The Financial Times (FT) reports the latest survey conducted by IPSOS Mori, with participants from the top 500 companies by turnover and the top 100 by capital employed in the UK.
Key Findings:
74 per cent pessimistic about the year ahead.
Up from 66 per cent last year.
8 per cent expect improvements this year.
An increasing number of business leaders also said they thought the prospect of Brexit was worse today than they predicted 12 months ago.
67 per cent saying their company was worse off, compared with 56 per cent a year ago.