A significant proportion of the UK’s employment law comes from Europe – including discrimination rights, holiday pay and maternity and paternity leave – so could our “out” vote bring drastic changes to the country
By Marek Sacha
As we were woken up to the news that Britain has voted to leave the EU, we can only ask ourselves what the future will hold for us as a nation.
By Mark Wright
With the results of the European referendum decision close at hand, both in and out campaigners have worked hard to sway the British public into their way of thinking – with the latest polls still holding strong on a pretty even split.
By Jan Cavelle
We have all known for years that most main party leaders are given to manipulating facts and figures to suit themselves. Never, till this vicious back biting, cat fight of an election has it been so starkly revealed that we can barely trust a single word that comes out of their mouths.
By Chirag Shah
The subject of the EU referendum is borderline inescapable, and if you’re an undecided business owner, it’s easy to feel a little overwhelmed by both sides of the debate. Where both Leave and Remain are concerned, argument has taken a backseat to rhetoric.
The EU referendum will take place on 23 June and with the clock ticking before voters must have their minds made up on the decision to vote to leave or remain in the European Union, we’ve wrapped up our findings from the Sage Debate EU – including one small business owner’s recommendations that we remain.
By Philip Rooke
When Napoleon called Britain a nation of shopkeepers, I have a feeling the British were secretly rather pleased. Trade has always been important to us and it’s a key part of the UK’s love/hate relationship with the EU.
Entrepreneurs are among the greatest risk takers of them all. It’s built into our DNA – that special something that enables us to turn a simple idea into a money-generating, employment-creating enterprise.
Britain has earnt its place as the recognised world capital for fintech, with more than half of 2015’s European venture capital investments in fintech going to London firms – amounting to a record £343m. But that could change on 23 June.
Atanas Kiryakov, founder and CEO of Ontotext, discusses social media’s role in the EU referendum and how recent data sheds light on the upcoming vote
