ZAGREB, 23 January, 2021 - Two associations - the Voice of Entrepreneurs (UGP) and the National Association of Cafe and Restaurant Businesses - have sent several requests to the government, including a one-off grant equivalent to 3% of a business's total annual revenue in 2019 and the extension of job-keeping grants.
The two business associations said in a press release on Saturday that they forwarded those requests to the authorities to help them to mitigate the consequences of the corona crisis on this sector, and one of the demands is the refunding of the costs based on bills a business has received and not on the paid bill.
They explain that the businesses concerned earned nothing in December and many of them could not afford paying their costs for that month, while the paid bills are required for applying for refunding of fixed costs.
They ask for vouchers for hiring, following the suit of seasonal hiring in the agricultural sector.
They say that the disbursement of the job-retention grants under the current scheme is late.
The associations warn that so far this sector has shed more than 11,000 jobs.
They point out that entrepreneurs are eager to cooperate with the government in a bid to adopt good decisions that will be beneficial rather than detrimental to the sector.
They warn about some deficiencies in the decision-making when doing business is partially or fully restricted, and therefore have sent their proposals with the aim to help the affected businesses.
