A
small business survey of leadership qualities from 2014 showed that establishing and communicating a vision, seeking input from others and inspiring employees to action were the most important qualities in a leader.
Within the previous year, the survey revealed, 20 percent of the small
businesses surveyed said they had considered shutting down, primarily because of lack of growth or cash - flow issues.
Small
business surveys suggest a stable percentage of businesses are funding operations from free cash flow, as opposed to loans.
While the pattern of the recent GDP data has been uneven, the message
from business surveys and the labour market has been more positive.
For this reason, and coupled with the country's long - running civil conflict, issues surrounding the rule of law are not merely theoretical, as the
Doing Business survey highlights.
That's because 91 percent of the
local businesses surveyed said entrepreneurs plan to reward their employees with holiday - related perks, including bonuses, office closure and a holiday party.
A range of
other business surveys are also showing current business conditions to be well above long - run average levels.
The proliferation of
small business surveys that cover specific topics of interest indicate that they are effective tools in helping banks build awareness and engagement with their small business clients and prospects.
In addition, most
business surveys reported conditions that were at high levels throughout 2004, while consumer confidence has been close to record levels.
Businesses surveyed said they had put 7 percent into marketing their first year; they should have put in 28 percent, they said.
He cited positive consumer spending, housing and
business survey data before suggesting that talk of «recession» in the autumn statement would not be repeated later today.
Looking forward,
business surveys suggest profitability overall is expected to remain higher than average, though there has been some easing in the survey responses from the highs in late 2003.
Recent business surveys have pointed to some upward pressure on wage growth although, again, the extent of such pressure is difficult to gauge.
The first - ever CNBC / SurveyMonkey Small
Business Survey in June found that 21 percent of small - business owners expect changes in immigration policy to have a negative effect on their businesses.
The latest
NAB business survey shows total labour costs increasing at close to their fastest pace of the past five years, although still considerably slower than in the mid 1990s.
Eighty percent of
businesses surveyed by WorldatWork reported having some sort of incentive or bonus program in 2009.
According to The Future of
Business survey conducted by Facebook in collaboration with the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 42 percent of businesses polled said that learning from one other is one of the main ways they figure out how to run a business in a mobile - first economy — second only to Googling it.
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The CNBC / SurveyMonkey Small
Business Survey shows that nearly 60 percent of Amazon Prime members in the survey are 45 years old or older, and of those who are more likely to shop on Small Business Saturday, the majority say the most important domestic political issue facing our nation are jobs and the economy.
Within the total, expectations in the manufacturing sector have been revised upward, although this was from a low level and, as noted above, the manufacturing - based
business surveys continue to give a very pessimistic reading.
Last Thursday, Poilievre began by citing a Canadian Federation of
Independent Business survey in which lots of respondents said «this new Liberal tax increase will make it harder to create jobs and grow.
A Pet
Business survey found that consumers are concerned about the economy and are holding back on non-essential pet purchases.
52 % of UAE -
based businesses surveyed in Hays recruiting experts recent research, do not have a VAT implementation strategy in place for the January 2018 deadline and a greater 60 % have not assigned budget for the change.
Only 5 % of the
Canadian businesses surveyed said they had conducted cross border transactions in the local Chinese currency, compared to 22 % of global companies and 17 % of US companies.
While nearly half of the retailers
Pet Business surveyed indicated that they do not mark products down until after Christmas, some actually start doing so as early as two weeks before.
A University of Phoenix School
of Business survey released last month revealed that Americans in general are work - oriented, with 89 percent of us saying that at least some of our self - worth comes from our job or career.
While
many business surveys show Britain's economy has slowed sharply and may even be entering recession, it is too soon for official data on how the EU vote is affecting output.
«Many comments reflected the negative impact of the Asian holiday period, concerns about tariffs and difficulties in moving containers from ports to using locations,» Timothy Fiore, Chair of the ISM
Manufacturing Business Survey Committee, said in the press release for the survey.
«Optimism among small companies in the U.S. rose more than forecast in January, fueled by a record number of owners who said now was a good time to expand, according to a National Federation of Independent
Business survey released Tuesday.
The bigger a small business is, the more bullish it is on Trump's tax reform plan, the CNBC / SurveyMonkey Small
Business survey reveals.
Private business surveys cited uncertainty about future demand and the outcome of the EU negotiations as weighing on activity and investment.»
Statistics from our 2018 State of Small
Business survey point to more baby boomers becoming successful small business owners.
The Inflation GPS helped anticipate the quick inflation recovery that took root in late 2016, led by the text mining mentions on prices and the nowcast's inputs from Purchasing Managers
Index business surveys on prices.
The
major business surveys suggest that the difficulty firms face in finding suitable labour has eased slightly in the past six months but remains at relatively high levels.
Although business surveys continue to point to a gradual recovery in activity in the euro area, recent trends in the production and spending data have been less encouraging (Graph 9).