Businesses express confidence as new year begins

Cheshire and Warrington businesses have expressed confidence for a successful year ahead despite citing customer demand, energy costs and staff recruitment and retention as the three biggest challenges for 2024.

Tailor-made workshops will now be delivered to support businesses by Cheshire and Warrington LEP’s (Local Enterprise Partnership) Growth Hub on the back of its survey data which found that 50 per cent of those questioned are either very or somewhat confident about their prospects for the next 12 months.

Read more at: Chester Standard

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