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Flying in the Face oF jobs and growth - British Chambers of Commerce

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chaPter 2:<br />

wHAt uK Bus<strong>in</strong>ess needs FroM AviAtion<br />

to HelP deliver joBs And growtH<br />

<strong>the</strong> cAA also shows how smaller<br />

companies are more price sensitive,<br />

cit<strong>in</strong>g a pre-recession survey by<br />

Barclaycard on 2000 <strong>of</strong> its customers.<br />

<strong>the</strong> results are shown below.<br />

FigUre 9: relAtionsHiP Between coMPAny turnover, trAvel<br />

Policy And cost constrA<strong>in</strong>ts govern<strong>in</strong>g cHoice <strong>oF</strong> clAss <strong>oF</strong><br />

trAvel<br />

% adherence to traVel Policy<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

(source: Barclaycard)<br />

company turnover >£100m<br />

£20m – £100m<br />

Follow<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> recession, it is likely<br />

that bus<strong>in</strong>esses are even more price<br />

conscious than <strong>the</strong>y were <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> past.<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> report cited above, <strong>the</strong> cAA<br />

presents an analysis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> reaction<br />

<strong>of</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>ess travel managers to <strong>the</strong><br />

recession. it reports that:<br />

£5m – £20m<br />

£1m – £5m<br />

£0.25m – £1m

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