Growing confidence in the recovery is leading more printers to invest, both to improve current performance and to extend their capabilities. Positivity is in the air. Unemployment is at a four-year low, the economy is beginning to gain traction (the Office for Budget Responsibility expects economic growth to reach 2.4% this year) and with it there appears to be an uplift in business confidence. A raft of recent surveys suggest a business landscape carpeted in the green shoots of recovery, with SMEs feeling bullish for the year ahead. Bibby Financial Services found two thirds of the 1,000 businesses it surveyed across the UK anticipate growth this year, while the number considered to be in 'critical distress' fell for the third quarter in a row.
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