Confidence among Plymouth’s SMEs is split with construction trades buoyant but hospitality and retail less upbeat, according to the Federation of Small Businesses.
An FSB report, in January 2021, showed confidence had plummeted among South West business owners following the emergence of the Omicron Covid variant.
But Jonathan Keable, FSB lead for Plymouth, said the picture is more complex and that a lack of confidence in the region’s vast hospitality industry has skewed the picture.
