Il’ve mentioned before the 10 small companies being monitored by the BBC, gauging their confidence in the economy on a monthly basis and tracking how they’re dealing with the economic downturn. You can catch up with the latest news here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7833049.stm.

It makes interesting reading - some doing better than anticicpated, some struggling. All say November 2008 was a truly difficult month but remain reasonably positive for 2009.  

Source: Microsoft Small Business