In the end, small businesses face the same challenge that Barbados faces as a nation: to marshall our skills, experience and ingenuity to develop products and services that are unique and compelling, and to build a loyal clientele for the long term. The way forward is for each one of us to do what we do best, to the best of our ability.
That’s why national policies on both the European continent and in the UK as well as EU-27 policies must take those who have lost out through economic change seriously and find tangible – not emotional – solutions. 3 Can we still work it out?