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Friday, February 01, 2013 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Economy
| Tags: business,
recession,
entrepreneur,
economy,
report,
ICAEW,
Scott Barnes,
Michael Izza,
BCM,
Business Confidence Monitor,
Recovery
While others have warned of a triple-dip recession, the latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) shows business confidence has increased to its highest point since Q2 2011, with a number of other positive indicators for the UK economy.
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Monday, November 05, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
recession,
economy,
report,
ICAEW,
Scott Barnes,
Michael Izza,
BCM,
Business confidence monitor
While business confidence has increased marginally in the final quarter of 2012, business’ plans for 2013 remain cautious. This suggests that while some sectors and regions are beginning to see an improvement, economic recovery will be restrained in the next 12 months, according to the latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM).
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Wednesday, August 01, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy
| Tags: business,
recession,
economy,
ICAEW,
Scott Barnes,
Michael Izza,
BCM,
Business confidence monitor,
economic indicator
A fragile economy, flatlining GDP and the prospect of a sustained period of low economic growth has knocked UK business confidence in the third quarter of 2012, according to the latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) out this week. Here are the key findings…
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Tuesday, May 08, 2012 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Economy
| Tags: business,
tax,
recession,
investment,
economy,
growth,
CEO,
budget,
Scott Barnes,
recovery,
Michael Izza,
economic growth,
BCM,
Business confidence monitor
A notable improvement in UK business confidence in the last three months suggests that the economy will come out of recession and return to growth in Q2 2012, according to the latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) out today.
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Monday, August 22, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
economy,
ICAEW,
Scott Barnes,
Michael Izza,
confidence,
business news,
BCM,
Business confidence monitor,
index,
monitor,
Q3 2011
The latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) shows a decline in confidence this quarter – read on to find out why.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Economy,
Thought Leadership
| Tags: economy,
video,
retail,
ICAEW,
Scott Barnes,
recovery,
engineering,
Michael Izza,
manufacturing,
construction,
confidence,
business news,
BCM,
Business confidence monitor,
demand
UK businesses have lowered expectations for 2011 as business confidence weakened once more in Q4, according to the latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM). This suggests that economic growth next year will be slower than forecast with companies reluctant to invest and back the recovery.
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Friday, August 27, 2010 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Economy
| Tags: business,
tax,
recession,
investment,
CEO,
budget,
ICAEW,
Scott Barnes,
recovery,
Michael Izza,
BCM,
Business confidence monitor
Confidence among businesses has fallen according to the latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM), indicating that the economic recovery will slow in the second half of 2010. Despite uncertainty as to the impact on the recovery of the Coalition Government’s plans to reduce public spending, the BCM’s financial performance indicators suggest that the financial health of UK businesses continues to improve.
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