Yerevan /Mediamax/.  Expectations of Armenian entrepreneurs concerning prospects of increase in the number of workplaces in 2010 have reduced significantly: +5% instead of 54% in 2009.

Mediamax was informed in Marketing Department of “Grant Thornton Amyot” that the results of “Grant Thornton International” international business report, composed based on a survey among 7400 private companies in 36 countries worldwide, evidence this.

Representatives of Armenian private sector are pessimistic also concerning increase of salary – 47% of Armenian businessmen do not expect increase in salary volume and only 6% are optimistic as to this issue.

Notable is the fact that 67% of polled Armenian enterprises have not taken up special measures to avoid last year’s staff reductions, while 50% of entrepreneurs worldwide were taking up various measures in order to maintain their staffs.