Small business sales beat expectations
Small business sales beat expectations Updated: 14:07, Thursday January 26, 2012 Sales by small businesses over the all-important Christmas period were better than expected in year-on-year terms, but calendar 2011 figures were less impressive amid subdued market conditions.
SMALL business owners are selling up and getting out of the market at an alarming rate, with restaurants and cafes shutting more quickly than opening for the first time in decades.