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Perceived benefits of EU membership for small businesses as of 2015, by nation

United Kingdom: What is the UK’s membership of the EU beneficial for?

The data displays the share of small businesses that agree or strongly agree with listed benefits of the EU in the UK as of 2015, for UK nations. Data shows that there were variations in how the opinions and attitudes of business owners changed depending where their company was based. By and large, Scottish respondents perceived the benefits of the EU to be far greater than the other UK nations.

Scotland	59.7	61.1	55.7	45	47.5
Northern Ireland	56.3	45.8	46.9	37.5	43.8
Wales	54.8	52.1	48.7	40.9	39.8
All respondents	50.5	46.7	40.1	34.9	38.8
England	49	44.7	37.5	33.3	37.6

Perceived benefits of EU membership for small businesses as of 2015, by nation

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