A total of 933 companies went bankrupt between January and March, the Office of the Bankruptcy Ombudsman reports.
The US and Israel’s attack on Iran has hit consumer confidence.
Although the current situation for SMEs is challenging, confidence in the future has strengthened, the Yrittäjägallup survey shows.
Consumer confidence weakened markedly in January.
Tariffs have slowed growth in industry.
The value of new industrial orders in October was 3.7% lower than a year previously, Statistics Finland says.
Companies are considerably more optimistic than consumers in their expectations of Finland’s future economic performance.
The value of new industrial orders in September was 0.9% higher than a year previously, Statistics Finland says.
Statistics Finland data show the value of orders is growing.
Businesses expect production to grow before year-end.