The economic buro of the dutch bank ING presented their research under 1.238 directors and owners of SME’s. Entrepreneurs where especially optimistic about entrepreneurial conditions and financial position of their company. They expect the conditions to improve in the coming 12 month. The turnover is expected to grow as well. Industry, business services, wholesale food retail are on top of the list. The expectations of Education and Health where negative.
Regions
Entrepeneurs in the regions Drenthe and Utrecht are most positive. In Utrecht especially ICT and business services related SME’s. In Drenthe Wholesale, transport and logistics profit of the growing export.
Entrepreneurs in the region Friesland are least positive and remain at a neutral 100 points. The main reason being the presence of health here.
Investments
Despite the positive expectations, the investments and jobs have not grown yet. The majority of the SME’s expect this to remain the same in the coming 12 month. The number of jobs in medium enterprises have already started to grow.
Threats
Laws and regulation and competition are expected to be the biggest threat. Last year the laging economic growth was seen as the biggest threat. Not anymore now that the economy is growing.
This news was published 23-04-2015
