Small Business Optimism Leaps 20% in October While SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard Finds Hiring down 2.9% YTD

Regionally, only the South shows minor gains in hiringGlenview, Ill. — November 2, 2011 — SurePayroll , the online alternative in payroll services , today announced October results for its monthly Small Business Scorecard showing small business owner optimism leapt 20% to 53% from a record-low last month. The SurePayroll Scorecard includes hiring and wage data for the top 35 U.S. metropolitan statistical areas and surveys national small business owner optimism each month. For October 2011, the SurePayroll Small