All the companies we interviewed have already resumed their work<\/strong>. Of them, 49%<\/strong> resumed their activities in full, and 51%<\/strong> \u2013 partially. Among the companies operating partially, 44%<\/strong> had to reduce the geography of their activities, 20<\/strong>% had to close part of the offices or retail outlets, and 18%<\/strong> had to switch to online.<\/span><\/p>\n The dynamics of salary payment<\/strong> by companies remain practically unchanged. Thus, 61%<\/strong> continue to pay the salary in full, and 28%<\/strong> do so with advance or additional payments. However, the number of companies reducing the pay rate increased to 21%<\/strong>, while in May there was 13%<\/strong>. At the same time, 7%<\/strong> of companies send staff on unpaid leave, and 10%<\/strong> had to resort to layoffs.<\/span><\/p>\n Supporting the employees who have joined the Armed Forces remains the #1 priority for business in the context of activities that strengthen the Ukrainian defense and social sector. Thus, 46% of companies continue to be engaged in volunteering<\/strong>, namely, 40% continue to help with products, 34% \u2013 with finances, 17% \u2013 with medicines, 16% \u2013 with services, and 15% \u2013 with means of protection. Although these indicators are slightly lower than in the spring, they are still significant. Only 6% have exhausted their resources for helping the country.<\/span><\/p>\n Unfortunately, business continues to experience losses<\/strong> with each day of the war. Thus, in 5 months of russian aggression, 41% of companies suffered losses of up to 1 million dollars, 32% estimated losses in the range of 1-10 million dollars, and 18% reported losses of more than 10 million dollars.<\/span><\/p>\n Moreover, at least 38% suffered losses from hostilities directly<\/strong>. Of those companies whose assets were destroyed or damaged, half are still at the stage of documenting losses, 28% have turned to law enforcement agencies, and 6% have filed lawsuits in national courts.<\/span><\/p>\n Only 8% of companies use state or international programs to support their activities<\/strong>. Namely, 5% use the option of paying a single tax of 2% and other tax benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n Every fifth company that took part in the survey reports that it has branches, offices, or assets situated in the temporarily occupied territories<\/strong>. At the same time, 12% of businesses we surveyed reported that the hostilities forced them to relocate their office or production to another region within the country, and only 3% \u2013 abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n For reference:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n The survey was conducted from August 3 to 9, 2022, and 102 CEOs of the EBA member companies took part in it.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Currently, 30% of companies claim that their financial reserves will be enough for more than a year, while in May it was 19%. Namely 48%, assess their financial stability to suffice for half a year, and another 16% \u2013 for a year. Only 2% of businesses report that their financial reserves have already been exhausted. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23406,"featured_media":426373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[4,14111,13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/eba.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/invest-eng.png\")
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