BRIDGWATER Chamber of Commerce has joined calls for the government to answer critical questions which remain unclear should the UK leave the European Union without a deal on Friday, March 29.
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) group published the questions which it says are issues which affect fundamental aspects of how companies operate.
“For instance, the terms of trade agreements can affect pricing decisions, margins, even choice of business location and the geography of supply chains,” said BCC director general Adam Marshall.
“The absence of clarity and precision has already stifled investment and growth, and is resulting in unnecessary costs, inability to plan and, increasingly, loss of business as customers look elsewhere.”
Bridgwater Chamber of Commerce chairman Steve Leahy said many Bridgwater businesses were ‘fed up’ with uncertainty and instability surrounding Brexit.
Mr Leahy said: “Currently investors are holding back and business confidence has become really badly affected. We are lucky that we are in a boom area and because of this we are bucking the trend of falling house prices and unemployment.”
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