FSB Credit Crunch Data
The FSB has polled thousands of its members over the duration of the economic downturn.
The graphs below track small businesses' experiences of trade, late payment and access to credit between September 2008 and August 2009
Small businesses experienced a steep decline in trade up to the end of last year, but this has slowly eased up to August 2009.
At the start of the recession more than 50 per cent of businesses reported an increase in late payments. This trend slowly eased with a third reporting an increase towards the end of 2009.
Small businesses spent the latter part of 2008 and early 2009 struggling to access loans and overdrafts. This has begun to improve, although now there is an issue on the cost of finance.
Download full results from the individual polls below
September 2008
October 2008
December 2008
February 2009
April 2009
June 2009
August 2009
October 2009
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