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Recession? Not for this hotelier

SME Focus: Born optimist David Webster makes it clear he has no regrets about expanding his hotel business as the downturn gathered pace last year.

With the benchmark FTSE-100 index recording a series of daily increases last week, there were signs that hard-bitten City fund managers were starting to believe that the green shoots of recovery may be evident.