A confiança dos negócios está começando a se recuperar após a flexibilização do bloqueio. Esta é a principal descoberta de pesquisas conduzidas pelo provedor de serviços gerenciados EACS, que comparou o sentimento dos negócios em março com hoje. Isso representa um aumento de 17% nos números relatados em março. Além disso, apenas um terço dos entrevistados relatou problemas com coleta de dinheiro e fatura perseguindo pouco menos de 50% nas semanas que se seguiram ao bloqueio, um sinal claro de que a confiança estava retornando com dinheiro agora fluindo em toda a cadeia de suprimentos. Entre março e junho. Preocupado permanecendo à tona, economizando dinheiro, protegendo empregos através do esquema de licença do governo e, em geral, simplesmente trabalhando para manter as luzes acesas. Em junho, 65% das empresas relataram que estavam preocupadas com o impacto negativo que a pandemia terá na saúde de curto prazo de seus negócios, que aumentou 12% em relação a março. Embora a verdadeira escala do impacto econômico do CoVid-19 só se torne mais clara nos próximos meses, o otimismo dos negócios sobre a economia está evidentemente em declínio. ”
The research into the views of companies across the tech and finance sectors, as well as those in the property and leisure industries, found that the majority (60%) of businesses reported that they were busier than usual in June. This represents a 17% increase on the figures reported in March. Furthermore, only a third of respondents reported issues with cash collection and invoice chasing down from just under 50% in the weeks that followed lockdown, a clear sign that confidence was returning with cash now flowing throughout the supply chain.
However, while 54% of businesses are now reporting that their business is either growing or operating as usual, there has been a 44% increase in the number of companies (59%) reporting a negative outlook for the future of the economy between March and June.
Kevin Timms, Chairman & Chief Executive at eacs, commented: “Covid-19 clearly represents a significant threat on many fronts. Throughout this pandemic, we have wanted to get a measure of how our customers are doing and how their outlook has changed over time. What we discovered was that, while the nationwide lockdown endured, businesses were most concerned staying afloat, saving cash, protecting jobs through the government’s furlough scheme and, in general, simply working to keep the lights on.
“However, with lockdown now starting to ease, it’s clear that business sentiment is starting to shift to the next problem – the economy. In June, 65% of businesses reported that they were concerned about the negative impact the pandemic will have on the short-term health of their business, which was up 12% from March. Although the true scale of the economic impact of Covid-19 will only become clearer in the coming months, business optimism about the economy is evidently in decline.”
Apesar da perspectiva sombria para o futuro a curto prazo da economia, a grande parte do que a grandeza é o que se destaca. A pandemia inaugurou um período de transformação dramaticamente para empresas de todos os tamanhos. Por exemplo, uma conseqüência não intencional do período de bloqueio tem sido uma ênfase renovada na sustentabilidade, com céus claros sobre as cidades normalmente poluídas um destaque. Além disso, o aumento do trabalho remoto também iluminou o enorme potencial para ajudar as empresas a equilibrar melhor sua dependência de recursos consumíveis com o uso de tecnologias digitais. Os líderes empresariais estão claramente começando a reconhecer isso e ver a pandemia como potencialmente tendo um impacto positivo de longo prazo no comportamento de negócios e sociedade mais ampla. ”
Kevin concluded: “Our survey also revealed an expectation amongst businesses that short-term economic pain will be followed by a cathartic, positive change in human and business behaviour in the long-term. For example, an unintended consequence of the lockdown period has been a renewed emphasis on sustainability, with clear skies over normally polluted cities a key highlight. Further, the increase in remote working has also shone a light on the enormous potential to help businesses better balance their reliance on consumable resources with the use of digital technologies. Business leaders are clearly starting to recognise this and view the pandemic as potentially having a long-term, positive impact on the behaviour of both businesses and wider society.”
