structural development

This year's company survey by the ENO on behalf of the district of Görlitz and the job center , shows that the majority of companies in the district of Görlitz feel comfortable . As a development company and business promoter, we are of course particularly pleased about this news! After all, we use a large part of our workforce for precisely this: to maintain and further develop a good economic, developable and future-oriented climate.

91% of the companies that took part in the company survey in spring 2022 answered the question of whether they would recommend the location with a clear "Yes" (46%), closely followed by "Yes, with reservations" (45%) . Compared to the 2018 company survey, in which 84% of the entrepreneurs surveyed recommended settling in our district, this is a positive increase of 7%.

Among the entrepreneurs who recommend the location with reservations, most see potential for improvement above all in the transport infrastructure (23%) - in other words, in an area that our mobility expert Heike Schleussner works on with passion. 17% still see "room for improvement" when it comes to recruiting skilled workers - but this is also becoming less and less thanks to the "Priceless Country" campaign . In the case of young skilled workers, 53% of the participants were able to fill all training positions - in 2018 it was still 67%. The most common reason given was that there were no or no suitable applications. A particularly large number of training positions remained vacant in the professions of cook, vehicle mechatronics technician and hotel manager. Clearly a challenge that our ENO service center for education has long accepted: after all, we organize many career-oriented measures, such as Check the Job , the INSIDERTREFF (which was able to take place online due to the pandemic, but was also successful) and finally on June 11th can take place again in the Löbau exhibition halls . With INSIDER, we provide school leavers with a comprehensive catalog for choosing a career and training place every year .

Although unfortunately (still) many a training position had to remain vacant, 24% of the companies are planning to expand their commercial space in the next five years. Which of course makes us happy - and also that most of this group who want to expand don't have to move or emigrate. 49% of the participants state that they will find sufficient commercial space at the current location in the event of an expansion. And if not - we are of course happy to help with our area company !

We are particularly proud of a value that - similar to quality of life - cannot really be put into numbers. In 2018, 47% of the companies surveyed would like more image advertising for the district as a business location. We - the district and we as ENO - have of course taken this to heart and with the "Priceless Country" campaign , in which we lightning-fast, but also wonderfully traditional companies and, of course, especially the good working and living conditions in our beautiful region , apparently quite well mastered.

Because currently 95% of those questioned are satisfied or happy with the image of the district of Görlitz.

And when people and the economy are doing well, we !

The full analysis of the survey can be found here.

Best regards!

Your Jasna