MORE than two-thirds of businesses across the Highlands and Islands believe membership of the European single market is important to the Scottish economy, according to new research.
And Na h-Eileanan an Iar MP Angus MacNeil said that the Tory UK government is focused on a hard Brexit which includes leaving the single market and the customs union – a move which is also supported by the Labour Party led by Jeremy Corbyn.
The Ipsos MORI survey of 1,014 Highlands and Islands businesses and social enterprises, commissioned by development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), found that 70 per cent of businesses surveyed said single market membership was important to the Scottish economy.