Smaller firms show determination to succeed

THE resilience and sheer determination of the small and medium enterprise sector to succeed in an extremely competitive environment is one of consistent threads that runs through the Chambers Ireland/Irish Examiner SME Business Confidence Survey.

True to their pragmatic nature SMEs see things for what they really are.

Despite the Department of Finance growth forecasts for the economy of close to 5% in 2006, only one-third of SMEs expects the general business environment to be more favourable this year.