Irish business condition may brighten by the middle of 2010, although the outlook remained tough in the early period, the Spring 2010 KBC Bank/Chartered Accountants Ireland Business Sentiment Survey said Wednesday.
As many as 27% of firms reported an increase in business volume during the past three months, the highest number in two years, the survey found. Though 40% of the companies indicated further decline in business volume, this is the smallest number of negative responses received in two years.
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