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4. Please indicate the trend you expect for your business over the coming year, that is whether you expect it to increase, decrease or remain the same, in the following areas:

	Increase	Decrease	Remain the same	Not applicable
Turnover/revenue	55	14	31	0
Selling prices	30	19	44	5
Exports	22	5	18	54
Employment	34	14	50	0
Profitability	47	18	32	1
Investment in new buildings	21	7	36	34
Investment in plant & machinery	37	5	32	25
Research & development	28	3	33	34

5. To what extent are the following constraining your ability to expand/grow your business? Please use a scale from 1 to 5 where 1 is not a constraint and 5 is a major constraint:

	1-LOW	2	3	4	5-HIGH
Cost of finance	30	16	23	16	12
Shortage of working capital	33	18	21	14	12
Shortage of long term finance	34	17	21	14	11
Regulations/red tape	20	17	29	18	14
Availability of skilled workforce	25	28	25	14	7
Shortage of orders/reduced demand	16	17	25	20	19

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