Published:
2:56 PM May 6, 2021
Updated:
3:09 PM May 6, 2021
East of England businesses are more upbeat - but their optimism hasn t kept pace with other regions. Pictured is a Greene King worker
- Credit: Adam Smyth
Business confidence in the East of England has surged to its highest level since February 2020 as the region starts to return to some form of normality following three national lockdowns, figures suggest.
But the region’s firms are less upbeat than other parts of the country with optimism about their own prospects nine points behind the national figure.
Overall confidence in the region rose 12 points to 24%, according to Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking’s latest Business Barometer. However, that is still behind the national average which rose 14 points to stand at 29%.
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