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Coronavirus Survey 2
BUSINESS OWNERS AND SELF-EMPLOYED

Icon Coronavirus Follow Up Survey - Employers, self-employed and business owners

By sharing your experiences with us, we can ensure that your challenges are understood and your voice is heard.

This survey is for employers, businesses, freelancers and the self-employed within the conservation sector and should only take 10-15 minutes to complete. It will help us inform UK and devolved governments on the impact on our sector’s workforce and help tailor our support for conservators.

If you are an employee, please fill out our survey here.

By sharing your experiences with us, we can ensure that your challenges are understood and your voice is heard.
1.To avoid accidental duplicate responses from one business or organisation, please tell us:

All responses will be anonymised. 


2.Did you respond to Icon’s Coronavirus impact survey that ran from 16 April to 1 May 2020?
3.Are you an Icon member?
4.Which Icon Groups or Networks are you a member of (If applicable)?
5.What type of organisation do you represent? Please tick all that apply
6.Does your business/organisation work in or represent any of the following heritage areas? Please select all that apply.
7.Does your business/organisation work in or represent any of the following conservation specialisms?
8.In which of these geographic areas do you operate? Please tick all that apply.
9.How many people does your business or organisation employ?
10.What was your turnover/income for the 2019/2020 financial year?
11.What is the current work/ operational status of your organisation/ business?
12.Aproximately, how long do you estimate that your organisation can continue to trade/be a viable entity? (Please select the option that best applies. If you are unsure, please give your best estimate. If your organisation is not longer trading, please select 'Not applicable' option)
13.Has your organisation entirely paused trading or closed operations at any point since March 2020?
14.Why has your organisation had to temporarily or permanently close down operations?
15.How has the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic affected your business's revenue, compared with normal expectations for this time of year? (Please select the option that best applies. If you are unsure, please give your best estimate)
16.If you previously mentioned that your organisation's revenue decreased compared to its expected monthly revenue for this time of the year, which , if any, of the following have contributed to this? (Please select all that apply?)
17.In which , if any, of the following ways has your organisation had to adapt its business activities as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak? (Please select all that apply. If your business activity has not changed during the Coronavirus ( COVID-19) outbreak, please select the 'Not applicable' option.
18.Which, if any, of the following barriers has your organisation faced when adapting its business activities as a result of the Coronavirus ( COVID-19) outbreak? (Please select all that apply. If your organisation has not faced any barriers, please select the 'Not applicable' option). 
19.Which, if any, of the following types of mitigating actions has your organisation taken in order to maintain revenue or reduce costs in response to the Coronavirus ( COVID-19) outbreak? (Please select all that apply. If your organisation has not taken any mitigating actions, please select the ' Not applicable' option)
20.Approximately, what proportion of your business employees have been furloughed (i.e. granted temporary absence as part of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme)? ( Please select the option that best applies. If you are  unsure, please give your best estimate)
21.Thinking about the total number of employees you had just before the Coronavirus outbreak ( i.e. late February 20202)… Approximately, what proportion of your organisation's employees have been made redundant? ( Please select the option that best applies. If you are unsure, please give your best estimate?
22.The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme is due to continue until the end of March 20201. What does your business currently anticipate doing when the furlough scheme ends?
23.Please list three words that articulate your feelings about the likely health of your organisation or business at this moment in time.
24.If you are in private practice, which of the following best describes your plans:
25.What is the reason for your response?
26.Are you planning to stay in conservation related work?
27.If you are an ACR and don't currently have an upgraded listing in the Conservation Register, would you now consider taking out an upgraded listing in order to boost your visibility to potential clients?
28.If you are not an Icon Accredited member which of the following statements best reflect your plans for Icon Accreditation?
29.What is the reason for your response?
30.Which measures announced by the Government have you applied for? You can find out more about each of these measures on this page. Tick all that apply:
31.Have you been succesful in your applications for Government Support?
32.Did you apply for the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage administered by the National Lottery Heritage Fund?
33.Have you been commissioned to undertake work that has been supported by a Covid-related grant for cultural and heritage organisations such as the Heritage Stimulus Fund ( administered by Historic England)?
34.What further measures do you think the Government should introduce to support you and/or your organisation over the next 6 to 12 months?
35.Has the Covid-19 pandemic affected your mental health in any of the following ways?
36.Icon has provided the following types of support this year as a response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Which of these resources have you made use of? You can find them here 
37.What practical steps could Icon tackle to support the conservation profession in 2021 in addition to the resources that we have developed and the action we have taken in 2020??
38.We would welcome brief case studies or reflections on the experience of running a business during lockdown to inform our policy and advocacy work. If you have anything that you would like to share with us please do so.
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