2008 and 2009 were pretty dead, which is actually fortunate as we were having to totally rewrite the software, as we discovered that the original iteration was completely hard coded (after the gibbon responsible for it had left), now it's picking up a bit we've got a contract from china and are currently having a trial with a pharma company which will sort us out for the year if it's sucessful...
We're a process safety software firm.
bloody terrible here, think there are very dark times ahead, got a baby on the way aswell.
we make shiny things for ducting for the offshore, industrial, ncuclear. tunnel markets....
we have quoted like hell but nothing is coming back our way, all the big boys are holding onto their budgets and not releasing funds...
there's only so much longer the pot will last.... horrible feeling but i guess i am still employed!
Theres a bit of movement in the mortgage industry at the moment with some nice low fixed rates available for those looking to borrow below 75% of the property value and some even lower tracker rates (certainly below alot of lenders standard variable rates) and as a result people are looking at remortgages and moving house more than they have been in the last 6 months.
I'm based in Sussex but my client bank is spread across the UK.
If things continue as they are at the moment then I'll be ok but i can't afford to have another winter like last year, it was dire 
Recruitment Industry - I need not say a word.
Dead since october/november - i'm a garden designer (at the moment) so some of that is seasonal, but there's usually a big pickup in late Jan/Feb and what with the cold weather & all i've hardly had a sniff of new work this year, so it's mainly last year's projects rolling on at the mo. Interestingly some of the contractors I use are still quite busy so people are doing bits & bobs, just not the higher value stuff that I tend to get involved in.
A good proportion of our long-term customers are local gov, education, NHS so not battening down the hatches quite so much.
They will be soon however. Our public sector customers are expecting around 15% cuts in their budgets.
Part-time academic, part time consultant. Both okay at the moment, but cuts are on the way so who knows.
Burrowing away my earnings, guess that makes me as much the problem as the solution for the immediate economic outlook.
busiest I've been in years, completely flat out at the moment
Budgets are tighter though, having to work a bit harder for the money but i'm certainly not complaining
Audio Visual Engineer, self employed
Designer
Deader than dead. Last year I was getting through at least 30 design jobs a month - now scraping by on about 10 a month and freelance projects are zilch.
I've been made redundant twice already and we're facing more cuts within the department over the next month or so...
Last year my wife spent 8 months Jan-Sept looking for work- 600+ job applications before she got offered two jobs.
This month, two weeks of casual looking got 3 job offers, all at good rates, two of them as long term (12 month+ expectation) roles. Strangely, there seems to be lots of work at the banks now partly taxpayer owned
Investment banking, contract project manager.
I'm still looking after the kids. 
I do a bit of plastering for a guy I used to work with,he has not had anything for me for 6 months,That has changed and I have just priced a flat for him.Only problem is that I have to drive past the bikechain to get home... 
Thankfully he has now sold that orange Soul frame!
Well the better weather brought in the business, if every day was like today I'd be coining it in.
Perhaps the winter weather really did put work in contruction that far back.
Fingers crossed
if you fit a 17" ive got an orange one in my window!
It is Naim that I work for, but not sure if I can negotiate a STW discount 
Not a problem to organise a factory tour if anyone's keen though. Who did you work for bikechain fella? I know times have been rough for our industry as a whole, so we are bucking the trend a bit.
Thankfully Chris,I don't.Will be in for another of those fine merino tops mind.Cracking kit for pretty much anything.
Well people are still running illegal scrapyards, dumping crap in rivers and hoarding rubbish on their sites (which then catch fire and take 3 weeks to put out) so I'm pretty busy. Taking 2 cases to court at the mo!
Feel sorry for all the construction and other linked trades though.
I am a UK manufacturer. Orders are up, factory is busy, but everyday is a nightmare as the legacy of two bad previous years hangs over us
We were doing ok - not great, ok up to Christmas (architecture - churches and historic buildings mostly) but since then we had 3 large projects stall, as a result 3 out of 6 got made redundant last week (I was one of those made redundant). the forecast for those remaining isnt good - as one section which was mainly funded through Grants is coming to the end of its funding cycle so thats going to be a big chunk that will be ending in a few months.
Crazy busy but were are in absolutely outlier in our industry. 2nd fastest growing biotech over last five years in UK with no sign of slowing up.
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