SLTA ON TRADE SCOTLAND SURVEY JANUARY 25
THANKS FOR COMPLETING OUR SURVEY
1.
How was trading during Xmas / NY 24 versus Xmas / NY 23 ?
Significantly higher ( 10% + growth)
Slight growth of up to 9%
About the same
Slight decline of up to 9%
Significant decline ( 10% + decline)
Don't know / not relevant
2.
How was trading for calendar year 2024 versus 2023 /
Significantly higher ( 10% + growth)
Slight growth of up to 9%
About the same
Slight decline of up to 9%
Significant decline ( 10% + decline)
Don't know / not relevant
3.
How many outlets are part of your group
Single outlet
2-10
11-50
51+
4.
What are the biggest changes you are seeing in customer purchases when they visit eg more cocktails / more food / less wine / more low alcohol products etc?
5.
Is staff availability impacting on trading ?
Yes and has reduced opening
Yes, but we have maintained opening hours
No
6.
Are you facing an increase in your businesses' rateable values?
Yes, over 50% increase
Yes, over 25%
Yes, over 10%
Yes up to 10%
No, they are stable or only changing marginally
No, they are decreasing by up to 10%
No, they are decreasing by over 10%
Don't know
7.
Are you still facing rising costs from suppliers and in staffing ?
Yes they are still increasing significantly (over 10%)
Yes (2-9%)
They are stable or only increasing slightly
They are decreasing
8.
How do you expect the overall Scottish economy to perform in 2025?
Grow
Decline
About the same
9.
What is your forecast trading performance in 2024?
We expect to grow organically
We expect to grow via acquisition
About the same
We expect to decline
We expect significant decline
We are either planning to, or seriously considering closure
10.
Do you think the pending changes to employer's NI will impact on your staffing?
It will have zero or minimal impact
Don't know
Yes, and we will carry the costs
Yes, and we will adjust staffing levels to reduce the impact
Other (please specify)
11.
Do you expect your business to be profitable in 2025
We are profitable and we expect an increase
We are profitable and expect to remain stable
We are break-even and expect to become profitable
We are break-even and expect this to continue
We are loss making and expect this to continue
We are profitable or break-even but we expect to become loss making
12.
We have recently seen a revival in stout sales, what do you think will be the next big trend?
Current Progress,
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