Respondent Profile
1/18
Can your business/organisation activities be described as falling into any of the following sectors?
Please tick all that apply.
Respondent Profile (Please answer question if you are a business)
2/18
How many employees does your business have?
Please tick the relevant answer.
Respondent Profile (Please answer question if you are a business)
3/18
Has your business led or benefitted from Foreign Direct Investment (into the UK)?
Please tick the relevant answer.
Respondent Profile
4/18
What forms of inward investment or investment
opportunities have you sought?
Please tick all that apply.
Government Support
5/18
What support, if any, have you received from UK government in securing investment or investing in the UK?
Government Support
6/18
The UK Government plays a pivotal role in supporting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). How might that role be made more effective? By direct centralised contact with government agencies, or through a network of regional one-stop-support offices?
Regulatory Environment
7/18
Is the UK policy environment sufficiently competitive? How might it be strenghened in attracting long term investment?
Please select from 1 (Very Little) to 10(Very Much) for each row.
How easy it is to employ or gain visas for staff in the UK?
Regulatory bodies or governance issues
Banking and financial regulations
Government Support
8/18
What are the UK's weaknesses in promoting inward investment?
Government Support
9/18
Are, for example, human rights policies, skill shortages or access to visas for entry to the UK appropriate in attracting inward investment? Should the benefits/contents of individual free trade agreements for inward investors be made available to target specific investors?
Government Support
10/18
What more information would inward investors require to succeed in the UK market?
Please tick all that apply.
Government Support
11/18
Have you engaged with any of the following UK financial/tax relief schemes to support inward investment?
Please select either 'no', 'aware' or 'accessed' for each of the following.
Innovate UK
Capital Gains Tax
Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme
Enterprise Investments Scheme
Venture Capital Trusts
Social Investment Tax Relief
Financial Issues
12/18
Should a central database of international trade advisors, legal and accountancy practitioners readily available by region and sector?
Please tick the relevant answer.
Regulatory Environment
13/18
What government policies are viewed as helpful/unhelpful in furthering your inward investment endeavours?
Please tick the relevant answer.
Strategy & Market Access
14/18
Should all public sector inward investment opportunities, including any voluntarily-placed private sector opportunities, be available on a national database?
Please tick the relevant answer.
Regulatory Environment
15/18
What role should the network of British Chambers of Commerce and overseas Britchams perform? Should these be accessed exclusively through the BCC UK? Or what other support should BCC be offering?
Strategy & Market Access
16/18
Who should provide UK market intelligence such as competitor analysis, market data, local pricing and payment advice to prospective investors?
Please tick all that apply.
Strategy & Market Access
17/18
What shape should government support take for FDI?
Please tick all that apply.