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North businesses invited to take part in end-of-year survey


By Alan Hendry

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FSB’s David Richardson: 'We want to hear from all businesses, whether they are doing well, badly or indifferently.'
FSB’s David Richardson: 'We want to hear from all businesses, whether they are doing well, badly or indifferently.'

Businesses across the north are being invited to take part in an online survey looking at trading conditions in 2021 and identifying the key issues they expect to face in the year ahead.

The Highlands and Islands Winter Survey is being run by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and covers Shetland, Orkney, the Western Isles, the Highlands, Moray, Argyll and Arran.

The federation’s Highlands and Islands development manager, David Richardson, said: “The FSB’s role as the voice of small businesses is recognised by governments at all levels and it is dependent on the quality of the information that we provide.

"Surveying is central to this and, recognising that the Highlands and Islands face unique opportunities and challenges, we have already surveyed businesses across the region four times this year.

“Now, at the end of the year, we are surveying again to enable us to fully understand key trading conditions in 2021 and to get an insight into some of the most important issues that businesses will face in 2022 – things like costs and staffing.

“We want to hear from all businesses, whether they are doing well, badly or indifferently – and, recognising that business life in, say, Caithness is very different from Moray, Shetland or Argyll, we want as many responses as possible from all areas of the region so that we can give the full local flavour and compare results.”

Business owners interested in taking part in the survey should go to www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/fsb-winter


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