Confidence seems to of been restored amongst marketers as 2014 is set to see budgets reach their highest levels since the 2008 financial crash. Bellwethers most recent report highlights that 26 per cent of companies are planning to increase their marketing budgets year on year in 2014, this was complimented by a strong Q4 in 2013 which saw 11 per cent of companies registering an increase in budget spend.