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SMALL ENTERPISES INSTITUTE
GSEVEE 46
Aristotelous
str., GR-104 33 Athens, Τel.:
+30 210 8846852, Fax:
+30 210 8846853
www.imegsevee.gr,
maRc A.E.Marketing Research Communication
maRc A.E.Marketing Research Communication
ee--mailmail::
[email protected]@marc.gr
SURVEY SPECIFICATIONS
The survey was carried out by marc S.A. –Registered under NCRTV No. 1 (ONE), in the framework of the subproject 3 “Repeated GSEVEE studies-polls on issues of interest for small enterprises” in the framework of the action “Reinforcing GSEVEE institutional and operational capacity”. The action is co-financed by Greece and the European Union in the framework of the Operational Programme “Human Resources Development” ON REQUEST OF ........................... IME GSEVEE
POPULATION UNDER COSIDERATION… Small and micro enterprises as a whole (0-49 employees).
SAMPLE SIZE .............................. 1.200 enterprises
PERIOD ........................................ 24 - 31 January 2011
AREA ............................................ Pan-Hellenic coverage
SAMPLING METHOD .................... Multistage random sampling using quota based on sector and
geographical distribution.
METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION .. Telephone interviews based on an electronic questionnaire.
marc S.A.. .................................. Member of SEDEA (Association of Greek Market & Opinion Research
Companies), ESOMAR, WAPOR and respects the PESS regulation (on
Quality Control for Data Collection) and the international codes of
conduct on carrying out and publishing public opinion surveys..
SAMPLE STRUCTURE
SECTOR Trade 37,1
Manufacture 24,3
Services 38,6
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
With no employees 34,1
1 person 21,5
2-4 persons 27,4
5-9 persons 10,5
10 and more persons 6,5
TURNOVER Below EUR 100 thousand 51,3
EUR 100-300 thousand 28,1
Above EUR 300 thousand 18,0
NA 2,6
AREA Attica basin 36,6
Rest of Greece 63,4
You consider that the situation of your enterprise during the last half of 2010:
was improved
2,4%
was deteriorated
84,2%
remainedunchanged
13,2%NA
0,2%
1,8 82,5 15,4 0,3
3,4 87,0 9,3 0,2
3,7 75,5 20,4 0,5
3,3 83,4 13,4
1,3 88,6 9,9 0,2
2,6 78,2 17,9 1,3
4,8 82,5 12,7
3,7 79,3 16,5 0,6
0,8 88,7 10,5
1,7 87,3 11
1,9 84,2 13,4 0,4
2,7 83,6 13,7
2,7 84,5 12,6 0,2
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
SECTOR
Trade
Manufacture
Services
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
With no employees
1 person
2-4 persons
5-9 persons
10 and more persons
TURNOVER
Below 100 thousand
100-300 thousand
Above 300 thousand
AREA
Attica
Rest of Greece
Improved Deteriorated Unchanged NA
ASSESSMENT OF THE LAST HALF (2nd
HALF of 2010)
‐per category
‐
PROSPECTS (JULY
2010) AND REAL SITUATION
(JANUARY
2011) FOR THE 2nd
HALF OF 2010
COMPARATIVE DATA OF IME GSEVEE SURVEYS JULY
2010 ‐
JANUARY 2011
ImprovementDeterioration
No changeNA
2,4
84,2
13,2
0,3
7,2
67,1
17,2
8,5
The situation in the 2nd half of 2010 The prospects on the 2nd half of 2010
IME GSEVEE preceding survey in July 2010 recorded a negative outlook by 67,1%
of the respondents,
which turned out to be rather optimistic, as based on the January 2010 survey
this figure hiked at 84,2,%.
January
2011
survey July
2010
survey
You anticipate that the situation of your enterprise during the
next half (1
st
half of 2011):
will be improved6,7%
will be deteriorated
68,0%
will remain unchanged
19,9%
NA5,4%
The prospects on the 1st half of the current year are ominous according to
68% of entrepreneurs
surveyed. Pessimism seems to be greater in the trade and services sector (with figures
above the 69%
of entrepreneurs surveyed).
