Bridport Health Check Retailer Survey 2025

1. About your business
How would you describe your town centre business?

National Multiple Outlet
Franchise Outlet
Independent Outlet

2. Please list the primary and secondary goods / services you retail:

3. How long has your business operated in Bridport:

First year
1 -5 years
5-10 years
Over 10 years

Comments:

4. How long has your business operated from existing site?

First year
1-5 years
5-10 years
Over 10 years

5. How many staff are employed in the business?

	Full time	Part time
None	None Full time	None Part time
Family staffing only	Family staffing only Full time	Family staffing only Part time
1	1 Full time	1 Part time
2	2 Full time	2 Part time
3-5	3-5 Full time	3-5 Part time
Over 5	Over 5 Full time	Over 5 Part time

6. How has trading been for you in the past year?

Better than the past year
Worse than past year
About the same
Not applicable (new business)

Comments:

7. What is your sense of the trading environment over the next 12 months?

Better
Worse
About the same

8. Are you considering changes to your business over the next two years?

Yes
No
Don't Know

Comments:

9. If you answered yes to Q8 and it involves an investment, then what will the investment be in?

10. Please complete the following SWOT frame for Bridport town centre

Strengths of Bridport Town Centre
Weaknesses of Bridport Town Centre
Opportunities for Bridport Town Centre
Constraints for Bridport Town Centre

Comments:

11. Any other comments you’d like to make about Bridport town centre:

12. All the comments and answers will be anonymised but if you are happy to give the name of your business or street name and number it would help as Caroline (BTC Project Manager) will try to get to as many retail outlets as possible with a paper copy if the response is limited! Caroline will not be sharing who said what. However it is perfectly fine if you would prefer not to.

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