With three weeks exactly until the EU referendum, latest figures show small businesses are evenly split over whether stay or go.
Research consultancy TNS found that 37 percent of small and medium-sized enterprises would be voting to leave the European Union on the 23rd June, whilst 38 percent wanted to stay in the single market. However, the poll also showed most expected the Remain camp to win, with 68 percent saying that the desire for economic stability and fear of change will mean the public will vote to stay.
TNS’s UK managing director of financial services and technology Amy Cashman commented: “While some SME owners are backing Brexit, the high proportion of those predicting that the UK will remain in the EU shows that fear of the unknown is likely to be a deciding factor. The reasons given by SME owners for voting, on both sides of the debate, show that the Brexit debate is influenced by passions and personal preferences.”
High-profile figures have been emerging on both sides of the fence over recent months, with Richard Branson and Lady Karren Brady publicly advocating staying in the EU, and Boris Johnson encouraging a Leave vote.
02/06/2016