
SME optimism fades as confidence slips
Business Partners’ Q1 2025 SME Confidence Index finds early-year optimism has been eroded – driven chiefly by budget uncertainty, a R75bn revenue shortfall and global volatility.

Business Partners’ Q1 2025 SME Confidence Index finds early-year optimism has been eroded – driven chiefly by budget uncertainty, a R75bn revenue shortfall and global volatility.

David Morobe, executive general manager for Impact Investing at Business Partners Limited, highlights some of the key findings from the latest quarterly SME Confidence Index.