Investors are increasingly worried about the profitability of their commercial properties and office spaces. This news comes in the wake of news that building work in the UK in February fell for the fourth consecutive month.
As small businesses tend to rent rather than own office spaces, they are less exposed to the turmoil in the property sector than investors.
Small businesses may even be in a position to benefit from the fall in commercial property value if rents fall, according to George Derbyshire, chief executive of the National Federation of Enterprise Agencies (NFEA).