3% (10) | 29.8% (14) | 40.4% (19) | 6.4% (3) | 2.1% (1) | 47 |
| answered question | 47 | |||||
| skipped question | 21 | |||||
| 9. How important are the following facilities to keeping your business in Keyworth? | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very Important | Important | A consideration | Not Important At All | Response Count | |
| Postal services | 52.3% (34) | 29.2% (19) | 13.8% (9) | 4.6% (3) | 65 |
| Banking services | 62.1% (41) | 19.7% (13) | 9.1% (6) | 9.1% (6) | 66 |
| Ease of employee parking | 40.6% (26) | 18.8% (12) | 14.1% (9) | 26.6% (17) | 64 |
| Ease of customer parking | 49.2% (32) | 10.8% (7) | 12.3% (8) | 27.7% (18) | 65 |
| Ease of incoming deliveries | 48.5% (32) | 16.7% (11) | 13.6% (9) | 21.2% (14) | 66 |
| Public transport | 32.3% (21) | 21.5% (14) | 21.5% (14) | 24.6% (16) | 65 |
| Accessibility of motorway network | 16.9% (11) | 16.9% (11) | 26.2% (17) | 40.0% (26) | 65 |
| Accessibility of Nottingham | 18.2% (12) | 27.3% (18) | 25.8% (17) | 28.8% (19) | 66 |
| Availability of suitable business premises | 28.6% (18) | 31.7% (20) | 12.7% (8) | 27.0% (17) | 63 |
| Internet - broadband bandwidth | 48.4% (31) | 26.6% (17) | 9.4% (6) | 15.6% (10) | 64 |
| Mobile phone signal | 45.5% (30) | 37.9% (25) | 4.5% (3) | 12.1% (8) | 66 |
| Ease of communicating with local customers, e.g. local advertising | 43.1% (28) | 18.5% (12) | 18.5% (12) | 20.0% (13) | 65 |
| Other (please specify) | 2 | ||||
| answered question | 66 | ||||
| skipped question | 2 | ||||
| 10. If parking/public transport are important issues for your business, please indicate whereabouts you are located: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| around the Square/Main Street | | 42.9% | 24 |
| around the Wolds Drive Parade | | 17.9% | 10 |
| near Nottingham Road/ Debdale Lane junction | | 19.6% | 11 |
| not applicable | | 19.6% | 11 |
| elsewhere (please specify) | 3 | ||
| answered question | 56 | ||
| skipped question | 12 | ||
| 11. What changes would you make to Keyworth to help the success of your business? | ||
|---|---|---|
| Response Count | ||
| Comments will soon be available to view online | 37 | |
| answered question | 37 | |
| skipped question | 31 | |
| 12. What would be your view on a possible Farmers' Market in Keyworth? | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Response Percent | Response Count | ||
| Positive | | 67.2% | 43 |
| Negative | | 10.9% | 7 |
| Indifferent | | 21.9% | 14 |
| answered question | 64 | ||
| skipped question | 4 | ||
| 13. We want to celebrate how local businesses support the community. Tell us in what ways your business supports the local community, and whether you feel your support is properly recognised within the community. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Response Count | ||
| Comments will soon be available to view online | 44 | |
| answered question | 44 | |
| skipped question | 24 | |