A quarter of businesses in the energy - intensive sectors ask to make serious losses already this twelvemonth due to the utmost boost in energy cost . An increase percentage gestate this for next year . A third of businesses are now paying 3 to 8 time as much for electricity compared to last class . For more than a quarter , gas cost have gone up 3 to 8 times .
This and more egress from a flash poll by VNO - NCW and MKB - Nederland in cooperation with some 20 connected diligence governance from energy - intensive sectors . The encroachment of increased vigor price is already important , the poll clear shows . A quarter of enterpriser require to make a loss already this yr . Another third expect to plunge ( heavily ) into the red next twelvemonth .
vigour costs can not be snuff it onThis is mainly because the immense bulk of companies can not or can hardly pass on the aggressively increase get-up-and-go costs . This is because they do not need to price themselves out of the market , or they have long - terminal figure contract , or their prices are impose by the client . The flash poll establish that this is true for 84 percent of companies . The businesses that can not pass on their prices are the most pessimistic . Of them , 40 percent are counting on profound losses next class .
Of the businesses surveyed , 65 per centum have a variable or expiring contract and are now , or soon , facing crisply eminent free energy price . Only 10 percentage still have a long - term contract and remain unaffected for the time being .
Electricity and gas pricesElectricity price are going up several notches . Some 34 pct of business owners see their bills go up 3 to 8 times compare to 2021 . Some 37 percent will pay 2 to 3 time more . For 29 percentage of clientele owners surveyed , gasoline price are 2 to 3 times higher than in 2021 . Another 27 per centum will pay as much as 3 to 8 time more .
buffer negative effectsMany European countries are now using the inflate EU supporting framework to cushion the negative effect of high vigour Price for businesses . VNO - NCW and MKB - Nederland are in talk with the government on how best to facilitate companies here too . They are looking at how to avoid a distortion of the acting subject and at bridge this temporary phase of passing high energy prices . result are also want exactly now to ensure that party can continue to become more sustainable , the business organizations said .
The split second poll was conduct among 722 vim - intensive company from the fellow member circles of VNO - NCW and MKB - Nederland . These include printer and wash , metallic element and greenhouse grammatical construction companies , ( industrial ) bakers , brick Almighty , chemical companies and manufacturers of products such as plastics and paper , damage repair companies , and butchers .
Source : VNO - NCW
