More of the long-term impacts from Brexit have been announced with the £3.6bn provided for small and medium sized enterprises by the EU from 2017 to 2021, is not set to renew after this point due to Britain’s withdrawal. The government have not made plans for the regional development fund past this point leading Mike Cherry, national chair of the Federation of Small Businesses, to note that “Small businesses across the country are staring into a business support black hole from 2021.”