Business confidence shaky but recruitment on the up

  • A quarter of CEOs are confident about revenue growth in 2010
  • UK CEOs are among the most confident in Europe about recruitment
  • Despite this, they remain cautious about where they spend their money
  • The M&A market looks set to grow this year

CEOs remain cautious with their investments but 42% are planning increased headcount this year.

Figures released by the Office for National Statistics this week revealed that the UK economy is technically out of recession, with a growth of 0.1% in Q4 last year, but businesses are still cautious in preparing for an upturn.

A quarter of UK CEOs said they were ‘very confident’ about revenue growth in the next 12 months – an increase of 10% on the previous year, according to PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ annual Global CEO survey.

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