A decade on, Brexit still bites for UK small businesses

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : "If you look at the facts and figures, our lead times for all of our materials went up post Brexit.
51% : " Britain formally departed the EU at the start of the decade.
45% : Ten years on from a referendum that triggered Britain's exit from the European Union, the nation's small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) find themselves caught between mountains of paperwork, rising costs and dashed expectations.
45% : The specialist firm - "It's still impacting us," Rowan Crozier, head of Brandauer, which manufacturers tiny metal components, said of Brexit.
40% : A study published last month by the Federation of Small Businesses found 63 percent of UK SMEs trading with the European Union had faced "significant" trade barriers over the past 12 months.
40% : A study published last month by the Federation of Small Businesses found 63 percent of UK SMEs trading with the European Union had faced "significant" trade barriers over the past 12 months.

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