Karl
the trouble is, it's the companies with the big debts that have got us all in this mess. they will be the 1st ones to fold and disappear, so if you can keep your company going, or at least on show in the meantime - you will be there to benefit when things do get going.
the good thing about a trade like carpentry is that you can try to go out and find some work rather than sit and wait in a shop or on the end of a phone for someone to come and buy something.
One door closes and another opens somewhere

Paul [Carpenter/builder]