Ukrainian entrepreneurs most of all expect tax holidays from the state (37%), as well as assistance with logistics (17%). These survey results were published by the research company Gradus Research among 355 owners and managers of small, medium and large businesses in Ukraine.
So, in order to save their business from closure, 21% of companies have begun the process of industry transformation, 16% already have results and the same number plan to join the transformation.
However, difficult times for business are reflected in the payroll and purchases - only 3-5% of businesses increased these payments, regarding them as social assistance, 14-19% make payments at the pre-war level.
The rest either reduced or stopped payments altogether - 39% do not pay wages, and 29% stopped deductions to suppliers.
In general, the war caused damage - slowed down, reduced and even stopped - 86% of Ukrainian companies.
The survey was conducted on March 22, 2022 by the research company Gradus Research using the method of self-filling a questionnaire in a mobile application among the population of cities with more than 50 thousand inhabitants aged 18-60 years by gender, age, size of the settlement and region. Sample size - 355 respondents.