BMO said 43 per
cent of those surveyed planned to contribute, down from 50 per cent in 2013.
Not exact matches
The investment indicator in the Business Outlook
Survey weakened significantly from the summer report, as the balance
of opinion between firms
planning more spending on machinery and equipment versus those predicting less dropped to 17 per
cent from 29 per
cent in the summer and 35 per
cent at the start
of the year.
The poll also found that 31 per
cent of those
surveyed say they aren't
planning on putting away retirements savings at all this year, a jump from 28 per
cent in 2012.
Survey shows average Valentine's Day shopper
plans on spending $ 173 Half
of Valentine's Day shoppers intend to buy candy and sweets On average Canadians save more than 15 per
cent on confectionary...
Canada Pension
Plan (CPP) and Quebec Pension
Plan (QPP) enhancements will come into effect next year, yet only 17 per
cent of employers have taken action to prepare, according to an Aon
survey.
Nearly four in five (78 per
cent)
of workers and retirees with pension
plans said the availability
of pension benefits is a critical factor in deciding whether or not to accept a job, found a
survey of 2,750 people in the United States and Canada.
Either way, when it comes to retirement, current and retired employees want more help with retirement
planning (82 per
cent of all respondents) and retirement coaching (84 per
cent), found the
survey by Accenture.
A recent MDC
survey of 682 milk producers found that more than one in ten (14 per
cent)
planned to leave the sector within the next two years.
In a
survey of more than 2,000 adults, 79 per
cent of Labour supporters said they wanted the policy scrapped, while 65 per
cent of voters
planning to support the Liberal Democrats in 2015 wanted it to be dropped.
In the
survey carried out by the e-Learning Foundation, 29 per
cent of the 500 respondents who do not run any form
of home access programme said they
planned to use some
of their Pupil Premium funds to address 1:1 access, while that number increased to 51 per
cent amongst schools already running a programme.
BESA's
survey of 1,204 school leaders (719 primary and 485 secondary) supported this notion
of a divide between schools; revealing that 39 per
cent of primary schools and 45 per
cent of secondary schools felt their budget was big enough and that they were likely to maintain their
planned ICT investments.
Forty per
cent of authorities responding to an NAO
survey do not believe they have sufficient resources to provide effective support to schools and almost half
of those authorities are
planning to reduce the amount
of staff time spent on support.
Only four per
cent of secondary respondents to the BESA
survey stated that they did not
plan to make use
of a learning platform in the future.
Thirty per
cent of survey respondents found applying to university difficult, 40 % report receiving little support from their school in
planning their application, and 38 % say they felt intimidated when applying for university — highlighting the value
of supporting young people during the process.
Almost half (45 per
cent)
of speech and language therapists
surveyed by the RCSLT said that they lack the time and resources to provide services to children and young people with communication problems who do not have an education, health and care (EHC)
plan.
The
survey, which was conducted by The Key, a support organisation for school leaders, has revealed that more than two - thirds (68 per
cent)
of schools facing budget cuts across England
plan to reduce their number
of support staff.
The research involved
surveying 1,100 school leaders, the results
of which suggested that 82 per
cent of mainstream schools in England do not have sufficient funding to adequately provide for pupils with SEND; 89 per
cent of school leaders believe cuts to local authority services have had a detrimental impact on the support their school receives for pupils with SEND; three - quarters
of schools have pupils who have been waiting longer than expected for assessment
of special educational needs or an education, health and care
plan; and 88 per
cent of school leaders think initial teacher training does not adequately prepare teachers to support pupils with SEND.
The recent Learning Away
survey found that 67 per
cent of teachers felt that they lacked support when it came to
planning a school trip.
Our annual «Impact
of New Technologies»
survey into the views
of English Maintained Schools on a range
of new technologies used by teachers and students carried out in conjunction with the National Education Research Panel (NERP) shows that an increasing majority
of schools (56 per
cent primary, 65 per
cent secondary schools) feel they are now definitely unable, or unlikely to be able, to maintain
planned new technologies investments for 2011/12.
When asked about the impact
of Brexit on their recruitment
plans, 40 per
cent of those
surveyed believe that their recruitment will be negatively impacted over the next four to five years now that Britain is to leave the EU — and a further 36 per
cent say they don't know, while only five per
cent said they thought it would have a positive impact.
Of more than 3,000 teachers aged 35 and under who responded to the union's
survey, just 55 per
cent said they
planned to stay in the profession for more than five years.
Forty - three per
cent plan to start their ebook sales this year with most looking to kick off in the next few months, according to a pre-Christmas
survey of Australian booksellers conducted by Bookseller + Publisher.
Sarah Widmeyer, managing director and head
of Wealth Advisory Services, at the bank, said that even though 86 per
cent of parents
surveyed considered themselves good role models for financial
planning, some students were treating their parents like personal ATMs.
