{"id":4447,"date":"2020-09-01T08:21:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T08:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/website.euronews.al\/en\/i-pakategorizuar\/2020\/09\/01\/44-small-businesses-faced-bankruptcy-due-to-covid-19-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2020-09-01T08:21:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T08:21:44","slug":"44-small-businesses-faced-bankruptcy-due-to-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/44-small-businesses-faced-bankruptcy-due-to-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"44% small businesses faced bankruptcy due to COVID-19 pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the greatest victims of the COVID-19, at least in economic terms, were small enterprises and it seems that their path towards recovery will be a challenging one.<\/p>\n<p>The real impact of the crisis is evidenced by the large quantity of businesses that were forced to face closure. According to data, over 32,000 went bankrupt, of which 98% were small enterprises.<\/p>\n<p>Those that remain are facing countless challenges. Euronews Albania met with some of the owners to discuss with them some of the difficulties they have encountered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese months we had no work at all, we are all the same\u201d, said one of the owners we interviewed.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from the General Directorate of Taxation, small enterprises were worst hit during July, as their number dropped to 53.600 during this month.<\/p>\n<p>The closure of these small enterprises has left over 42,000 unemployed compared to February when the country went into lockdown.<\/p>\n<p>In total, 9% of the Albanian labor force lost their job during the COVID-19 pandemic, excluding workers employed in the agriculture sector.<\/p>\n<p>73% of those who lost their jobs were employed in small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>However according to data, small enterprises were already on a downward spiral well before the crises caused by the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of the business owners we interviewed said that they hope that the government will shift its attention towards them, in order to avoid a further deterioration due to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/social-issues\/2020\/08\/12\/unemployed-and-no-assistance-from-government-albanian-youth-list-problems-during-pandemic\">Unemployed and without government assistance, Albanian youth list problems during pandemic <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2020\/08\/06\/un-develops-the-covid-19-socio-economic-response-and-recovery-plan-for-albania\">UN announce socio-economic plan for Albania&#8217;s COVID-19 response <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/economy\/2020\/08\/05\/governor-sejko-pandemic-dealt-a-huge-blow-to-the-albanian-economy\">Governor Sejko: Pandemic dealt a huge blow to the Albanian economy <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the greatest victims of the COVID-19, at least in economic terms, were small enterprises and it seems that their path towards recovery will be a challenging one. 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