Over 300 business leaders alledgely want a Brexit.
In a letter published on the Telegraph, they said that the UK's "competitiveness is being undermined by our membership of a failing EU."
Britain has a referendum scheduled on June 23 to decide whether or not the country should leave the European Union. Analysts continue to debate whether or not this would be a smart move by the country.
However, these business leaders think it is time to get off the sinking ship that is Europe. "Year-on-year the EU buys less from Britain because its economies are stagnant and millions of people are unemployed," they argued. "Brussels’ red tape stifles every one of Britain’s 5.4 million businesses, even though only a small minority actually trade with the EU."
They added that Britain -- outside of the EU -- will be "free to grow faster, expand into new markets and create more jobs. "It is business – not government – which generates wealth for the Treasury and jobs for our communities," they said.
"It’s time to vote leave and take back control."
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The list of business leaders below:
Arun Ahluwalia, Director, Opera Opera Opticians
Kay Alexander, Founder, Kay Alexander
Andrew Allum, Partner, LEK Consulting
John Amor, Owner, The Wight Hotel
Arabella Arkwright, Co-Founder, Core Health & Wellness
Johnnie Arkwright, Chief Executive, Hatton Technology Park
Iftikhar Awan, Director, Awan Consulting
Farzana Baduel, Founder, Curzon PR
Jeremy Bagge, Director, Stradsett Estate Farms
Iain Baillie, Founder & Co-Chief Executive, Asset Match
Davinder Bains, Director, A1 Labour Supply
David Baldwin, Managing Director, Bymed
Neil Ballantyne, Managing Director, Ballantynes of Walkerburn
Diane Banks, Chief Executive, Diane Bank Associates
Patrick Barbour, Former Chairman, Barbour Index & Microgen
Dave Barnby, Proprietor, Books2buyBooks2write
Martin Barraclough, Chairman, Giles W Pritchard-Gordon (Shipowning)
Peter Barrow, Commercial Director, Barco Sales
Oliver Barton, Owner, Oliver's Kitchen
Andrew Baxter, Managing Director, Europa Worldwide Logistics
Neville Baxter, Director, RH Development Property
Nigel Baxter, Managing Director, RH Commercial Vehicles
Kevin Bell, Director, CDM 2014
Martin Bellamy, Chairman and Chief Executive, Salamanca Group
Dave Bentley, Ecological Consultant, Dave Bentley Ecology Services
Grahame Berkeley, Chairman, Berkeley Burke Group
Stephen Bernhard, Founder, Bernhard Grinders & Co
Saqib Bhatti, Director, Younis Bhatti & Co
Robin Birley, Proprietor, 5 Hertford Street
Peter Bishop, Managing Director & Founder, Bishop GmbH
Edward Bonnar, Director, Beaufort & Blake
Gareth Bott, Founder, R.E.P Air Services
Peter Botting, Founder, Peter Botting
Simon Boyd, Director, John Reid & Sons
Ivor Braka, Director, Ivor Braka
Rob Bransgrove, Chairman, The Ageas Bowl
Simon Brewer, Chief Executive, Vantage Investment Advisory
Harriet Bridgeman, Founder, Bridgeman Art Library
Stephen Britt, Managing Director, Anchor Storage Solutions
James Bromley, Director, Quality of Sales
Andrew Brown, Director, Haircut House
Ian Brown, Managing Director, Industrial Maintenance Engineers (IME Contracts)
David Buik, Market Commentator, Panmure Gordon & Co
Dominic Burke, Group Chief Executive, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group
Jeremy Burrowes, Director, Grove Mill Developments
Thomas Burton, Director, Agri Farm Services
Tony Byrne, Managing Director, Wealth & Tax Management
Michael Campbell, Chairman, The Ellis Campbell Group
Lee Canning, Director, Leaflet Distribution and Promotional Services
Mark Cannon Brookes, Director, Smith & Williamson Investment Management
Hugh Cavendish, Chairman, Holker Estate Group
Julian Cazalet, Chairman, Herald Investment Trust
Peter Chadha, Chief Executive, DrPete Technology Experts
Ian Chamberlain, Director & Owner, Berkeley Entertainments
Carl Chambers, Non-Executive Director, CNG
Chris Chatfield, Managing Director, Compass Travel
Peter Chesterfield, Former Executive Chairman, Wessex Asset Management
Moorad Choudhry, Former Chief Executive, Habib Bank
Aftab Chughtai, Director, AFTABS
