Regulations linked to the Covid outbreak made it harder for small businesses to come through the pandemic, a study led in the North East claims.
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has worked with Newcastle University and the University of Birmingham on the study which urges the Government to learn lessons from the implementation of Covid-19 health measures and create a regulatory environment that will steer the economy away from recession.
In the study, more than a third (35%) of small businesses surveyed said they found it difficult to understand regulations relating to Covid security, while one in five (22%) said the line between advisory guidance and regulatory requirements during the pandemic was “totally unclear”.