JANUARY 2011
JANUARY JANUARY 20112011
JULY2010JULYJULY20102010
FEBRUARY2010
FEBRUARYFEBRUARY20102010
COMPARATIVE DATA TO IME GSEVEE PRECEDING SURVEYS
67,1%67,1%
71,8%71,8%
55,4%55,4%
84,2%84,2%
68,0%68,0%
80,2%80,2%
Enterprises’
situation increasingly deteriorates, and so are the prospects which become even more
ominous,
a
fact that
validates
GSEVEE
concerns
on further deterioration
of the situation.
Enterprises’
assessments,
recorded in the preceding IME GSEVEE surveys
(July
2010, February
2010), turned out to be moderate compared to the real situation (January
2011).
Under the existing conditions and the current prospects as far as the crisis is concerned, do
you consider probable or not that your enterprise will face grave problems in operating
during the period to come to an extent that it will be at risk of shutting down?
Very probable26,8%
Fairly probable25,9%
Not very probable20,7%
Not at all probable25,1% DK/NA
1,5%
Very
& Fairly
probable: 52,7%Very
& Fairly
probable: 52,7%
Not very & not at all probable: 45,8%
Not very & not at all probable: 45,8%
In absolute numbers 225.000 enterprises are “in the red”
(26,8%), while
for another 215.000
enterprises (25,9%) it
seems
fairly probable facing
the risk of closing down.
* The possible closures imply the
risk of a 320.000 posts loss in total (employers, self-employed,employees).
FEAR OF A PROBABLE CLOSURE OF BUSINESS
COMPARATIVE CHART OF JANUARY 2011 ‐
JULY
2010 ‐
MAY 2009
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
May 2009July 2010January 2011
11,7
44,4
52,7
Compared to July 2010 survey,
where
a
risk of closure was faced by about 175.000 enterprises, in
the new survey there are recorded 50.000 enterprises more “in the red”, reaching a total of 225.000 enterprises.
Do you consider that an expansion of malls will lead to new closures or it will not affect
considerably the local markets?
It will lead to new closures
87,1%
It will not considerably
affect6,8%
NA6,1%
Almost 9 in 10 entrepreneurs estimate that the expansion of shopping centres
like
Mall will lead to market centralisation
and to more closures. 88% of the entrepreneurs in trade sector point out this risk.
TURNOVER TURNOVER ((ASSESSMENTASSESSMENT) )
Can you indicate whether during the second half of
2010
the turnover of your enterprise
was increased, decreased, or remained unchanged?
Increased6,2%
Decreased80,2%
Remainedunchanged
13,5%
NA0,1%
The vast majority (80,2%) of the respondents states a turnover decrease during the 2nd half of 2010. The greatest losses were recorded in the enterprises of the self-
employed by a 87%.
TURNOVERTURNOVER
PROSPECTS (JULY
2010) AND REAL SITUATION
(JANUARY 2011) FOR THE
2nd HALF of 2010
COMPARATIVE DATA OF IME GSEVEE SURVEYS OF JULY 2010
‐
JANUARY 2011
ImprovementDeterioration
No changeNA
6,2
80,2
13,5
0,1
9,3
65,6
18,6
6,5
Situation in the 2nd half of 2010 The prospects on the 2nd half of 2010
It is noteworthy that the negative prospects
(65,6%) recorded for this
period of time in
a
preceding ΙΜΕGSEVEE
survey (July 2010) were moderate compared to the assessment in the
present survey(80,2%)..
January 2011
survey July 2010
survey
TURNOVER TURNOVER ((PROSPECTPROSPECT))
During the next half (i.e. the 1st half of 2011) do you anticipate that the turnover of your
enterprise will be increased, decreased, or it will remain unchanged?
It will be increased
6,3%
It will be decreased
70,0%
It will remainunchanged
20,8%
NA2,9%
DEMAND DEMAND ((ASSESSMENTASSESSMENT) )
The demand for the products or services that your enterprise offers
during the last half (2nd
half of 2010):
was increased6,2%
was decreased78,3%
remained unchanged
15,4%
NA0,1%
The
greatest problem with regard to demand decrease
was faced by the 80,5% of manufacture enterprises surveyed.
