SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 22-jun-2020

June . 22 . 2020 page 12/19 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 00 | sci@ine.pt www.ine.pt SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 The percentage of enterprises that reported persons employed with an alternate presence on the premises is higher in the Transportation and storage and Information and communication sectors, both with 57%. 55% of the enterprises do not foresee the use of Government support measures other than a simplified layoff. Among the available measures, the responding enterprises have already benefited from: • Suspension of tax and contributory obligations: 22%; • Moratorium on the payment of interests and principal on existing credits: 19%; • Access to new low-interest loans or State guarantees: 12%. The Accommodation and food services sector continued to stand out in the use of the supporting measures, given that: • 41% of the enterprises have benefited from the suspension of tax and contributory obligations; • 28% benefited from the moratorium; • 22% accessed new low-interest loans. 75%or more of the enterprises consider that there is little or no probability of permanently changing their activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes referred to as very likely to happen by enterprises are: • Strengthening of the investment in information technology (25% of the enterprises); • Increasing the use of remote working (17%); • Redirecting target markets (16%). 10% of the enterprises most likely consider changing the range of products sold/services provided. Permanent changes on the activity of the enterprise intended due to COVD-19 pandemic, as a % of the total number of the enterprises in production or operation or temporarily closed Total respondent enterprises 25% 17% 5% 7% 16% 10% 34% 29% 33% 29% 33% 30% 11% 41% 54% 62% 64% 51% 60% 88% To change the main activity of the enterprise To change th e range of products sold/services provided redirect target markets To increase stocks of raw materials To change the supply chains To increase remote working To strenghten the investment in IT Very likely Unlikely Not likely The percentage of enterprises that will very likely strengthen both their investment in information technology and their use of remote working increases with the size of the enterprise, standing at 37% and 34% respectively in large companies. More information available at: Fast ad Exceptional Enterprise Survey - COVID-19 – 1 st fortnight of June (19 June 2020) The percentage of enterprises that consider in their use of remote working will very likely increase reached 47% in the Information and communication and 32% in Other services sectors. In the Accommodation and food services sector, 25% of the enterprises consider it very likely to redirect the target markets and 18% to change the range of products sold/services provided.