State of the Region: What are the biggest challenges you face?

WE may be growing more optimistic that the economy has turned a corner and there are better times ahead but regional businesses still face significant challenges.

But what is the main challenge in your opinion? Is it difficulty in accessing finance from the banks or is it the lack of availability of skilled staff in the marketplace?

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Perhaps it is downward pressure on prices or the burden of too much regulation, or maybe tax issues or increased competition from lower cost centres abroad. We want to know what you think.

TheBusinessDesk.com’s annual State of the Region Survey is your chance to make your views known and find out what the region’s business community is thinking.

Our eight question survey takes less than a minute to complete and gives you the chance to make your views known.

We will be running a series of stories on the survey results from each of our Midlands, Yorkshire and North West regions in the early New Year, comparing the findings from the three.