Suggested information on activities and economic situation

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• 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.