The business insights and impacts report looks at the state of industries in the UK during November, taking into account England entering into a new national lockdown and other restrictions currently in place.

When asked if they were confident about the business remaining open, 14% said they had no or low confidence that they would still be trading in three months’ time.

Though the study did not give a specific category for sign-making or wide-format print, it did list industries related to the sectors.

Some 15% of business working in information and communications had no or low confidence of surviving, while 7.2% of manufacturing firms were also low on confidence.

The area of highest concern was accommodation and food services, where 33.8% of companies had little or no confidence they would still be trading in the New Year.

Other key findings from the survey included that around 9% of the whole UK workforce is currently on furlough due to Covid-19 measures, with 28% of staff working from home and 60% still in the workplace.

Of the companies that expect to close in the next two weeks, 87% of these were due to their business not being financially viable to continue operating during lockdown.

There was also reference to the impending Brexit measures, with 7.7% of firms across all industries reporting less workers from the European Union since the start of the pandemic, compared to 2.1% who took on more staff from the EU.

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