Business confidence on the rise

IRISH businesses’ confidence that they will recruit extra workers in the coming months is growing, separate surveys to be released today indicate.

And Ireland’s attractiveness as a location for foreign direct investment (FDI) from the US continues to improve with research from law firm Matheson Ormsby Prentice showing that Ireland’s tax regime is seen as an important advantage over other potential FDI destinations in Europe.

The Regus fifth global Business Tracker report published today indicates that Irish optimism has risen by nearly a third (31%) over the last six months, matched by resurgent company performances bringing Ireland back into line with the world’s leading economies.