While unionised staff from some of the UK’s largest organisations disrupt vital services by striking in protest at wage freezes and reduced hours, small business employees have, in stark contrast, been rolling up their sleeves and getting stuck in.

More than half of B2 Business Hub members who took part in our latest poll do not expect to see an economic revival in less than a year.

Yet while 59% of those who took part in “When do you think we'll see a recovery of the UK economy?” were taking a longer view, 25% considered the resurgence was already underway or would be so before the end of the year.