COVID-19 crisis bites for Irish SMEs as nearly one-in-two firms made lockdown losses
Research finds that around two-in-five micro-sized firms and one-in-two small and medium-sized firms faced a revenue shortfall (where revenue fell below expenditure on a monthly basis) in the main COVID-19 lockdown period from March to June 2020.
Research Areas
Research Areas
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