Federation of Small Businesses

“23 per cent of its members had experienced an increase in trade recently.”

“Only a quarter of SMEs questioned in the organisation’s latest poll cited the cost of finance as a problem, compared to 40 per cent at the end of last year.”

“Over half of respondents (57 per cent) said they were “quite confident” about the future,”

“68 per cent plan to grow over the next six months.”