Business confidence fall negates second quarter gains

Tom Allen
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The snap election and Brexit are top concerns for British business

Political uncertainty has reversed the gains in business confidence made in Q2'17, falling from 6.7 to -8 in Q3: similar to the first quarter of 2017. A snap general election, the hung parliamen...

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