BUSINESS leaders are growing more optimistic on prospects for the year ahead, according to the Institute of Directors.
The proportion who expect 2013 to be better than last year is greater than those with a pessimistic outlook by a margin of +31%.
The comparable figure for the beginning of 2012 was a gloomy -31%.
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