Constraints on growth
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8. To what extent are the following constraints on 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 | 31 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 10 |
| Shortage of working capital | 36 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 11 |
| Shortage of long term finance | 39 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 10 |
| Regulations/red tape | 17 | 17 | 28 | 20 | 18 |
| Availability of skilled workforce | 17 | 18 | 29 | 22 | 14 |
| Shortage of orders/reduced demand | 25 | 22 | 22 | 14 | 15 |
9. Could you indicate approximately how quickly your sales invoices are currently paid in average days?
13
1 - 7 days
23
8-29 days
39
30-59 days
13
60-89 days
5
90-119 days
3
120+ days
10. One issue related to the availability of a skilled workforce is that skilled labour is leaving some countries to work in others. To what extent has the movement of skilled labour to other countries impacted your company? Has it had a…
3
Strong positive impact
11
Positive impact
68
Neither
13
Negative impact
3
Strong negative impact
