bdaily.co.uk:
What do UK SME's really think about Brexit?
30 May 2016
Both sides of the debate have argued that there is either too much or very little EU red tape. These confusing arguments haven't helped to clarify the debate. Last month The Treasury cited the LSE Centre for Economic Performance report which stated, ''It is unclear whether there are substantial regulatory benefits from Brexit''. Businesses that took part in the Loc8 Commercial survey however, think red tape is the biggest issue affecting their ability to do business easily with 58%. In addition, the regularity of new EU regulations is the second biggest issue with 35% citing this as a concern, well ahead of immigration, which had a zero score from the businesses that took part in the survey.
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Related publications
The UK Treasury analysis of 'The long-term economic impact of EU membership and the alternatives': CEP Commentary, Swati Dhingra, Gianmarco Ottaviano, Thomas Sampson and John Van Reenen, CEP Brexit Analysis Series, Paper No.04, April 2016
The complete series of Brexit Papers are available online here
Related links
Swati Dhingra webpage
Gianmarco Ottaviano webpage
John Van Reenen webpage
Thomas Sampson webpage
Trade Programme webpage
Growth Programme webpage