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1. 69%
of the businesses we
spoke to are plotting
proactive growth in the
next one to two years...

2. ¼
...and almost a
of these owners are
planning significant
expansion.

3. 44%
of SME s
don’t believe they have the
right people or finance in
place to reach their growth
ambitions.
*% of businesses we spoke to as part of our recent study.

4. 2
in
5
of the business owners we spoke to agreed
that their businesses are currently stuck in
LIMBO

5. 55 %
of the business owners
involved in our recent study
said they’d delayed making
decisions at the moment.

6. 26 %
of businesses in the
North are planning
significant growth...
*% of businesses we spoke to as part of our recent study.

7. 21 %
compared with
of businesses in the
South.