Originally written by Anna Jordan on Small Business
New figures reveal that 55pc of small businesses would want rules similar to Norway for goods and services post-Brexit.
This means we would stay in the single market and continue to follow EU rules for goods and services with reduced influence on said rules. We’d retain our full continued access to the EU market and free movement.
Justin Donne, who runs a consultancy in Nottingham, sources products from France, Germany and Italy as well as Amazon and suppliers from the USA. He believes that staying in the single market is important.
“If all of a sudden there are customs charges [for exchanging goods in the EU], I’ll be reticent to make purchases – and so will businesses over there.
“Some things I need aren’t available in the UK. I would love to find local goods but I’ll likely be forced to find alternatives which could be inferior,” he told SmallBusiness.co.uk.
Feelings of optimism and doubt
Despite the uncertainty around Brexit, business leaders are feeling positive. A poll of almost a thousand members of the Institute of Directors (IoD) shows that the majority of firms managed to grow over the past year, with 13pc at least doubling their turnover.
However, half

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