Coronavirus | Businesses blame Boris for downturn

Over half of UK SMEs admitted they were woefully unprepared for the extent that the coronavirus pandemic would impact their business, with 37% laying the sole blame on Boris’ government – according to a whitepaper released today by Fiverr.

Reflecting on the COVID crisis’ impact, 32% said they were prepared at least in some way, but only 13% of UK SMEs said they were fully prepared for the impact on their business.

The whitepaper study, conducted amongst 1,000 SME owners and decision-makers in 19 cities across the UK, also found that 30% lay the blame on themselves, while 15% blamed it on a lack of training or business community support. 

According to UK SMEs, the top three ways they could have been better prepared for the seismic shift to business were more government advice ahead of time (35%), better home working measures in place before the pandemic (34%), and better technology to support remote working (26%.)