DEMANDDEMAND
PROSPECTS
(JULY
2010)
AND REAL SITUATION (JANUARY 2011) FOR THE
2nd HALF OF 2010
COMPARATIVE DATA OF IME GSEVEE SURVEYS OF JULY 2010 ‐ JANUARY 2011
ImprovementDeterioration
No changeNA
6,2
78,3
15,4
0,1
9,2
63,8
19,6
7,4
The situation in the 2nd half of 2010 The prospects on the 2nd half of 2010
The
prospects for a decrease in demand (63,8%), recorded in a preceding IME GSEVEE survey (July 2010), turned out to be optimistic as well, as the actual deterioration raised at 78,3%.
January 2011
survey July 2010
survey
DEMAND DEMAND ((PROSPECTPROSPECT) )
Do you anticipate that the demand for the products or services that your enterprise offers
during the next half (1st
half of
2011):
will be increased7,6%
will be decreased
70,5%
will remain unchanged
19,1%
NA2,8%
LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY ((ASSESSMENTASSESSMENT) )
The liquidity in your enterprise during the last half (2nd half of 2010):
was increased3,0%
was decreased84,3%
remained unchanged
12,5%
NA0,2%
LIQUIDITYLIQUIDITY
PROSPECTS (JULY 2010) AND REAL SITUATION
(JANUARY
2011) FOR THE
2nd HALF OF
2010
COMPARATIVE DATA OF IME GSEVEE SURVEYS JULY
2010 ‐
JANUARY 2011
ImprovementDeterioration
No changeNA
3,0
84,3
12,5
0,2
8,5
66,9
17,8
6,8
The situation in the 2nd half of 2010 The prospects on the 2nd half of 2010
In a preceding IME GSEVEE survey (July
2010), the prospects on liquidity during the 2nd half of 2010 were
negative by a 66,9% of the respondents,
a fact that turned out to be moderate , as a decrease in liquidity was recorded eventually by a 84,3%.
January
2011
survey July
2010
survey
LIQUIDITY LIQUIDITY ((PROSPECTPROSPECT) )
Do you anticipate that liquidity in your enterprise during the next half
(1st half of
2011):
will be increased5,6%
will be decreased
74,3%
will remain unchanged
17,6%
NA2,5%
More than 7 enterprises out of 10
anticipate a decrease in their liquidity during the 1st half of 2011.
Worse hit is a 78,9% of low turnover enterprises (<
EUR 100.000), as well as
76,7% of enterprises with one employee.
ORDERS ORDERS ((ASSESSMENTASSESSMENT) )
Orders towards your suppliers during the last half
(2nd half of 2010):
were increased4,3%
were decreased79,5%
remained unchanged
12,3%
NA3,9%
82,9% of commercial enterprises recorded a decrease in orders during the 2nd half of 2010. Overall, about 8 entrepreneurs out of 10 recorded a decrease in their orders during this period.
ORDERSORDERS
PROSPECTS (JULY
2010) AND REAL SITUATION
(JANUARY
2011) FOR THE
2nd HALF
OF
2010
COMPARATIVE DATA OF IME GSEVEE SURVEYS OF JULY 2010 ‐
JANUARY 2011
ImprovementDeterioration
No changeNA
4,3
79,5
12,3
3,9
8,1
64,4
17,4
10,1
The situation in the 2nd half of 2010 The prospects on the 2nd half of 2010
A 64,4% of respondents to IME GSEVEE survey in July 2010 anticipated a deterioration in its
orders, a fact
not confirmed by the new survey
of January 2011, where this figure hiked at79,5%.
