SMEs worried over prospects

The business environment for the SME sector remains challenging with sentiment either stagnating or dipping across a number of important indicators, according to Isme.

In its latest quarterly survey, the lobby group for small businesses found that SMEs are less optimistic now about the prospects for the economy than they were over the last three months of 2013.

“The Government and big business lobby PR machine has been in overdrive in recent months telling us all that the storm has passed,” said Isme chief executive Mark Fielding.