ICAEW Business Confidence Monitor (BCM)
Quarter one 2010
Three out of five UK businesses are still running below capacity according to the latest ICAEW UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM).
Key findings from Q1 2010 report include:
- Modest improvement in financial indicators: firms expect growth in profit, turnover and sales over the coming year after all three contracted over the year to date.
- Inflationary pressures remain muted. Businesses expect only modest growth in prices and wages over the next year.
- Export growth has remained positive and is expected to rise over the coming year.
- Access to capital has improved for the second quarter in succession, but still presents a greater challenge than 12 months ago for one out of every four businesses.
- Download the Q1 2010 main report
- Download the Q1 2010 appendices and tables
- Download the Q1 2010 data spreadsheet
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