{"id":7482,"date":"2020-07-03T10:17:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-03T09:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vivreauportugalconsulting.com\/?p=7482"},"modified":"2020-07-03T10:17:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-03T09:17:06","slug":"catering-in-suffering-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vivreauportugalconsulting.com\/en\/restauration-en-souffrance-au-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Portugal's restaurant sector in dire straits"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the monthly survey by the Portuguese Association of Hotels, Restaurants and Similar Establishments (AHRESP), almost 40% of catering businesses and 18% of tourist accommodation are planning to close their doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Portugal's restaurant industry in dire straits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The pandemic<\/a> will have a negative impact on the hotel and catering sector, 38% of these companies are considering insolvency, given that the vast majority of them say they will no longer be able to support their usual expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fall in sales in June was spectacular, with more than 24% of them recording losses in excess of 40% and 22% of them with annual losses in excess of 60% and 12% with a drop in excess of 90%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According toAHRESP<\/a> 87% of companies are using the Lay-off, 93% of them extended it in May, 76% in June and around 69% intend to extend it until July. 54% of companies declare that without this aid, they would have been unable to pay wages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The survey also reveals that over 17% of companies have been unable to make wage payments, and 15% have only partially paid their employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AHRESP also reports that over 22% of companies believe they will not be able to retain all jobs by the end of the year, and 70% of companies still don't know if they will be able to maintain their activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tourist accommodations are no better off <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

As regards tourist accommodation businesses, up to the end of June, 24% of businesses remained closed, over 47% of them recorded no bookings, and 41% reported occupancy of up to 25% maximum. the <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that the summer period has begun (July - September), the results are already very worrying, as 46% of companies are not expecting an occupancy rate higher than 25%. In view of this scenario, 18% of companies are considering going into receivership, if they are unable to cope with future expenses, and 45% are unsure whether to go insolvent or not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At present, 42% of companies have used the lay-off, 76% have extended it into May , 70% into June and around 60% intend to extend it into July .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AHRESP survey of companies took place between June 29 and July 1, and included 1,418 responses.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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