Source page: McKinsey & Company
Commentary
Nearly one-fourth of UK small and medium-sized businesses will seek protection from eviction
COVID-19 | Economics | Europe
February 8, 2021 – In the United Kingdom, large numbers of small and medium-sized businesses need financial support from the government as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our November survey found that 46 percent of these businesses had applied for or planned to apply for furlough payments.
To read the article, see “UK small and medium-size enterprises: Impact of the COVID-19 crisis,” February 4, 2021.
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Dot-matrix comparison chart.
Layout / body structure
The chart is a single horizontal row of six 10-by-10 dot grids. Read it left to right across the support categories, taking the total above each grid together with the category label below it.
What is being compared
Each grid compares a different type of government support used or considered by UK small and medium-size enterprises during the COVID-19 crisis. The categories include furlough payments, tax deferrals, business-rate relief, sick-pay claims, loans, and protection from eviction.
Measurement system
The measurement is percent of respondents. Each grid functions like a 100-dot array, with dark blue dots showing businesses that have already applied and lighter blue dots showing those that plan to apply.
Visible structure inside the graphic
Six separate dot matrices sit in one line, each topped with a total value and paired with a category caption underneath. The dark and light blue dots stack from the lower left upward, while the remaining pale dots show the share not using that support channel.
Main takeaway from the visual
Several support channels cluster just above or around the 40 percent mark, showing broad reliance on aid, but protection from eviction is much lower than the leading categories. The left side of the row looks densely filled, while the eviction grid at the far right is visibly sparser.
Key standout values or extremes
Furlough payments is the highest at 46 percent, followed by deferral of tax payments at 44 percent, business-rate relief at 42 percent, and loans at 41 percent. Claims for statutory sick pay sits at 32 percent, and protection from eviction is the lowest at 23 percent.
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