The Local Skills Improvement Plan (LSIP) is a national initiative aimed at understanding employer views and thoughts about the skills and training they need in their business. Your responses will help to understand how labour and skills shortages can be addressed across Kent and Medway.

Thank you for participating in this survey.

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* 1. Business Name

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* 2. Sector

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* 3. Number of Employees

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* 4. Main location in the region (by Local Authority)

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* 5. Have you recruited any staff in the last 12 months?

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* 6. Do you plan to recruit in the next

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* 7. Have you encountered any of the following issues when recruiting? (select all that apply)

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* 8. Are there any roles/trades that you find are more problematic to recruit to?

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* 9. Are there any skills that you feel new entrants to your industry lack?

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* 10. Have you or any of your staff done any training in the last 12 months?

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* 11. If No to Q10, what was the main reason you DID NOT engage in any training?

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* 12. Do you plan to do any staff training in the next

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* 13. If you or your staff have done any training was this: (select all that apply)

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* 14. What course level did you or your staff engage in? (select all that apply)

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* 15. Have you encountered any of these issues when seeking training/upskilling options? (select all that apply)

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* 16. Are there any skills that you feel are particularly hard to find training for?

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* 17. How confident are you that your organisation has the right skills to address the Net Zero agenda?

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* 18. How confident are you that your organisation has the right skills to address the increase in digital technologies?

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* 19. Is there anything else relating to skills, training or labour shortages that you would like to share with us?

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