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ICAEW Business Confidence Monitor (BCM): Wales

The latest national Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) shows that the Iran War significantly dented confidence as it dropped to a near four-year low and suffered its sixth successive negative quarterly score. Companies reported rising costs pressures, weaker expected sales and profits growth for the coming year, while late payment concerns hit a five-year high.
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Latest Wales news

ICAEW Business Confidence Monitor (BCM): Wales
  • 23 Jul 2026
The latest national Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) shows that the Iran War significantly dented confidence as it dropped to a near four-year low and suffered its sixth successive negative quarterly score. Companies reported rising costs pressures, weaker expected sales and profits growth for the coming year, while late payment concerns hit a five-year high.
Wales BCM Q2 Regional Director's insights
  • 22 Jul 2026
Robert Lloyd Griffiths, ICAEW Director Wales, discusses insights for Wales from the latest ICAEW Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) Q2 2026.
Putting words into action for Wales’ economy
  • 01 Jun 2026
Wales has always been at its best when we work together with a shared sense of purpose. That is why I want to warmly welcome Adam Price to his new role as Cabinet Secretary for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy, and to do so with both optimism and realism about the task ahead.
Welsh Manifesto: three measures to unlock growth
  • 02 Apr 2026
ICAEW has published a manifesto for the Welsh Senedd elections, highlighting the biggest issues facing Welsh businesses, and the solutions that the Welsh government should focus on.