Only half
of those
surveyed knew that money in an RRSP could be used to help buy their first home, while just 28 per
cent knew it could be used to help further their education later in life under the lifelong learning
plan.
Nearly one - third
of Canadians now own exchange traded funds, according to the BlackRock ETF Pulse
survey, with 93 per
cent of these owners
planning on purchasing more ETFs over the next 12 months.
The poll conducted in January by Vision Critical found 15 per
cent of those
surveyed said they
planned to add to their U.S. investments, while another 15 per
cent were investing in emerging markets.
Despite those responses, 99 per
cent of those
surveyed indicated they felt it's very — or at least somewhat — important to discuss how they'll
plan their finances as a couple before saying, «I do.»
The Leger
survey for Credit Canada and the Financial
Planning Standards Council also found 34 per
cent of those polled keep financial secrets from their current romantic partner.
The Bank
of Montreal
survey found that 89 per
cent said they would have to rely on the CPP or the Quebec Pension
Plan when they stopped working.
Meanwhile, in addition to the average salary increase remaining relatively steady year over year, the
survey found that the percentage
of employers who
plan to freeze salaries appears to have stabilized at eight per
cent — in the same percentages as was projected in 2014.
«However, it's worth noting that there are more companies
planning an increase
of two per
cent or more, as compared to last year's
survey — 43 per
cent will be giving raises in the 2.6 to three per
cent range,» he said.
Of those surveyed who don't have a plan in place, 40 per cent assumed a friend or family member will take care of the responsibility if they pass awa
Of those
surveyed who don't have a
plan in place, 40 per
cent assumed a friend or family member will take care
of the responsibility if they pass awa
of the responsibility if they pass away.
And 81 per
cent of the studios
surveyed plan to submit for GTR on at least one project in the following year.
«In a
survey of its members conducted by SMART, 40 per
cent of respondents said they have been forced to reduce their staffing levels by one - quarter or more and expect that number to increase to half if the ban goes into effect as
planned in 2019.»
If you're a lawyer looking for work — or a change
of scene — you'll be glad to know that 44 per
cent of the 60 law firms that participated in this year's
survey plan to hire more lawyers in 2011.
It may provide some relief to newly called lawyers to hear that 45 per
cent of firms that responded to the Compensation
Survey plan to hire more lawyers in the coming year, 53 per
cent plan to keep the same number
of lawyers, and just two per
cent plan to downsize.
Indicative, too,
of the somewhat mercurial state
of the profession, the
survey shows only 45 per
cent of law firm respondents
plan to increase their associates» salaries in 2013, whereas 77 per
cent of corporate legal departments say they will bump up their lawyers» earnings.
A
survey by Sun Life Financial in late 2011 found that less than one - third
of Canadians expect to be fully retired at 66 and 48 per
cent plan to ease into retirement and continue working part time.
A 2007
survey of B.C. articling students showed 82.5 per
cent planned to pursue their legal careers in Vancouver or Victoria.
In this year's Legal Fees
Survey, 52 per
cent of respondents say they
plan to raise their fees in the year ahead.
Hays research has found that 59 per
cent of those
surveyed in the United Kingdom
plan to move jobs in the next 12 months, while 57 per
cent of UAE and 61 per
cent of Spanish residents said the same.
More than half (55 %)
of employers
surveyed said salaries will increase by a nominal three per
cent or less, one - third
plan to increase headcount and half
plan to stick with their current staff numbers.
According to the 2018 Hays Asia Salary Guide, nearly half
of all candidates
surveyed in Hong Kong
plan to change employers within the year and 41 per
cent are currently open to an offer.
An Indigenous Engagement
Survey conducted by the Business Council
of Australia (BCA) in 2014 revealed that almost 70 per
cent of respondent companies had Indigenous employment strategies and most respondents also indicated they
planned to recruit Indigenous employees in 2015.
«Professional REALTORS ® will be a vital part
of this growth as 82 per
cent of surveyed home buyers
plan to use a REALTORS ® in 2018 to guide them through their transaction.»
According to the latest
survey, 67 per
cent of Canadian homeowners say they are
planning to renovate over the next two years.
Of Canadians who
plan to buy a home within the next 18 to 24 months, 62 per
cent are renters and 48 per
cent are owners, says the
survey.
To make it possible to stay right where they are, just over half
of the boomers
surveyed intend to do some remodeling, while 19 per
cent plan on undertaking some major renovations.
The
survey also showed that 37 per
cent of millennials
planned to move within two years.
Twenty - one per
cent of boomers
surveyed anticipate making a real estate purchase in the next three years; 63 per
cent are not apprehensive about Canadian real estate, but have no
plans to purchase within three years; six per
cent are not considering a Canadian real estate purchase because
of the U.S. housing decline; and 10 per
cent do not know how they feel about Canadian real estate.