Welcome to the latest Barometer survey.

This month's topic is:-

Choosing measures to improve market conditions

In the May survey, panellists reported that market conditions were difficult because of reduced sales, increasing costs, falling customer numbers and political uncertainty regarding the Euro. Which three of the following initiatives do you think that government should pursue in order to improve market conditions?

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Responses	372 Responses from 126 panellists
Reduce business taxes		55 (43.7%)
Reduce higher rates of personal tax		16 (12.7%)
Facilitate links between business angels and entrepreneurs		15 (11.9%)
Facilitate availability of venture capital funding		11 (8.7%)
Provide government grants for business		40 (31.7%)
Provide additional quantitative easing		8 (6.3%)
Require banks to make lending easier		71 (56.3%)
Create government funded projects to increase employment (e.g. infrastructure)		71 (56.3%)
Lower VAT		59 (46.8%)
Other, please specify		26 (20.6%)

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