ORDERS ORDERS ((PROSPECTPROSPECT) )
Do you anticipate that orders towards your suppliers during the next half
(1st half of
2011):
will be increased5,3%
will be decreased
70,8%
will remain unchanged
18,2%
NA5,7%
INVESTMENT ACTIVITY INVESTMENT ACTIVITY ((ASSESSMENTASSESSMENT) )
The investment activity of your enterprise during the last half
(2nd half of 2010):
was increased3,8%
was decreased45,3%
remained unchanged
39,4%
NA11,5%
The assessment in the present survey showed that for 45,3% there was a decrease in its investment activity, while, additionally, the 39,4% of the respondents that have not changed their investment activity possibly suggests a low or zero level of investment.
INVESTMENT ACTIVITY INVESTMENT ACTIVITY ((PROSPECTPROSPECT) )
Do you anticipate that the investment activity of your enterprise during the next half
(1st half of
2011):
will be increased3,3%
will be decreased
43,2%
will remain unchanged
39,7%
NA13,8%
Almost
48% of commercial enterprises estimates that it will proceed in decreasing its investment outlays during the 1st half of 2011.
1,9
70,5
5,1
2,6
7,8
8,6
0,3
0,4
1,8
1,0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Increased by 1
Increased by2
Increased by 3
Increased by more than 3
decreased by 1
decreased by 2
decreased by 3
decreased by more than 3
remained stable
NA
EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT ((ASSESSMENTASSESSMENT) )
The staff of your enterprise during the last 6 months ( 2nd half of
2010) was increased,
decreased, or it remained stable?
3,5
24,1
increased3,5%
decreased24,1%
remained stable70,5%
NA1,9%
24,1% of the respondents stated that it proceeded in a staff reduction during the 2nd half of 2010, while
only a 3,5% proceeded in an increase. The net rate of enterprises that proceeded in a staff reduction is
20,6%.
Therefore, following a moderate scenario and according to IME GSEVEE elaboration, it is estimated that there were about 100.000 jobs lost during the 2nd half of 2010.
The aforementioned lost jobs build on 88.000
more jobs estimated to be lost during the 1st half of 2010, according to the preceding IME GSEVEE survey (July 2010).
EMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT
PROSPECTS (JULY
2010) AND REAL SITUATION
(JANUARY
2011) FOR THE
2nd HALF OF
2010
COMPARATIVE DATA OF JULY
2010 –
JANUARY
2011
SURVEYS
IncreaseDecrease
No changeNA
3,5
24,1
70,5
1,9
2,4
21,2
62,7
13,7
The situation in the 2nd half of 2010 The prospects on the 2nd half of 2010January
2011
survey July
2010
survey
to be increased4,9%
to be decreased27,2%
to remainthe same 64,6%
ΝΑ3,3%
EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT ((OUTLOOKOUTLOOK) )
During the 6 months
to come (1st half of 2011) do you consider most probable the staff of
your enterprise to be increased, decreased, or to remain the same?
‐
Reduced to enterprises having employees
‐
More than
1 in 4 enterprises estimate that they will have to reduce their staff during the first half of 2011. According to IME GSEVEE estimations, and following a moderate scenario, this counts for 110.000 jobs being in an insecure state.
3,5 24,1 70,5 1,9
3,8 45,3 39,7 11,4
4,3 79,5 12,3 3,9
3,0 84,3 12,5 0,2
6,2 78,3 15,4 0,1
6,2 80,2 13,5 0,1
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
TURNOVER
DEMAND
LIQUIDITY
ORDERS
INVESTMENTS
EMPLOYMENT
Increase Decrease No change NA
ASSESSMENT OF THE LAST HALF
SUMMARY CHART
4,1 18,3 73,1 4,6
3,3 43,2 39,7 13,8
5,3 70,8 18,2 5,7
5,6 74,3 17,6 2,5
7,6 70,5 19,1 2,8
6,3 70,0 20,8 2,9
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
TURNOVER
DEMAND
LIQUIDITY
ORDERS
INVESTMENTS
EMPLOYMENT
Increase Decrease No change NA
PROSPECT ON THE NEXT HALF
SUMMARY CHART
COMPARISON WITH PRECEDING SURVEYS
TURNOVER
* Decrease
** It will be further decreased
DEMAND
* Decrease
** It will be further decreased
LIQUIDITY
* Decrease
** It will be further decreased
ORDERS
*Decrease
** It will be further decreased
INVESTMENTS
* Decrease
** It willl be further decreased
STAFF
* Decrease
** It will be further decreased
45,3
* Decrease recorded in the preceding half
** Decrease expected for the forthcoming half
1,5
2,1
4,1
5,5
15,4
10,6
1,3
10
5,8
15,8
4,8
10
5,3
7,8
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Up to 10% decrease
About 15% decrease
About 20% decrease
About 25% decrease
About 30% decrease
About 35% decrease
About 40% decrease
About 45% decrease
About 50% decrease
More than 50% decrease
No change
Slight increase
Significant increase
NA
Overall, which was the per cent difference observed in your turnover in 2010
compared to the 2009 turnover?
