What do you feel about your business's prospects for the coming year? Are you with the 49% who hope to grow their businesses? Overall, at the moment, small businesses have less confidence about the future than they did in 2010 when the figure was 66%, according to the Barclays Business Regional Impact Index. Just half of those questioned expected to increase their profits in 2012, while 18% were expecting a loss.

There is a regional trend to this figures with London, Central England and the North East the most optimistic about growth next year and those in the South East and South West the least optimistic.

Where do you fit into these figures. We'd be interested to know how you feel the coming year is going to impact on your business, and what you think needs to happen to help your business grow. Is the government doing enough to help small businesses and is funding still too difficult to obtain?