Read my views below or on the Sky News website on the affect of bad weather on small businesses.
The summer was the seventh wettest since 1956, with a total of 317mm of rain falling between June and August.
This was well above the average of 226mm.
Marc Shoffman, from the Federation of Small Businesses, said extreme weather can prove extremely costly for small businesses. He explained: "Bad weather can cause damages to businesses totalling hundreds of millions of pounds.
"Small businesses rely on passing trade and without this are suffering as a result. The poor weather also presents a wider problem including the burden of paying for ever-increasing energy prices, increased congestion and in general coping with staff morale."
Those most affected are garden centres, stately homes and coastal resorts.
In Nottinghamshire, the White Post Farm was one of the hotspots to have been affected by the weather woes.
Site director at the farm, Simon Rouse, said: "We are losing 300-400 visitors a day with bad weather."
Andy Evans, from the Ruxley Manor Garden Centre in Kent, said the summer had been a struggle.
He explained: "It hasn't been the best year. August was horrendous. Our monthly figures show a loss of business and we have lost about £50,000."
He added: "All the hard work we have put in over the summer to make profits has now been eclipsed by this one dreadful month".
Many will be hoping a change in season brings a change in weather fortunes but forecasters say to expect much of the same.
Paul Knightley, from MeteoGroup, said: "With the particularly bad weather spell we had in August, it takes a lot to change it.
"For September we expect much of the same, remaining unsettled, with quite a lot of rain on the way but with a few sunny days expected."
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