Barriers for doing business
The report published on Thursday is based on a study conducted among entrepreneurs Business barriers. “After pulling out the arithmetic average of all 32 analyzed countries, it turns out that in Poland more than half (58 percent) of medium and large companies perceive them as important development brakes,” the authors noted. This means that Poland took the 3rd place in the global statement.
India (67 percent) and Singapore (68 percent) had a larger average than Poland, including USA (57 percent), Canada (56 percent) and Italy (56 percent). Ireland has the least barriers to business (24 %). The total average for the surveyed countries is 45 percent, as in the case of European countries.
Labor costs and energy prices
The data presented in the report shows that most of the above -mentioned barriers recorded a decrease in an annual basis. The largest group of Polish entrepreneurs, 81 percent, complained about labor costs – This percentage dropped by 5 percentage points in an annual basis. Three out of four (74 percent) claimed that they are severe for them energy prices, This is a decrease of 9 pp rdr, and 69 percent indicated at economic uncertainty, which translates into 2 pp less in a year. The same percentage this year and in the previous one mentioned bureaucracy (56 percent), lack of qualified employees (51 percent) and access to financing (28 %). More about 10 pp indications than a year ago received a lack of orders, which was complained by 50 percent. respondents.
The authors of the report assessed that it is not surprising that the entrepreneurs indicated labor costs as the most burdensome barrier that inhibits business developmentbecause – as they said – the last situation on the labor market was very variable. “In 2024, the minimum wage increased twice, and in the nominal approach to Poles’ salaries increased by 9.5 percent of 2025 forecasts announce that wages will continue to grow at a similar pace – our forecast assumes an increase of 8.9 percent in the enterprise sector” – they explained.
Geopolitical tensions
Cited in the report, Małgorzata Kuk from Grant Thornton believes that this year will be another demanding period for Polish enterprises. She noticed geopolitical tensions and uncertainty to the future of the economic situation, which creates “complex and difficult surroundings for conducting business activities”. In her opinion, such an environment requires not only immunity from the enterprise, but above all flexibility and the ability to adapt quickly. “Barriers can become a catalyst for strategic reflection and an impulse for transformation,” she assessed.
The study was carried out at the request of Grant Thornton International; It has been conducted in Poland since 2020 and includes 100 owners and members of the management board of 100 medium and large enterprises by Biostat. In the world, the test is 10,000 The last edition in our country was carried out in the fourth quarter of last year. (PAP)
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