Criminality the reason for lower rating for businesses in Kristianstad
Svenskt Näringsliv is an employers' organisation for private concerns in Sweden. Each year Svenskt Näringsliv measures the business climate in all 290 municipalities. This year Kristianstad municipality has dropped 55 places to place 191.
”Criminality and insecurity cost firms in the country 40 billion crowns a year”Carina Centrén, regional head of Svenskt Näringsliv in Skåne
– Criminality and insecurity cost firms in the country 40 billion crowns a year. So many of them are afraid to expand and take on more people, says Carina Centrén, regional head of Svenskt Näringsliv in Skåne.
In Kristianstad firms say that criminality and insecurity have a very negative effect.
”I meet a lot of businessmen. I haven't noticed that it is a problem they take up, but with a result like this we must take it seriously”Pierre Månsson (L), municipal commissioner
Municipal commissioner Pierre Månsson (L) is surprised.
– I meet a lot of businessmen. I haven't noticed that it is a problem they take up, but with a result like this we must take it seriously, he says.
Östra Göinge climbed 15 places, to 108th place. Bromölla went up to 50th place. Hässleholm, at place 273, is the worst in Skåne.
Business climate
The Confederation of Swedish Enterprises (Svenskt näringslivs) ranking 2020. Overall ranking of the country's 290 municipalities. 2019 ranking in brackets.
Bromolla: 50 (99)
Östra Göinge: 108 (123)
Osby: 185 (248)
Kristianstad: 191 (136)
Hässleholm: 237 (238)
The ranking depends mostly on how the companies responded to a survey, but also from statistics from the credit reference agency UC and Statistics Sweden.
