MTA Business Survey – February 2025

Trends for sales and orders are month-on-month comparisons (we don’t publish a value total); if you don’t have the figures for January to hand, please enter “don’t know” – if you replied to the previous survey, we can use the figure you supplied then.

1) What is your level of business confidence compared to the previous month?(Required)
4) What was your level of inquiries compared to the previous month?(Required)
5 Compared to the start of the month, do you expect your overall activity level by the end of March to be:(Required)
6) If you supply automation equipment, do you offer finance solutions to your customers? (please tick all options that apply)
7) As a supplier of automation equipment, when discussing with a finance provider, what level of detail about the project do you share with the provider? (please tick all options that apply)
8) As a supplier of automation equipment, have you lost a project due to issues related to finance? If so, why? (please tick all options that apply)
9) As a supplier of automation equipment, have you offered your customer a servitisation model for provision of equipment, i.e. customer pays based on output rather than purchasing the hardware ?
10) As a supplier of automation equipment, if it helped secure finance, would you provide an option to buy back some or all of the hardware provided?