86,8%
6,2%Average turnover decrease: 30%
Overall, which was the per cent difference observed in your turnover in 2010
compared to the 2009 turnover?
‐Based on sector‐
SECTOR
Trade Manufacture Services
Up to 10% decrease 9,7 7,5 6
About 15% decrease 6,7 3,1 5,2
About 20% decrease 11,7 6,5 10,6
About 25% decrease 4,9 5,1 4,5
About 30% decrease 15,7 15,1 16,4
About 35% decrease 6,3 4,5 6
About 40% decrease 9,7 9,2 10,8
About 45% decrease 1,6 1 1,1
About 50% decrease 9,2 12,7 10,6
More than 50% decrease 11,9 20,9 15,3
No change 4,9 5,8 5,8
Slight increase 3,8 4,1 4,3
Significant increase 2,2 3,1 1,3
NA 1,6 1,4 1,9
Average turnover decreaseAverage turnover decrease 28%28% 32%32% 30%30%
All three sectors show similar figures regarding turnover decrease. However, it is noteworthy that in manufacture sector more than 1 in 5 enterprises show a turnover decrease above
50%, a figure much higher than the one in trade (11,9%) and services (15,3%).
During the last 6 months period
(2nd half of 2010) have you been facing difficulties in
paying employees’
wages in time?
‐Radix: Enterprises with employees during the last half of the year‐
Yes, major24,3%
Yes, some times19,9%
No particularly40,4%
NA15,4%
44,2%
44,2% of entrepreneurs surveyed states that it faced problems in paying wages in time.
Barely 4 entrepreneurs out of
10 hadn’t any difficulty in paying wages in time.
Did you have to, even for a short run, reduce working days or hours for some employees?
‐Radix: Enterprises with employees during the last half of the year (2nd half of 2010)‐
Yes30,2%
No54,5%
NA15,3%
More than 1 out of
2 respondents state that they didn’t have to reduce working hours or days for some employees during the 2nd half of 2010.
39,5% of manufacture enterprises stated that it had to reduce working hours, while 44% of enterprises with 5 to 9 employees had to implement the same practice as well.
Did you have to reduce some employees’
salaries?
‐Radix: Enterprises with employees during the last half of the year (2nd half of 2010)‐
Yes, for some of them8,0%
Yes, for all of them7,6%
No69,0%
NA15,4%
15,6%
Almost 7 in
10 entrepreneurs stated that for the time being they didn’t have to reduce employees’
salaries. However, 15,6% of respondents had to proceed in wages cuts partially or fully.
How probable do you consider that you will have to reduce your employees’
wages or
working hours during the half to come
(1st half of 2011)?
‐Radix: Enterprises with employees
‐
Fairly probable (almost certain)
31,8%
A little probable (I can't say no)
23,1%
Not at all probable29,8%
NA15,3%
Barely 3 in
10 respondents do not consider probable to move towards this direction. 53,9% of respondents stated that it considers more or less probable that it will proceed in reducing its employees wages..
Many enterprises reported that now they have difficulties in meeting key obligations.
