COULD YOUR BUSINESS PROFITS BE IMPROVED QUESTIONAIRE
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Please fill out the following questionaire, print and fax it back to us on (01322) 299 699.
We will contact you to discuss how your business could be made more profitable:
   
Contact Name:
   
Company Name::
   
Type of business:
   
Postal Address:
   
Contact telephone number:
   
Contact fax number
   
email address:
   

For each statement, click a number between 1 and 5, where 1 means you strongly disagree and 5 means you strongly agree.

(In practice there is a question of judgement in each statement and the scores should reflect your strength of feeling either side of the mid-point of 3. If a question is not relevant to your business, leave it blank).

 
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Management
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We have written a Business Plan which was updated within the past year.
 

We have overcome the resistance to change and have no negative attitude.
 

Staff are asked for good ideas and are rewarded for them.
 

We measure performance regularly.
 

Staff training is balanced and directed where it is needed.
 

Internal meetings are structured and useful.
 

We have good internal controls which restrict the opportunity for theft and fraud.

Products and Services

          
           
We look after existing profitable customers
           
We continue to market when things get tough
           
We are profit driven and not sales motivated
           
We go to tender regularly but do not always buy from the cheapest supplier.
           
We have removed any part of the process and admin systems that do not add value
           
Working conditions and environment are excellent
           
We suffer minimal breakdowns of key equipment
           
Finance
          
Assets that the business needs generate an income-otherwise they are sold
           
We liquidate old and obsolete stock
           
We take up credit references and can refuse to supply where there is doubt
           
All sales are invoiced as soon as the supply is made
           

People pay us on time
           
Rolling cashflow forecasts are produced and we are honest about financing problems
           
We could not reduce our costs of finance
           
Please print the questionaire and fax it back to us on (01322) 299 699.
We will contact you to discuss how your business could be made more profitable: