“News of growth is always welcome and, even if it may be short lived, it will provide a small injection of confidence a time of incredible uncertainty in the wider economic landscape.
This month businesses are being hit with increasing domestic costs, including the national insurance rise, and growing global trade uncertainty.
Business owners crave certainty and they will be desperate to know what the future holds, but it is almost impossible to plan too far ahead when we do not know what impact UK policies, global tariffs and other geopolitical factors will have.”