Suggested information on activities and economic situation
[ch 7: page 37]• the launch of new products or services, or significant changes to, or discontinuation of, existing products or services;
• increase or reduction in production or sales as a result of, for example, under- or over-capacity, increased or reduced demand, moving into a new market or exiting a market, cost-saving measures;
• takeovers/mergers (both by and of the undertaking), acquisitions and disposals of subsidiary companies, businesses, parts of a business, or other assets, investment, opening or closure of establishments (eg plants, offices, factories, retail outlets, branches), restructuring plans;
• developments in technology, production processes or ways of working;
• a re-organisation within the undertaking, including a transfer of production or posts to different locations, or to different divisions or units within the undertaking;
• changes to the undertaking’s aims, objectives, vision, mission statement, strategy, business plan etc;
• changes in senior management;
• the competitive environment in which the organisation operates, trading conditions, the outlook for the sector, the level of demand, and the state of the undertaking’s order book; and
• the undertaking’s financial situation based on its accounts.