The articles below reveal the extent that the EU affects British business with unnecessary rules, regulations and costs. The Euro threatens the stability of our economy - most of our businesses work in Sterling, and our international trade tends to be US Dollar-sensitive.

But don't just take our word for it - British business organisations have also published findings that shock.

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British Chambers of Commerce Burdens Barometer

Of the costs inflicted to May 2002, £10.75Bn was due to the Data Protection and Working Time Directives alone.

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The Institute of Directors assessed the total cost of EU membership in 2000 in its policy paper "EU membership - What's The Bottom Line?" (PDF)

Draw your own conclusions...

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The Institute of Directors looked at the effect of joining the Euro on the UK economy in "The UK and Euroland - Ships passing in the night" (PDF)

and our articles...

• Europe Isn't Working: The UNICE Employers' Group reports...Click for key points

• The EU and small businesses Click for article

• Tax Harmonisation - The EU threat to British business. Click for article

• Tax Harmonisation and the Euro: Is there a link?

• Tax Harmonisation - how IR35 affects small businesses. Click for article

• Taxing motorists and roads - competitiveness threatened. Click for reports

• Quotes on Economic & Monetary Union (EMU): Click to see

• Pensions and the Euro: Is there a link?

• Trick or Treat? Mortgage costs and the Euro loan: Cut through the hype

• Interest Rates and the Euro: What some commentators said

• Big Brother Watching You? ... the new EU Data Protection laws Click for article

• More than a "trading relationship"? An analysis of its highest court... Click for the evidence

• The VAT Trap: Analysis of possible tax rises

• There Is An Alternative How Britain could cope outside the EU

• 'Free Trade and Full Employment' - Economic Alternatives to the EU.
  - an account from a 'New Alliance talk' See our Meetings section