THE confidence of businesses in their prospects rose to an 18-month high in Britain in January according to research for Lloyds Bank.
The bank said 50% of firms were more confident about their prospects in January than in December, while 4% were less positive.
The resulting positive balance of 46% was up six percentage points on the preceding month.
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