During the last half of the year you are late in your debts towards
SUMMARY CHART
24,0 70,7 5,3
27,3 72,2 0,5
28,4 66,0 5,6
29,3 64,1 6,6
30,8 69,1 0,1
31,9 65,4 2,7
36,3 63,5 0,2
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
ΟΑΕΕ (your insurance fund)
suppliers
Public utilities (PPC, ΟΤΕ, watersupply)
Rent
Loans
Tax authority (VAT, wage taxetc)
ΙΚΑ (security contributions)
Yes No NA
Debts towards insurance funds constitute a knot for enterprises.
GSEVEE lobbies for the repayment of past debts towards ΙΚΑ
and ΟΑΕΕ
by paying bimonthly
a percentage of 20% upon the current contribution. Do you agree with this proposal made
by GSEVEE to the state?
Yes69,8%
Rather yes9,2%
Rather no5,2%
No12,3% NA
3,5%
Yes & Rather yes: 79,0%Yes & Rather yes: 79,0%
Rather no
&
No: 17,5%Rather no
&
No: 17,5%
0,8
51,1
8,3
6,3
6,6
2,8
2,4
4,6
1,6
3,3
4,4
7,8
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
About 10%
About 20%
About 30%
About 40%
About 50%
About 60%
About 70%
About 80%
About 90%
About 100%
I am not using checks in mytransactions
NA
Which is the per cent amount of your relations to other enterprises made through checks?
•One in two enterprises uses checks in its transactions .
•31% of enterprises makes transactions mainly through
checks.
•The use of checks is decreasing.
17,1
31,0
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
July 2009January 2011
63
48,1
Enterprises using checks
COMPARATIVE CHART
JAN. 2011 -
JULY
2009
1,2
1,0
1,9
0,3
0,7
0,9
3,5
4,7
20,5
12,3
17,9
21,4
5,9
7,8
0 5 10 15 20 25
up to 2 months
2 months
3 months
4 months
5 months
6 months
7 months
8 months
9 months
10 months
11 months
12 months
More than 12 months
NA
How long does their postdate period usually last?
‐Radix: Enterprises that use checks in their relations to other enterprises‐
4,7
15,1
24,7
19,5
36,0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
2 months
4 months
6 months
No
NA
Would you ask for a time limit in checks repayment, and if so, how long would that last?
Two, four, or six months?
‐
Radix: Enterprises using checks in their transactions
‐
More than 80% of those using checks in their transactions ask for the enforcement of a limit in
checks
post-date. It is worth noting that
more than 1
out of
3 enterprises asks for the post-date
limit not to exceed 2 months time.
Yes ("dishonoured"
already)37,9%
Yes (great risk not to be covered, insecure)
7,3%
No54,1%
NA0,7%
Do you hold checks by your clients that are not covered or are insecure?
‐
Radix: Enterprises using checks in their transactions
‐
45,2%
Almost half of the
entrepreneurs using checks in their relations state that they hold checks that have already been ”dishonoured”
(37,9%),
or that are insecure (7,3%).
During the last 6 months (2nd half of 2010) did you turn to a bank for financing, or not?
yes20,1%
no79,3%
DK/NA0,6%
Almost 8 in
10 entrepreneurs stated that they didn’t address themselves to a bank for financing during the last half of 2010. As a matter of fact, this figure in self-employed reaches 84,8%. The survey gets confirmed by Bank of Greece data, where, in October 2010, a fall by 0,8%
is recorded in bank loans of industry, compared to October 2009.
Has your request been accepted or rejected?
‐
Radix: Entrepreneurs that turned to a bank for fiancing
‐
Yes31,8%
Partly (smaller amount,
unfavourable conditions etc)
11,8%
Rejected54,3%
DK/NA2,1%
According to IME GSEVEE survey, more than 1 in 2 requests for lending towards bank institutions were rejected. It must be noted that 75,8% of self-employed got a negative answer in its request for bank financing.
You didn’t turn to a bank because you didn’t need financing or because you knew that it is
very difficult for a loan to be issued?
