Business confidence plummets among North West SMEs
Business confidence in the North West is at its lowest since the pandemic outbreak, the latest research by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) shows.
The region suffered a second successive quarterly sharp decline in confidence as the quarterly Small Business Index (SBI) – which measures business confidence – clearly demonstrates the negative sentiment felt by business owners across the region.
Confidence levels fell from -27%% in the second quarter of 2022 to -37% in the third quarter. In the first quarter of 2022 conf... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
