Majority of SMEs confident about economy for rest of the year, survey shows

Positive outlook for businesses, with 50% of people saying they plan to recruit new staff members

Stephen Noonan, acting head of ACCA Ireland, credited the Government interventions which helped SMEs through the recent crises and enabled them to plan for the future. 

The majority of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are confident about the economy going into the second half of the year, a new survey by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has found.

According to the survey, 86% of SMEs are either confident about the economy or more confident about it for the second half of the year compared to the first half.