(ANSAmed) - ATHENS, JULY 3 - As many as 130,000 commercial
enterprises shut down during Greece's six-year economic
recession while no more than 45,000 new ones opened, which
translates into a net loss of some 85,000 businesses. At the
same time - as Kathimerini online reports - an estimated 575,000
small and medium-sized enterprises were forced to stop
operating, while 265,000 new ones were started. At least 230,000
employment posts, including traders-employers, self-employed and
salary workers disappeared from the sector, while total
employment in commerce has dropped to levels unseen since 1999.
These were the key points in data submitted on Wednesday by the National Confederation of Greek Commerce (Esee) to new Development Minister Nikos Dendias at their first meeting. "We have to try in every way we can to save the enterprises that can be saved. This is the way to prevent unemployment from increasing and to achieve its reduction soon, to the benefit of the young generation," said Dendias. (ANSAmed).
These were the key points in data submitted on Wednesday by the National Confederation of Greek Commerce (Esee) to new Development Minister Nikos Dendias at their first meeting. "We have to try in every way we can to save the enterprises that can be saved. This is the way to prevent unemployment from increasing and to achieve its reduction soon, to the benefit of the young generation," said Dendias. (ANSAmed).
