Brexit: The 'Scary' Challenge For Businesses

Businesses throughout the UK ended the working week holding Brexit meetings.

Whether they were full-blown crisis talks in the boardroom or an idle five minutes at the water cooler, leaving the European Union will eventually affect every British worker.

The historic decision came as Worcester-based firm Gtech (Other OTC: LTOMF - news) moves into shiny new headquarters on the edge of the city - a bold expansion for a British success story built on cordless vacuums and battery-powered bikes and lawnmowers.

Founder Nick Grey launched the company from his home in 2001 and now employs 120 staff.

Among the organised chaos of the move, he told Sky News that the EU decision had to be embraced.

Mr Grey said: "Of course it is daunting, it is scary, but running a business is scary - you just have look at the long-term picture - that's just what we as a country have to do.

"All you ask for is a fair playing field and for me the EU legislation, that had become incredibly complicated in some areas, wasn't allowing a fair playing field.

"For me that was one of the reasons why I came down on the side of leaving, I'd like us to be left on our own a little bit more."

Like every other workplace in the UK there have been disagreements at Gtech (EUREX: 2383673.EX - news) - and occasional heated exchanges - over the rights and wrongs of divorcing the EU.

Several companies had written to their workforce to lay out the benefits for remaining in the EU, and in some instances, the case for leaving.

Many organisations have said they respect the result, and do not expect any adverse impacts on trading in the short-term.

Others stressed that they remain committed to keeping operations based in the UK.

However, there are likely to be complexities faced by the whole business community in the years to come - and swift agreement on what the UK's relationship will be with the EU post-Brexit could prove crucial to keep investment flowing and the economy growing.