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

. . .and a lmost a

¼of these owners are planning signif icant

expansion .

44%don’t believe they have the right people or finance in place to reach their growth ambitions.

of SMEs

*% of businesses we spoke to as part of our recent study.

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

LIMBO

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

26%of businesses in the North are planning significant growth...

*% of businesses we spoke to as part of our recent study.

21%compared with

of businesses in the South.