Global business confidence has made only slight progress compared to six months ago, with the index rising from 111 to 114. While growth economies continue to report higher average confidence than mature economies, at 126 and 104 respectively. Businesses globally plan to hire more sales and marketing staff in their bid for growth, with over 57% of firms expecting to increase these departments.
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Just the Job: Business Confidence Index 8
1. Regus
Business
Confidence
Index
Issue 8 April 2013
Just
the job
Although business ... businesses globally plan to hire
confidence shows only more sales and marketing staff
marginal progress ... in their bid for growth
Business Confidence Index
Global confidence has made only slight
progress compared to six months ago
111 114
57%
October April
2012 2013
Business Confidence broadly
flat since October 2011
Planned global
120
increase in sales
and marketing staff
110
100
90
Oct Apr Oct Apr Oct Apr Oct Apr
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
However, growth economies continue to
report higher average confidence rates
than mature economies
126 104
40%
Growth Mature
economies economies
New blood for a fresh start Operations
Businesses are refusing to be disheartened
by the extended economic slowdown and
intend to trade their way back into growth
25%
Businesses reporting
they plan to increase
staff numbers by
over 5%
19% IT
85%
Businesses reporting
15%
they plan to increase
headcount or maintain
it unchanged
Growth economies are particularly likely to
Admin
boost their employee numbers significantly
39% 38%
31% 30% 26% Over 26,000 business
respondents from
India Brazil South
Africa
China Mexico 9% over 99 countries
were interviewed
Finance These were sourced
As businesses eye growth they are from Regus’ global
counting on new talent and their contacts database
5%
sales and marketing teams to of over 1 million
lead them out of the downturn business-people
HR worldwide
*
Departments global
business expects
firms to expand Regus is the world’s largest provider of flexible
workplaces, with products and services ranging
from fully equipped offices to professional meeting
rooms, business lounges and the world’s largest
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