Confidence among finance chiefs at the UK's biggest companies has seen its sharpest rise since 2020.
"Since the beginning of the year, energy prices have fallen, inflation looks to have peaked, relations with the EU have improved since the Windsor framework and there has been a period of comparative political calm after the turmoil of last year." "In many ways it mirrors what we are seeing at household level. The difference between the haves and the have nots is widening."
The UK economy has been struggling recently due to high gas prices, rising interest rates and a sluggish trade performance. Business investment has also been weak.
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Small firms intentionally destroyed by the Covid scam. Along with our NHS. Rich getting richer.
the new paradigm of our infamy. who's pulling the strings behind the curtain? the titch and Quacker show must go on. what's in it for them, what have they been guaranteed? no high wages, no worker's rights and union representation? the stench of tory corruption is in the nostril.
Zzzzzzzzz pathetic journalism.
Good to see confidence rising in UKs major companies.
Glad someone is confident.. obviously not looking at the same info as the rest of us.
Why wouldn't they be? Lockdown policies have eliminated thousands of smaller businesses which would otherwise be competing with them.
They are the ones who will survive, so they would be....but the economy is more than big business, it relies on more than Big firms. Small businesses are the lifeblood of the economy.
I see you have a 'publicly funded media' Tag. That may be true, but then it's controlled by the Tory party. Was this story passed to you by your handlers?
'Big firms a lot more confident about the future' Big firms enjoy getting laws written to their benefit by corrupt CONservatives and corrupt UKLabour MPs. Fixed the headline for you.