Overall Survey Results:

SME Survey - Protecting your business

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Are you:

Answer

100%

Number of
Response(s)

Response
Ratio

Setting up a new business

29.8%

Running an existing business?

70.1%

No Response(s)

0.0%

Totals

104

100%

If you had to name your biggest legal/financial fear, what would it be?

Answer

100%

Number of
Response(s)

Response
Ratio

business downturn/recession

41.3%

credit card or internet fraud

5.7%

cost of implementing new legislation

1.9%

being sued over health and safety issues

6.7%

bad debt

15.3%

facing an employment tribunal

5.7%

being taken to court by another company

13.4%

Other

9.6%

No Response(s)

0.0%

Totals

104

100%

Do you/will you use any of the following in your business:

1 = Planning to , 2 = Used once/rarely , 3 = Using regularly

Answer

Number of
Response(s)

Rating
Score*

Terms and Conditions of Business

2.2

Order forms

2.2

Confidentiality agreement

2.3

Consultancy agreement

2.2

Employment contract

2.2

Other

2.2

*The Rating Score is the weighted average calculated by dividing the sum of all weighted ratings by the number of total responses.

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1 = Planning to , 2 = Used once/rarely , 3 = Using regularly

Answer	1	2	3
Terms and Conditions of Business	32 (33.3%)	9 (9.4%)	55 (57.3%)
Order forms	16 (25.0%)	18 (28.1%)	30 (46.9%)
Confidentiality agreement	19 (22.9%)	24 (28.9%)	40 (48.2%)
Consultancy agreement	15 (20.8%)	24 (33.3%)	33 (45.8%)
Employment contract	27 (34.2%)	10 (12.7%)	42 (53.2%)
Other	6 (28.6%)	4 (19.0%)	11 (52.4%)

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Answer

Number of
Response(s)

Rating
Score*

Terms and Conditions of Business

33%

57%

2.2

Order forms

25%

28%

47%

2.2

Confidentiality agreement

23%

29%

48%

2.3

Consultancy agreement

21%

33%

46%

2.2

Employment contract

34%

13%

53%

2.2

Other

29%

19%

52%

2.2

Where do you/will you source these contracts? Please click all that apply

Answer

100%

Number of
Response(s)

Response
Ratio

A lawyer or legal firm

23.8%

I make them myself from documents I find or am already using

29.5%

Ready-made templates from a trusted source eg Trade Association

19.3%

Ready-made templates from a contracts publisher

23.2%

Other

3.9%

Totals

176

100%

What have you spent/do you intend to spend on your legal documents:

Answer

100%

Number of
Response(s)

Response
Ratio

They were free /I have no budget for contracts

21.1%

Less than £50

15.3%

More than £50

13.4%

More than £200

26.9%

Thousands of pounds

13.4%

Prefer not to say

4.8%

Other

4.8%

No Response(s)

0.0%

Totals

104

100%

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Answer	Number of Response(s)
First Name	98
Last Name	98
Job Title	84
Company Name	87
Email Address	95
Address 1	77
City	80

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