Half of small business leaders expect no disruptive impact after Britain’s vote to leave the EU, researchers say

The nation’s small and medium sized businesses are shrugging off initial concerns about Brexit and taking advantage of new growth opportunities.

Research from CitySprint, the courier business, found that half of small business leaders anticipate no disruptive impact after Britain’s vote to leave the EU. More than two thirds said they felt either as confident or more confident about their business now than they did 12 months ago. Tony Hague, managing director of PP Control and Automation, a manufacturer in the West Midlands, was surprised to discover that the Brexit vote had had a positive impact on his business, which employs 200 people and has revenues of £20 million.

“We’ve leveraged the weak sterling situation to make ourselves even more competitive and accelerate the orders