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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Business
Andrew Young

Nearly nine in ten SME owners say starting their business was best thing they ever did

Nearly nine in ten small business owners (87%) say that starting up their own enterprise was the best decision they have ever made, research has found.

The average amount of money invested in their pursuing their entrepreneurial dreams was £2,767 – but three in ten put in over £5,000 to start up their own business, according to the poll of 1,000 SME owners.

And despite feeling overwhelmingly positive about their successes, two-thirds of those polled, via OnePoll, wish they could have spoken to experts before they started their business pursuit.

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