Today's event is about looking at skills and training of businesses in the District. The Business Forum would be pleased if you could take a few moments to complete and return this questionnaire.

Your details

1.

Company name

2.

Contact name

3.

E-mail address

Company Sector

4.	Please tick one catergory most appropriate to your business type from the list below:
	Retail		Tourism
	Agricultural		Leisure
	Rural business		High Tech
	Property		Manufacturing
	Transport		Service
	Professional

Other

Company Size

5.	What is your company's approximate annual tunover?
	Less than £100k		£750k to £1m
	£100k to £500k		£1m to £7m
	£500k to £750k		Over £7m

6.	How many staff do you employ?
	Under 10		101-250
	11-50		251 or more
	51-100

Staff Recruitment

7.	In general, what skills or qualificiations do your current staff hold? (Please tick the relevant boxes)
	Degree		GCSE
	HND/HNC		NVQ
	Professional		No previous expeirence
	A Level		No formal qualifications

8.	Please indicate which of the following methods you use when recruiting staff (please tick all the relevant boxes).
	Advertise locally
	Advertise nationally
	Employment agencies
	Jobcentre plus
	Other agencies

Other (please specify)

Staff Recruitment (continued)

9.		Yes		No
	Is your organisation an 'Investor in People'?
	Do you offer in-house training?
	Do you offer Train to Gain
	Do you offer Apprenticeships

Please enter the name of your industry body

Please enter the name of the your local college?

	Do you experience difficulties in recruiting locally?
	Are you keen to recruit more staff locally?
	Do you think you have a recruitment and retention problem?

10.	Any other comments?

About You

11.	Are you?
	Male
	Female

12.	Please tell us your age:
	18-24		55-64
	25-34		65-74
	35-44		75 years +
	45-54

13.	Which of these groups do you consider you belong to? Tick one only.
	White: British		Asian or Asian British: Pakistani
	White: Irish		Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi
	White: Other White		Asian or Asian British: Other Asian
	Mixed: White and Black Caribbean		Black or Black British: Caribbean
	Mixed: White and Black African		Black or Black British: African
	Mixed: White and Asian		Black or Black British: Other Black
	Asian or Asian British: Indian		Chinese

Other ethnic group

14.	Do you consider yourself to have a longstanding illness, disability or infirmity?
	Yes
	No

15.	If YES, does this illness or disability limit your activities in any way?
	Yes
	No

You have reached the end of the questionnaire.

Thank you for your time.