SME confidence plunges

Posted on 28 Jan 2025
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UK SMEs are reporting plummeting levels of confidence going into 2025 largely based off Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget announcements

ACCA’s latest survey of business confidence showed a stark difference in the past two quarters to the first two of 2024 with the early part of last year showing business confidence beginning to grow again.

Just two quarters into Labour Party’s tenure in Number 10, SMEs are reporting that their confidence going into this year is lower than it was during and after the pandemic. In fact, it is the lowest reading since ACCA began the survey in 2014.

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