Blackpool press coverage for survey results

The Blackpool Gazette has covered the launch of the Lancashire Business Survey.

In the article, survey sponsors Moore & Smalley look at what the results mean for the area.

Click here to see the Blackpool Gazette’s online coverage.

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Survey results hit the press

Various business magazines and newspapers have made mention of the Lancashire Business Survey results, announced yesterday.

Click here for the Lancashire Evening Post’s coverage, and here for EN magazine’s.

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Survey results announced

The results of the 2009 Lancashire Business Survey were announced this morning to a packed audience of Lancashire professionals.

David Gill, partner at Moore & Smalley, revealed the key results from the survey, at Preston Business Centre, as part of the launch event of the Downtown Preston In Business-organised Lancashire Business Week.

More than 150 questionnaires were completed since the launch of the survey back in April, and the results show a generally positive approach to business by local companies, despite the recession.

To see the survey, and the results of last year’s questions, click the ‘Reports’ button at the top of this page, or to download it use the button on the right.

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Just one week to go

There is now just one week to go before the results of the Lancashire Business Survey are unveiled.

David Gill, partner at Moore & Smalley, chartered accountants and business advisors, will officially unveil the results during the first day of Lancashire Business Week, on May 18.

The results will also be available to view on this website.

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Information is essential, reveals top city legal figure

The chief executive of Lancashire law firm Napthens has revealed the Lancashire Business Survey could help shape the advice experts at the practice give clients.

Ian Leigh said he is waiting on the results with interest, and revealed that such local information gleaned from some of the area’s top firms is essential for the way a busy legal practice works.

Mr Leigh said: “Information is key to any lawyer operating in a changing business environment like Preston.

“It is essential to know the concerns of companies in the region to really understand the advice they need, and the Lancashire Business Survey should help provide this sort of data.”

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Business expert looks ahead to results announcement

One of the city’s leading business figures has revealed the Lancashire Business Survey will highlight key changes needed to help the local economy thrive over the next year.

Danny Houghton, marketing and business development director at Moore & Smalley, has welcomed the survey which he says will help guide public and private policy during the next 12 months.

The survey is now closed to new entries, and Moore & Smalley partner David Gill will officially unveil the results during the first day of Lancashire Business Week, on May 18.

Danny said: “The Lancashire Business Survey asks some hard hitting questions which will get to the heart of what is important to the local business community.

“It is only through quizzing Lancashire businesses which are working in the area day-to-day, that we can hope to get a clear picture of what is helping and hindering them.

“I would call on those key decision makers in the county to sit up and take notice of the findings, and work to address the issues raised during the next 12 months to make some real progress.”

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Survey could help keep graduates in Lancashire

A top figure in Lancashire’s education sector has welcomed the Lancashire Business Survey as a way to help keep graduates in the county.

Bede Mullen, director of knowledge transfer at the University of Central Lancashire, has revealed UCLan will be watching the results with interest.

He said: “The university is interested in this survey because we want to make sure that the graduates that we produce are ready to go into employment, and more importantly, that we retain as many of them in the North West as possible.

“Anything which will help us find out about the skills needed by local employers is therefore of paramount importance to us, and I am looking forward with interest to seeing the results of this year’s survey.”

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One week to go

There is just one more week left to fill out the Lancashire Business Survey questionnaires.

The deadline is Thursday, April 30, when the survey organisers will begin to examine the answers ready to report back on the ground-breaking survey.

The results will then be announced on May 18, on the launch day of Lancashire Business Week.

The questionnaires are available to submit online, or to download and fill in before submitting by post.

For more information click here for our contact details.

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Book now for unveiling of the Lancashire Business Survey results

The results of the Lancashire Business Survey will be revealed on Monday, May 18, and interested parties are being given the chance to book a place at the special event.

The highly-anticipated study will be unveiled at the launch event of Lancashire Business Week, a series of events hosted by Downtown Preston In Business.

David Ingram, managing partner at chartered accountants and business advisers Moore & Smalley, will give a talk on the findings.

To book a place at the event, running from 11am to 1pm at Preston Business Centre, click here.

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Survey praise from LEP business editor

David Coates, business editor of the Lancashire Evening Post, has welcomed the Lancashire Business Survey as providing the ‘good, bad, ugly and accurate’ information needed by decision makers.

He said: “So much of today’s business news is based around anecdotal evidence rather than the hard and fast facts.

“This will spell out the good, the bad, the ugly and, most importantly, the accurate of what Lancashire businesses are seeing on the ground every day at the moment.

“The importance of this is not just to highlight the issues surrounding businesses at the moment but, with the decision makers in our country on heightened alert with election season looming, this is our chance to give them a truth they cannot dodge – and demand action.”

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