‐
Radix: Enterprises that didn’t turn to a bank for financing ‐
0,6
1,4
0,3
1,4
1,4
3,2
5,4
27,6
58,7
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
I wasn't in need of financing
it is difficult for loans to beissued
Repayment inability
I don’t trust banks/ I don’t wantto get embarassed
Overindebted / in the red /Tiresias
They are expensive (high rates,unfavourable conditions)
Closure, retirement etc
Other
DK/NA
Do you believe that Banks support the efforts made for reinforcing SMEs
such as TEMPME
and the recently established entrepreneurship fund (ΕΤΕΑΝ), set up by Mr. Chrisochoidis,
or they impose their own views and conditions?
They support the efforts made
5,6%
They impose their own views
85,8%
NA8,6%
It is indicative for the business community distrust towards the
Banks that 85,8% of respondents considers that these institutions impose their own views in the issues of TEMPME and ΕΤΕΑΝ. The highest figures of distrust are shown in manufacture sector, where 87% of entrepreneurs seem negative towards Banks stance.
Which one do you consider to be more important? Keeping on supporting financially Banks
so as not to be at risk of closing, or supporting thousand small
enterprises so as not to close
down even f this leads to a bank closure?
Keeping on supporting financially
Banks9,2%
supporting thousand small enterprises so as not to close
85,9%
ΝΑ4,9%
The vast majority of entrepreneurs (almost 9
in
10) prefers swiftly supporting small enterprises,
even if this implies a bank closure!
Some people say that a strong state pillar must be created to promote development
financing, by joining together National Bank, Hellenic Postbank, and Deposits and Loans
Fund. On the other hand, other do not consider it necessary.
Do you consider that such an
evolution is necessary or not?
Necessary60,2%
Not necessary23,2%
NA16,6%
6 enterprises out of 10
consider that the creation of a state pillar in the bank system is necessary for financing the real economy.
Do you believe that Greece will be eventually able to overcome the crisis –even if more
austerity years will be needed – or we will not be able to avoid bankruptcy?
It will be able43,1%
We will not be able to avoid bankruptcy
48,6%
NA8,3%
The distrust that Greece will not manage to overcome the risk of
bankruptcy seems to outperform. 48,6% estimates that avoiding bankruptcy is not feasible, against a 43,1% that believes that there will be a solution in the debt problem.
Do you believe that the additional taxes you have to pay:
they will work and they will be
used as revenues for citizens
10,6%
or they will be lost through
state machine85,9%
ΔΑ3,5%
The vast majority of the respondents (85,9%) doesn’t trust the state and considers that taxes won’t work. It is indicative that 91% of enterprises with 10 employees and more
believes that taxes do not work as revenues, they are not properly exploited. Barely 1 citizen out of 10 thinks that this money will be exploited accordingly.
12,6
29,7
51,7
54,1
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Participation in socialdialogue procedures
Organised suspension ofpayments towards the
Public sector
Actions-protests
Shops' closing down
Which ways of action do you consider to be the most effective so
that SMEs
demands will
be taken on board?
(multiple)
(56,8)
(43,5)
(20,9)
(12,3)
JULYJULY20102010
Compared to the figures of IME GSEVEE July 2010 survey, it seems
that as the situation deteriorates, so much come before more radical ways of action, such as protests, but also the suspension of payments, despite the fact that such an action has not been proposed so far by any representative-professional
organisation,
so as to create this kind of climate.
10,4
5,1
12,0
35,2
37,3
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
Participation in socialdialogue procedures
Organised suspension ofpayments towards the
Public sector
Actions-protests
Shop's closing down
NA
Which way of action do you consider to be the most effective so that SMEs
demands will
be taken on board? (1 option to be chosen)
Do you agree with the view that it is worth supporting GSEVEE so
that its interventions
become stronger for diminishing crisis impacts on small and medium‐sized enterprises?
Agree84,3%
Don't agree9,8%
NA5,9%
84,3%
of entrepreneurs agree that GSEVEE must be supported, so as to be able to continue its interventions. About 8 in
10 entrepreneurs from all three sectors (manufacture, trade, services)
support the actions of the Confederation and call for its greater support.
