Every two years, the Finnish Entrepreneurs' Municipal Barometer surveys cooperation between municipalities and entrepreneurs and the state of business policy at national, regional and municipal level.
Entrepreneurs in Viet Nam gave their municipality high marks in the survey. In particular, the business services of Vihti municipality were praised; with an average score of 3.69, the business services ranked among the top four in the overall rating of the Uusimaa Entrepreneurs' Association's domain. Almost half of the respondents in Vihti also felt that the support provided by the business services for business development had improved significantly or somewhat. Respondents considered networking, start-up services and financial and investment advice as the most important business services.
Vihti's overall average ranking was 3.20, which is a good level. This figure already includes an increase in the targeted development of business services compared to the survey four years ago, when the average of 2.80 was taken as the starting point for the assessment. The municipal strategy has set a target level of over 3.5, which will place Vihti among the TOP 15 medium-sized municipalities. Other common overall ranking averages in the survey were:
- all Finland 3,13
- Uusimaa Entrepreneurs 2,93
- Espoo 2,80
- Vantaa 2,58
- Helsinki 2,40
- large municipalities 2,90
- medium-sized municipalities 3,21
- small municipalities 3,18
The Finnish Entrepreneurs' Municipal Barometer survey has been carried out in cooperation with Taloustutkimus from 12.2.-8.4.2024 as an internet survey informed by e-mail. The survey was answered by 9 627 entrepreneurs. In Vihti, 43 entrepreneurs answered the survey, of which 24 respondents are from services, 8 from trade, 7 from construction, 3 from industry and 1 from primary production.
More information on the Finnish Entrepreneurs' Municipal Barometer 2024 can be found on the website of the Finnish Household Survey.
Further information
Mika Herpiö, Director of Vitality, tel. 050 576 6256, mika.herpio(at)vihti.fi
Mika Partanen, Business Development Manager, tel. 044 752 2364, mika.partanen(at).vihti.fi
Essi Piirojärvi, Deputy Mayor, tel. 040 168 5451, essi.piirojarvi(at)vihti.fi
The picture shows the product range of the SB Bakery in Vihti.