As the economic effects of coronavirus continue to take a grip over the country, big businesses have dominated the headlines.
From coffee shop and restaurant chains closing their doors to airlines grounding flights, the impact of the spread of this disease is touching all corners of the nation and the world.
Garnering less headlines have been those microbusinesses struggling under this new-found financial pressure, the one-man bands, sole traders and self-employed.
Many claimed they were being "forgotten" by the Government after it delayed announcing a package of support measures for days despite revealing what it planned to do to support companies and their staff.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak eventually said the Government would pay the self-employed a taxable grant worth 80 per cent of their average monthly profits over the last three years up to £2,500 per month.
But the money will be paid in a lump sum from June at the earliest although the Government has said it is trying to make the help available sooner.
So where has it left those self-employed and microbusinesses facing such an uncertain future?
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Leigh Perry runs Dorridge Music School in Knowle with her husband and uses the services of 18 self-employed music teachers, some of whom are students working to pay their way through university.
She told the BusinessLive that the school, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, was facing an uphill battle now that all face-to-face teaching had been forced to stop.
"We shut the same Friday as all the schools and all the lessons fees were due in for April," she said.
"The school has had no income whatsoever to pay any bills, our quarterly rent was due last week which we couldn't pay and now I have a group of self-employed teachers all out of work. Everything has gone off a cliff because we work from month to month.
"In a typical week, we would teach 250 students, from four year olds up to adults, and we also go into schools so we have been affected on every level."
The school is a charity which employs Mrs Perry and husband while all of its teachers are registered as self-employed.
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Referring to the Government's package of support measures, she said claims of there being "immediate" help had not come through with no news of when financial support would arrive.
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"All the teachers are in dire straits," she added.
"Some of them are students at the Birmingham Conservatoire which is closed. They are renting flats in the city and live from week to week but have now lost their income.
"These young people won't have two months worth of money in the bank until they can get their government help in June.
"As the school's income for April has stopped, we can't pay them for March's wages until we get some help from the Government so we are stumped on every element. People need the support now."
Mrs Perry says she is now investigating whether lessons can be taught via the internet using platforms such as Zoom.
"It's not going to be ideal in terms of the quality of tuition as teaching an instrument is very hands on and we won't' be able to teach groups. But it might bring a little bit of revenue," she added.
One man who has turned to the internet to keep his business ticking over is fitness instructor Richard Woodman.
He is a personal trainer who normally does one-to-one classes and runs a fitness studio near Wolverhampton.
But, as with the rest of his industry, he was forced to stop all classes last week after the Government extended the reach of its lockdown.
Not content to sit back and do nothing, Mr Woodman decided to rent out his spin bikes to members of his studio for the same fee they would normally pay to attend his classes and is now doing free daily sessions online.
Along with spin, he has teamed up with fellow instructors Diana Nixon, Leanne Anderton and Hayley Baker to expand the range to include circuit training, boxercise and stretching.
Ms Baker has also rented out mini trampolines so she can continue teaching boogie bounce classes via the internet.
Mr Woodman told BusinessLive: "I borrowed a friend's van and delivered the bikes to people who wanted them. We have around 60 members who have joined in and are doing the classes.
"After getting the other instructors involved, we now have a team running four classes a day. Hopefully, the members will rent the bikes again next month as it's the only possible way I can make any income at the moment.
"Community-wise, I took the decision to do it for free to help people with their mental health. Obviously, I could do with the money but for me it's important to keep everybody going."
Mr Woodman, who set up the studio in Albrighton nine years ago, said this enforced shutdown had presented him with an unlikely change of direction in his business career after the online classes proved popular.
He has also launched a new YouTube channel which is slowly amassing subscribers and page views and says he plans to continue teaching via the internet once the coronavirus lockdown has been relaxed.
"It's been a long slog, building the studio up from nothing. I was an instructor in a gym which went bump so the next day I bought the spin bikes off them and set up my own business," he added.
"This has definitely opened up a potential new business avenue. I love doing the one-to-one personal training but it has also opened up another area and maybe I can launch online classes on a much larger scale in the future.
"It's hard, no doubt, but I like to think on my feet and this has kept me busy - it's been great for me as well as the community."
Another entrepreneur has suffered a pause in work from clients but seen others increase their activity in the face of the coronavirus crisis.
Russ Cockburn runs PR agency Cucumber with his wife Joan and represents a broad range of public and private sector clients, particularly from the region's manufacturing sector including historic Birmingham pressings firm Brandauer.
Some of his agency's clients are using their services to help in the fight against coronavirus including one which is building protective visors from scratch while another is utilising augmented reality to help companies in the supply chain build ventilators.
He told BusinessLive the agency, which the pair launched in 2014, had enjoyed a positive start to 2020 before the crisis took its hold on the economy.
"It's certainly going to be a challenging time, there's no escaping that," said Mr Cockburn.
"There are very few sectors that are immune to the effects of covid-19 and we have already seen four of our accounts put us on hold until they return back to some form of normality.
"However, at the same time, we have also seen some clients increase their spend as they need more intensive support with internal communications or are doing some amazing work supporting the frontline battle against coronavirus and need help communicating it.
"Even in an unprecedented crisis, there is still an urgent need for consistent and informative communications."
The Chancellor's Statement
When announcing the package of measures for the self-employed, Chancellor Rishi Sunak said: "Self-employed people are a crucial part of the 海角视频's workforce who've understandably been looking for reassurance and support during this national emergency.
"The package for the self-employed I've outlined is one of the most generous in the world that has been announced so far.
"It targets support to those who need help most, offering the self-employed the same level of support as those in work.
"Together with support packages for businesses and for workers, I am confident we now have the measures in place to ensure we can get through this emergency together."