July saw GDP fall by 0.5%, dampening hopes of a third quarter recovery in small business confidence levels Responding to Office for National Statistics figures…
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Downbeat economic conditions in the second quarter dampen upswing in confidence registered in the first quarter, but medium-term optimism recovers among small firms • The…
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Business growth lost momentum in the last three months to June after bouncing back strongly earlier this year, according to the latest NatWest survey of…
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Trade associations representing high-street businesses including pubs, breweries, hairdressers, local shops and other small businesses have today written to the Chair of the newly formed…
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Small businesses face surging interest rates on lending, with the average rate on new bank loans written increasing fivefold from just 0.98% in May 2020…
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Small firms’ confidence in the final quarter of 2022 plunged to a depth almost on a par with that measured during the second Covid lockdown…
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Small firms’ survival during the ongoing energy price crisis will depend on continued government support through Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRS) beyond March 2023, according…
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