November 2009 Customer Research
In November we surveyed our panel on their thoughts about the Labour and Conservative party conferences and how their policies affect UK business.
In terms of steering the economy out of a recession, who has the safer pair of hands?
To what extent do you expect the measures announced by the Government at the recent Labour Party Conference to affect the UK's economic situation?
To what extent do you think the measures announced by the Shadow government at the recent Conservative Party Conference will affect the UK's economic situation?
How clearly do you understand the Government's measures to support businesses made at the Labour Conference?
How clearly do you understand the Shadow government's measures to support businesses made at the Conservative Party Conference?
Which political party do you think better represents the interests of businesses in the UK?
Agree or disagree? The policies announced at the Labour Party Conference will do little to support small businesses.
Agree or disagree? The policies announced at the Conservative Party Conference would do little to support small businesses if they were elected.
Agree or disagree? The government's plans to tax and spend its way out of recession will choke entrepreneurialism in the UK
Other findings and comments
Media Alert sent from Man Bites Dog:
4th December 2009
SMEs non-plussed by Labour's Conference Announcements as PBR Looms
Ahead of the pre-budget report next week, a poll by simplybusiness.co.uk among small business owners casts doubt on the Government's proposed economic policies announced at the Labour Party Conference in September.
Business insurance comparator simplybusiness.co.uk polled small businesses on their reactions to the main parties' economic policies announced during the conference season.
Close to two thirds (72%) of small businesses expect the UK's current economic woes to worsen or remain the same under the measures announced by Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling in Brighton.
Only around a quarter (27%) expect any improvement.
Likewise, almost four fifths (78%) predict no improvement in the environment for small businesses. Less than a quarter (22%) back the government's small business policies.
Two thirds (65%) agree that the policies announced at the Labour conference will do little to support small businesses.
Yet less than half (42%) of small business owners feel the same about measures unveiled at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester.
As a result, a majority (51%) back David Cameron's Conservatives as the party that best represents the interests of UK business. Almost as many (49%) see the Tories as best placed to represent small businesses.
By contrast, only 33% back Labour on business, just 30% on small business. The Liberal Democrats garnered the support of only 8% of small business owners on both counts.
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John Sheard
Ken Rand Partners
Ken Rand Partners specialises in the field of Interior Architecture, including retail and commercial fit-outs, high quality office furniture, healthcare and education furniture and an in-house design function.
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Bill White
Lancashire Business Training
Lancashire Business Training is a new venture, specialising in IT training for businesses and individuals looking to enhance the skills of themselves or their workforce.
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