Small businesses’ confidence plummets as job losses exceed those created

CONFIDENCE has plummeted in the small business sector as job losses exceeded the number of jobs created in 2002. That’s the first time since the early 1990s that there has been such an outcome, and the outlook for this year is also pretty grim.

As we face into the new year, a

survey by the Irish Small and Medium Enterprise Association (ISME) found confidence deteriorating rapidly,