The Biggest Concerns for SMEs Are…

Posted by martinparry on May 12, 2010 under Business Planning, SME News, Strategic Planning | Comments are off for this article

Last month EnterQuest carried out its latest subscriber survey of small business owners to identify the issues that are causing the most concern in the year ahead, irrespective of which party will form a new government. We also asked for views about business owners’ own abilities and weaknesses, where they might require support, and who they preferred to turn to for help and advice.

Survey participants were mainly service-based enterprises with between one and nine employees in a wide range of sectors and professions ranging from design, consultancy, tourism, cleaning, training, crafts, security, advertising, childcare, IT, complementary therapy, catering and retail.

The headline results reveal that business owners are most concerned about tax, business rates, red tape and business costs – with 80% of respondents saying they were quite concerned or very concerned about each of those particular issues. Respondents were least concerned about finding skilled/qualified staff and IT/technology issues. The weakest reported skill was in sales and marketing, with one in three business owners saying they were quite weak or very weak in this area.

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