Beja: regional competitiveness study reveals that the district has the worst economic scenario
The financial situation of companies in the Beja district is the worst in the country and the prospects for the year 2018 They are well below the national average. Entrepreneurs reveal no knowledge about the offer networking programs promoted locally.
According to the third edition of the National Regional Competitiveness Study, prepared by the online platform Zaask in collaboration with the Portuguese Catholic University, the financial position of companies in the Beja district is the worst in the country. The value of this indicator in the region is 2 (a scale of 1 a 5), while the national average stands at 2,91.
The prospects of the business for the year 2018 also they are not encouraging and worsened compared to 2017 (2,75 face a 3,33), placing the district in last place nationally, far below the national average which is in 3,27.
According to entrepreneurs, Beja is the second district in the country where the company revenues declined more, presenting a value of 2,75, while the national average is fixed in 3,27.
On the other hand, monitoring of local government and knowledge about the provision of training programs are two indicators have improved substantially compared with the year 2016 (of 0% to 29% and 1,83 to 2,75, respectively).
With regard to the advice in the creation of new businesses, entrepreneurs of the region are the least optimistic, placing the district second to last (3) and away from the national average (3,49).
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National data
Competitiveness in the district
As the second edition of the study, most Portuguese businessmen (56%) advises the installation of a new business in your district, although there was a decrease in the order of 10% this parameter (62%). As for the degree of ease in launching a new business, only 18% Portuguese entrepreneurs perceciona this task as easy or very easy, contrasting with the 38% They are claiming to be difficult or very difficult.
On the other hand, Portuguese businessmen continue to experience difficulties in hiring employees for your business. Only 17% considered easy or very easy to hire in your district, who value 2016 It stood at 21%. Lisbon, Portalegre, Aveiro and Porto stand out as the districts where there is greater ease in hiring, according to microenterprises.
Support of the Regional Government / Local
The majority of respondents are unaware of the existence of training programs for small entrepreneurs, offered by regional / local government, and this greater ignorance in Portugal (74%) than in Spain (65%). programs of networking promoted by regional / local governments are even less known among respondents: not complete, only 14% He claims to have knowledge of them (12% Portugal and 19% Spain).
financial situation
In the study 2016, regarding the current situation of the company, more than half of domestic entrepreneurs regarded their situation as reasonable (59%). In 2017, the indicator back to rise slightly (61%). Companies of Beja districts, Bragança and Coimbra are those who rated their financial situation more negatively. With regard to revenue, 45% Portuguese entrepreneurs stated that they increased a lot or a little in the last 12 months 2017 face to 36% seen in 2016. Once again, the evaluation of the respondents is slightly more positive in Portugal than in Spain.
In this sense, is evident in most of the sample is optimism about the future. Only 8% Portuguese entrepreneurs perspetivam a negative evolution of your company. At the opposite pole, are almost two-thirds (61%) the estimate that improvements in the performance of organizations. withe Castle, Setúbal, Azores and Lisbon are the most optimistic districts and the future prospects, while Beja looks the same with a greater pessimism.
economic situation of the district
When asked about the economic situation of the district to which they belong, 86% Portuguese entrepreneurs consider to be reasonable, good or very good. Based on the same indicator, only 68% in this way the evaluated 2016, meaning that there was an increase of approximately 27%. Leiria and Lisbon are the districts that record better economic situation.
Some facts about the districts
Vila Real, Guarda and Bragança are the districts that local entrepreneurs more recommend to launch a new business; Guard and Aveiro are the districts where it is easier to launch a business; Bragança, Azores and Évora are the districts where it is more difficult to recruit; Entrepreneurs Guard are those who feel greater satisfaction with the situation of your company and one of the most optimistic about the future; Lisbon beat Porto in most indicators evaluated by entrepreneurs, except only with regard to the launch of a new business in the district, in which the people of Porto are more favorable; The autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores return to stand-by greater knowledge of the existence of training activities and programs networking, Wood is also the one of the regions with greater monitoring by local authorities. At the opposite end, Évora stands out as the district less feel that up and Castelo Branco is the district that has a better prospect of progress in the coming 12 months and one of the fastest recognizes the existence of programs networking the regional / local governments.
