Survey: Irish chief financial officers confident of growth prospects

Irish-based finance chiefs are the most optimistic in Europe, regarding their firms’ growth prospects, a new survey shows.

The latest CFO (chief financial officer) survey from accountancy firm, Deloitte shows that 25% of European finance heads are more optimistic about the financial prospects of their company than they were six months ago.

This figure is down from 33% in the first quarter of the year, while those saying they are actually less optimistic has risen from 18% to 23%.