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Quarterly Economic Survey
Quarterly Economic Survey
About your business
What is your company name?
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Including yourself, how many employees does your company have?
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Are you a Chamber Member?
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Yes
No
If yes, which Chamber is your business a member of?
Staffordshire Chambers (Stoke-on-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Stafford Chamber (Stafford, Stone)
Staffordshire Moorlands Chamber
(Leek, Biddulph, Cheadle)
Other
If other which Chamber are you a member of?
What is your main business activity?
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(required)
Agriculture, fishing, mining, utilities
Manufacture of electronic or IT goods
Other manufacturing
Construction
Transport, logistics or storage
Retail or wholesale
Tourism/hospitality/hotels/catering
Professional services
Marketing and media/advertising
Consumer services
Public Sector
Voluntary Sector
Other services not listed
UK Market
Excluding seasonal variations, during the past 3 months have your sales, custom or bookings?
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Decreased
Remained Constant
Increased
N/A
Excluding seasonal variations, during the past 3 months have your orders, advanced custom or bookings?
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(required)
Decreased
Remained Constant
Increased
N/A
Export Markets
Excluding seasonal variations, during the past 3 months have your overseas sales, custom or bookings?
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Decreased
Remained Constant
Increased
N/A
Excluding seasonal variations, during the past 3 months have your overseas orders, advanced custom or bookings?
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(required)
Decreased
Remained Constant
Increased
N/A
Labour Market
Over the past 3 months has your workforce...
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Decreased
Remained Constant
Increased
Over the next 3 months do you expect your workforce to have?
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Decreased
Remained Constant
Increased
If yes, were they for?
Part time employment
Full time employment
Temporary employment
Permanent employment
Did you experience any difficulties in finding suitable staff?
Yes
No
For which categories of employee (tick all that apply)
Skilled/Manual/Technical
Clerical
Professional/Managerial
Semi-skilled/Unskilled
During the next 12 months, do you expect your workforce to...
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Decrease
Remained Constant
Increase
During the next 12 months do you expect your average wage to…
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Decrease
Remained Constant
Increase
Cashflow and Investment
Over the past 3 months, has your cashflow?
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Decreased
Remained Constant
Increased
Over the past 3 months, has your investment in plant, machinery or capital?
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Decreased
Remained Constant
Increased
During the next 12 months, do you expect your investment in plant, machinery and capital to…
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Decrease
Remained Constant
Increase
Over the past 3 months, has your investment in training?
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Decreased
Remained Constant
Increased
Business Confidence
During the next 12 months do you expect your turnover to:
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Decrease
Remained Constant
Increase
During the next 12 months do you expect your profitability to:
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Decrease
Remained Constant
Increase
Are you operating at full capacity?
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Yes
No
During the next 3 months do you expect the your prices to:
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Decrease
Remained Constant
Increase
Is your business suffering pressures to raise prices from?
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Labour costs
Raw material costs
Utilities (gas, electricity)
Fuel costs (petrol, diesel)
Finance Costs
Other overheads
Which of these are more of a concern to your business than 3 months ago?
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Interest rates
Exchange rates
Business rates
Inflation
Competition
Taxation
National Insurance Contributions
National Living Wage
Energy Prices
Supply Costs
None of these
Artificial Intelligence
What is the current stage of your organisation’s AI use?
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Exploring
Proof-of-concept
Piloting
Scaled in one area
Enterprise-wide
Not in use yet
Where in your organisation are AI tools being used today?
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Marketing
Customer service
Operations
Finance
HR
Product & R&D
Not in use yet
Other
If other, please let us know here
Which AI technologies is your organisation currently using or actively piloting?
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Meeting transcription / summary
LLM chatbots e.g. ChatGPT
Predictive analytics / machine-learning models
Process automation / RPA
Generative design / synthetic media
Not in use yet
Other
If other please let us know what technologies you are using
What are your organisation’s biggest obstacles to wider adoption of AI technologies?
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Skills gap
Data quality
Integration with legacy systems
Cost
Culture / Change Resistance
Regulation / Compliance / Ethics
Cybersecurity
Sustainability concerns
Lack of proven use cases
Not in use yet
Other
If other please let us know
Would you like to receive the results or attend an event to explain the results?
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