(Source: Bank of America Corporation) Small business owners in the Boston area are overwhelmingly optimistic, according to the fall 2015 Bank of America Small Business Owner Report, a semi-annual study exploring the concerns, aspirations and perspectives of small business owners in Boston and around the country. Sixty percent of Boston-area small business owners plan to hire in the coming year. This number is more than double what it was two years ago and is the highest since the inception of the report in 2012. Additionally, 70 percent of local businesses plan to grow their business over the next five years, a 13 percentage point spike from last year, and 68 percent are confident their...
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