Firms criticise State on jobs

Small and medium-sized businesses remain dissatisfied with the Government’s performance, particularly in the areas of jobs, access to credit, costs and dealing with the troika, according to a survey conducted by ISME.

The overall satisfaction with the Government is negative at -55, although this is a slight improvement on the last reading which was -56 in the spring survey.

Medium-sized businesses are the least negative at -41, while small business, at -58, is the most negative.