A mill that made the yarn that made the carpet that royalty steps on-gone bust after 100 years. A family firm with a worldwide market in toys - in receivership. A workshop that could make almost anything in metal, one-off jobs that were always in demand - liquidated. All over the country, the receivers are moving in. The businesses are sold off, hammered out of existence to pay the creditors. And the fact is that small firms employ more people than all the major companies put together. Harold Williamson goes to four small firms to ask what is going wrong? Why are some firms going under while others - often in the same line of business - survive and even prosper?