REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesian business confidence has increased despite uncertainty in global business for next few months, according to a survey conducted by Regus Business Confidence Index. The level of Indonesian business confidence has increased by 17 points since April 2012, according to Regus' press release on Sunday.
The survey was conducted towards as many as 24.000 senior businessmen in 92 countries. Findings indicated that the global confidence to Indonesian business showed better performance compared to the last six months when it decreased by two percent since April 2012.
Moreover, most of companies' incomes have significantly increased by 71 percent compared to that only reaching by 43 percent in April 2012. Also, the company's profits rose by 63 percents, up from 30 percent in the same month.
Regus survey reported that 73 percent of Indonesian respondents has expressed satisfaction with the government`s strategic support to conduct business. The respondents also proposed three points for the government considerations in order to help small-scale business as well as new businesses, such as tax exemptions (70 percent), information service (53 percent) and certain industrial network construction (43 percent).