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British advertisers, a prospect of a trade war, under an industrial trade body, the prospect of a trade war between large consumer brands has cut their budgets for the first time.

Advertise Budgets narrowed in the first quarter of the year, the Institute of Prentbians, on Thursday, organized a return on Thursdays due to the fears and concerns of the British companies Weakens the consumer confidence.

Market budgets close to the quarterly information of IPA, the market budgets, which are close to a quarter, will have only a five increase, he said. This has been pushed the balance in favor of the business, which has been the first time of 2021 since the first quarter.

Among the findings of IPA are the latest evidence of withdrawal UK companies Last year’s budget and uncertainty as a one-year budget starting by the US Trade War, as struggling with the opening of uncertainty.

Marketing budgets are seen as an indicator of economic outlook based on business expenses with expenses with announcements, based on expected sales in noon.

Paul Bainsfair, IP Director General, “Often Political and Economic Norms in Trump, more often, more Britain enterprises are cautious, waiting and approaching marketing in this quarter. “

He led to a quarterfold business confidence, for example, the increase in employers and increased minimum wage, “investments in the growing investment and basic media budgets.”

IPA, 4.8% of the difference in the budgets of enterprises, 4.8 percent of the expenditure in favor – 1.9 percent more than 1.9 percent more than the previous quarter increased.

“The opening quarter of 2025 has significantly reduced in the financial prospects of both the company and industry,” he said. The company’s confidence fell to the lowest level since the last quarter of 2022.

Samantha Smith, Six April (Mobility), Global Marketing Agency and Lipstick City Head for Bristol, South West and Wales, I’m not sure that you will not know that anyway. My worries are the fingers of a large number of CFTs waiting for how the world will be established. “

IPA still found that advertising budgets will increase during the year, despite the cut in the first quarter of many marketing management. General marketing budgets are expected to increase in one-third of the respondents, increase a reduction forecast for about twice.

In the first quarter, direct marketing activities attracted the highest increase in the costs of the expenditures and sales promotions. Outside the house, the sound and video in the video shrinks all of the media marketing budgets.

S & P Global Market Zaka, which prepares the report for IPA, England economic growth 0.6 percent 0.6 percent, 0.6 percent, partly in response to new U.S. accounts in connection with the English imports.

However, its announcement did not start the expenditure forecasts for 1.3 percent and 1.8 percent to 2025 and 2026.