At last, the economic outlook is brightening. It's been a long time coming, but the latest set of economic and internal bank data makes for very positive reading. Cash turnover through Barclays Business Banking current accounts, for example, is up by 6% year-on-year to July 2013, while transaction volumes in July were up 10%.
All of which suggests that while we may not be at the end of the downturn, it looks likely we are (at the very least) at the beginning of the end. This being the case, it seems a good moment to rake over the embers of recession to see what we've learned about SMEs over the past few years. Here are a few things that stood out, and (more importantly) what it all means for you.