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PAINT&PANEL JULY / AUGUST 2020
20 SURVIVING THE PANDEMIC SPECIAL #2 • 22 USED CAR OPPORTUNITIES
  INDUSTRY SURVEY RESULTS
                    PAINT & PANEL HAS BEEN KEEPING A FINGER ON THE PULSE OF THE INDUSTRY DURING LOCKDOWN AND BEYOND.
 HANKS TO THE 151 RESPONDENTS TO THIS SECOND
survey of how the industry was travelling in May.
On the whole there is a great deal of confidence in the future, albeit cautious confidence which is un- derstandable given the landscape is changing daily and
the future impossible to predict.
WHERE WERE RESPONDENTS FROM?
The vast majority stayed open with business hours as usual.
 YOU STAYED OPEN BUT IT WAS:
                       5.74% SHORTER HOURS 3.28% LESS DAYS OPEN 8.20% BOTH SHORTER HOURS AND LESS DAYS 82.79% BUSINESSHOURSASUSUAL
                                                                                                                         21.19% QLD 31.13% NSW 21.85% VIC 9.93% SA 10.60% ACT 3.31% TAS 1.99% NT
                                                               STAFF RETENTION
DID YOU LET STAFF GO AS SOON AS LOCKDOWN WAS ANNOUNCED?
HAVE YOU LET STAFF GO IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS?
                                                                                                  Of the respondents 68.2% were Metro repairers, 29.80% were country repairers and 1.99% were heavy vehicle repairers. Just 3.97% went into hibernation and of those all had reopened their doors, barring one who had closed the business.
YES
10.48%
NO
89.52%
YES
21%
NO
             78.23%
                  






































































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