Europe’s businesses under threat

Over half of Europe’s small and medium-sized companies – which together provide jobs for more than 90 million workers – fear for their survival in the coming 12 months


Receiving state support (%) 

More redundancies expected this year (%)

State support is not enough (%)

One year-plus needed to recover (%)

UK
27 42 53 45

SPAIN
16 54 59 40

GERMANY
15 43 42 28

FRANCE
15 47 46 37

ITALY
14 41 32 31

German, French and Italian businesses have received least state aid
  

UK-based YouGov survey of 1,923 companies in five countries, Sep 23 - Oct 2


Sources: Bloomberg, YouGov 
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