Current trends of business associations of smes in the service sphere during the covid-19 pandemic

Creating a favorable business environment for small and medium-sized businesses in the service sector, the most affected during the COVID-19 pandemic, is more than ever one of the most urgent tasks of the current moment. The purpose of the study is to analyze the current trends in the activities of business associations in the context of the pandemic. Research objectives: to study the problems of SMEs, to consider the degree of adaptation of business associations to the crisis conditions caused by the pandemic. The research uses the following methods: description, comparison, analogy and generalization, analysis and synthesis. The results of the work are the identification of promising types of commercial business services provided by business associations at the present time. Approaches to assessing the economic effect economic effect of digitalization of services offered by business associations.