Nearly PLN 43.8 billion of subsidies from the Financial Shield of the Polish Development Fund (PFR) went to companies all over Poland, PFR informed on Twitter. It was added that e.g. small and medium enterprises received PLN 31 billion.
Micro enterprises received PLN 12.7 billion. According to PFR, finance assistance was provided to over 231 thousand companies employing 2.2 million people. PFR Financial Shield is a government financial support program for entrepreneurs financialy hurt as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aid is directed to the sector of micro, small, medium and large companies. Its value is about PLN 100 billion. On May 30th, the European Commission issued a positive decision regarding the aid program for large enterprises. The budget of the approved program is PLN 7.5 billion.