Small business hit by overuse of EU rules

European Union legislation is implemented more stringently than necessary in the UK, imposing higher costs on small businesses and deterring them from taking on new staff, according to a report from the Foreign Policy Centre thinktank and the Federation of Small Businesses..

United Kingdom: Federation of Small Businesses http://www.fsb.org.uk/

United Kingdom: Foreign Policy Centre http://fpc.org.uk/

Federation of Small Businesses: Burdened by Brussels or the UK? Improving the Implementation of EU Directives, 2006 http://fpc.org.uk/fsblob/1417.pdf

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