1、www.british-business-bank.co.uk britishbbank 2017 Business Finance Survey: SMEs A report by Ipsos MORI to the British Business Bank February 2018 www.british-business-bank.co.ukSlide 2 Contents Background and methodology slide 3 Awareness of different types of finance slide 5 Finance use and applica
2、tion slide 10 Alternative finance slide 34 Trade credit slide 39 Perceptions of raising finance and future use slide 43 Growth slide 49 Leaving the EU slide 53 Summing up slide 61 www.british-business-bank.co.ukSlide 3 Survey Methodology 2,070 CATI interviews conducted between 30thAugust and 7th Nov
3、ember 2017 with average interview length of 25 minutes SMEs defined as businesses having 0 to 249 employees Quotas set by employment size, sector and region Interviews with person responsible for managing business finances Data weighted to BEISs Business Population Estimates 2016 (BPE) by size and s
4、ector: 855 with no employees interviewed (weighted to 76%) 700 micros (1-9) interviewed (weighted to 20%) 331 small (10-49) interviewed (weighted to 4%) 184 medium (50-249) interviewed (weighted to 1%) Findings labelled by an asterisk mean less than half a per cent but not zero www.british-business-
5、bank.co.ukSlide 4 Background In 2012, BIS commissioned a new survey exploring the stages SMEs go through when considering the need to raise external finance and the specific actions they take (1,500 SMEs interviewed by CATI) Survey was repeated in 2014 (1,000 SMEs interviewed), in 2015 (1,608 SMEs)
6、and 2016 (1,535 SMEs) 2017 survey is based on 2,070 interviews with SMEs. Some new questions were added, but core questions remain the same enabling comparison over time Statistically significant changes between the 2016 and 2017 surveys (at 95% confidence level) are identified by circles (increases