Only two out of ten businesses were operating at full capacity under early Level 3 restrictions – Sakeliga Business Impact Survey
3 July 2020
Only about two out of ten businesses who participated in business group Sakeliga’s business impact survey for June indicated that they could resume their activities at full capacity in June. The survey was taken among Sakeliga members and their broader network.
In addition, respondents indicated that damage to consumers’ wallets because of Covid-19 and the regulatory response to it has had the biggest negative impact on sales. In June, conditions improved compared to the previous surveys in April and May. This was due to the less stringent restrictions. Although the additional easing of regulations later in June should further improve prospects, there are still major challenges ahead for many businesses.
“In June, nearly eight in ten (77%) of respondents indicated that their company was allowed to trade. That was proportionately much better than only nearly five in ten of respondents in May’s survey. However, nearly 17% of respondents still indicated in June that their company was not allowed to trade, while 6,4% were unsure about this,” says Gerhard van Onselen, senior analyst at Sakeliga.
“Only slightly more than two out of every ten of the participants indicated that at the beginning of June their company was operating at full capacity. An additional about five out of ten indicated that their businesses were trading with limited operations. About 16% of respondents indicated that their company wasn’t operating because it didn’t yet make financial sense to open.