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Crafts: Bureaucracy scares successors
The Secretary General of the industry association ZDH sees “fear of forms” as a central obstacle to the search for successors for companies.
The German craft complains a lack of successors for companies. Many actually solvent companies are therefore closed, says the Secretary General of the Central Association of German Handicrafts (ZDH), Holger Schwannecke. Many masters no longer have any interest in becoming self -employed, also because they wanted to avoid the associated bureaucracy.
“It is a dramatic signal for us if we don’t get young entrepreneurs,” emphasizes Schwannecke. “You say” We are afraid of forms “” because they did not feel up to the now existing documentation obligations.
In addition, rising costs burdened the craft. The craft is definitely about a change. Around 125,000 companies would need a successor at the top in the next five years, according to the ZDH.
Hope for the second half of the year
Overall, Schwannecke does not describe the current situation in the craft rosy. The outlook for the first half of the year is very reserved. However, there is hope that in the second half of the year you will get a bit out of the valley. However, the support of the future federal government is also necessary for this, said Schwannecke.
The ZDH general secretary welcomed the considerations of the CDU and SPD to a special fund. This shows that the seriousness of the situation is recognized and responsibility is accepted. In addition to reducing bureaucracy, the demands of the craft to the future government also include faster permits, cheap energy and lower taxes as well as support in the search for young people.
The Future Handicraft Mass begins in Munich next week. In addition to Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), his likely successor Friedrich Merz (CDU) and the outgoing Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) are also expected there.
dpa
Source: Stern
