Six out of ten entrepreneurs are not optimistic about the future of the market, the president of the Athens Chamber of Commerce, Yiannis Hatzitheodosiou, said in an interview with Naftemporiki TV.
“Even during sales, 40% of companies registered lower turnover,” he said and added:
“The main element is that even if turnover is increased, there are so many costs that have been added to small and medium-sized businesses that at the end of the day they are loss-making or have small profits.”
“Small businesses are the ones that are most afraid,” he explained.
“With the increase in costs, POS, the digital card, energy, myData, if you add all of these together, you understand that at the end of the day you have to pay,” said the president of the chamber.
Regarding the three measures that will give small and medium-sized businesses, which are 87% of businesses, a little breathing space, he stated: “Liquidity. 98% of businesses have no liquidity at all. The second is energy. The third element is debts. We have 300,000 businesses that have unregulated debts.”
