VoG RDP Business Plan Round 1 Evaluation
Economic Growth – Jobs created Whilst ten of the organisations participating in the Tourism Matters project had no additional employees, the remaining 8 businesses collectively employed 48 people. Furthermore, six of the participant organisations stated that levels of employment within their business had increased over the past 12 months. Participant businesses were then asked to state whether they felt the support they had received had been a contributory factor in this employment change, four of the respondent businesses stated that it had. In total, 12 additional employment posts were felt by respondent businesses to have been generated as a result of the support received; one full-time staff member, seven part-time staff, and four seasonal staff. Economic Growth – Turnover Businesses were also asked about any changes in turnover within their business. Figure 4 below illustrates that, when asked about trends in their business’ turnover during the last two years, the majority had experienced an increase in their turnover. Figure 4: Turnover Trends – Participant Businesses 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Decreased
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The businesses were then asked whether any change in turnover could be attributed to the support received. Seven of the nine participants who had experienced an increase in turnover felt that yes, they could attribute the increase in turnover to the support they’d received. A further four organisations who had either experienced no change in turnover or a decrease in turnover felt that the support they had received had reduced the scale of turnover reduction that they may have otherwise experienced. When asked to estimate the scale of additional impact, five of the nine businesses that had experienced an increase in turnover felt they had the ability to estimate the level of additionality, which collectively totalled almost £104,000 amongst these businesses. Again, if these figures are grossed up to reflect all seven businesses that attributed turnover increase to the support received this would equate to an estimated £145,000 of additional annual turnover.
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