Adam Cleary, Chief Executive, Cavenham Capital
Reg Clifton, Proprieter, QED Electrical Services
Andrew Clowes, Director, AHC & Partners
Paul Coffin, Managing Director , Capital Financial Markets
Colin Coldwell, UK Managing Director, InfoQuest
Tim Congdon, Founder, Lombard Street Research
Steve Conley, Managing Director, Protol Comar
John Cook, Managing Director, Croudace Properties Group
Anthony Coombs, Chairman, S&U
David Cooper, Director, Commercial Litigation Funding
Andrew Cope, Chairman, Zenith
Daniel Corrigan, CME European Trade Repository, Chief Executive
Alan Cosby, Chairman, G B Kent & Sons
James Crocker, Managing Partner, Howell & Co Solicitors
Peter Cruddas, Chief Executive, CMC Markets
Philip Cullimore, Chairman, Eastman Kodak SARL
Richard Cuming, Partner, Bygones Torquay
Jonathan Dancy, Managing Partner, JCR Associates
Kevin Davies, Director, KDM Events
Kenneth Davy, Chairman, SimplyBiz
Damon de Laszlo, Chairman, Harwin
Patrick de Pelet, Partner, Bowden Farms and Services
David Dean, Commercial Manager, INRG Solar
Alexander Deane, Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Bill Dixon, Director, Cumbria X Press
Judith Donovan, Chairman, DIY Direct Marketing
Steve Dowdle, Former Vice President, Sony Europe
William Drake, Co-Founder, Lord North Street
Simon Dunn, Managing Director, Stayway
John Elliott, Chairman, Ebac
Graham Ellis, Founder, Ellis Transport Services
Michael Faber, Chairman, Lyall Management
Nicholas Fairfax, Chairman of the Advisory Board, Hawki Worldwide
R H Fewster, Chairman, Dalsara
John Fifield, Chairman, Fifield Glyn
Nick Finegold, Chief Executive, Curation Corporation
Peter Finnie, Former Chief Engineer, Cranswick Country Foods
Scott Fletcher, ANS Group, Chairman & Founder
Howard Flight, Chairman, Flight & Partners
Lance Forman, Owner, H. Forman & Son
Rocco Forte, Executive Chairman, The Rocco Forte Collection
Joe Foster, Co-Founder, Reebok
Mark Fox, Managing Director, MEK
David Franks, Chairman, Redcomb Pubs
David S Franks, Chief Executive, Franks Advances
Michael Freeman, Co-founder, Argent Property Group
Harry Fuchs, Chief Executive, Haryl (1991)
Anthony Fuller, President, Fuller, Smith & Turner
Roger Gabb, Director, Bibendum Wine
Alexei Garan, Founder & Principal, Receptis Capital
Rupert Gather, Chairman, Invest UK
Michael Geoghegan, Former Chief Executive, HSBC Group
Peter Gilbert, Proprietor, Dunstanburgh Castle Golf Course
Peter Goldstein, Co-Founder, Superdrug Stores
Anthony Good, Chairman, Cox & Kings Travel
Bill Good, Chief Executive, Diverco
Phil Good, Chief Executive, Hopewiser
Campbell Gordon, Managing Partner, Optimus Capital LLP
Chris Gower, Founder, Lawbrook Partners LLP
Alexander Graham, Former Deputy Chairman, The Frizzell Group
Roddy Graham, Director, THB Group
Richard Green, Partner , Parkinson Wright Solicitors
Tim Guinness, Chief Investment Officer, Guinness Atkinson
Justin Hall, Chief Executive, Protocol Global
Alan Halsall, Former Chairman, Silver Cross
Frederick Hamilton, Director, Dscribe
Michael Hancocks, Former Director, New Metals & Chemicals
Giles Hankinson, Business Development Director, Paperless Receipts
Peter K Hargreaves, Co-Founder, Hargreaves Lansdown
Elaine Harries, Managing Director, Action Express
Kevin Harrington, Chief Executive, one2one Digital
Ian Harris, Proprietor, N Bloom & Son
David Hartley, Director, Bymed Surgical
John Hatt, Founder, cheapflights.com
Jeremy Hawke, Director, BMR Group
Adrian Hayes, Business Coach
Oliver Hemsley, Chief Executive Officer, Numis Securities
Ian Herbert, Chief Executive Officer, Vistair Systems
Jonathan Heywood, Managing Director, IFP-UK
John Hickman, Chairman and Founder, Kingston Estates
Robert Hiscox, Honorary President, Hiscox Insurance
Will Hobhouse, Chairman, Heal's
Daniel Hodson, Chairman, BPL (Holdings)
Mark Hodson, Managing Director, Spirthill Business Development
John Hoerner, Former Chief Executive Officer, Tesco Clothing (UK and Central Europe)
Christine Hogg, Director, CAMS Fire & Security
Roger Holehouse, Chairman, Fernwood Group
Margaret Hook, Director, Darlena
Jeremy Hosking, Founder, Hosking & Co
Kevin Hughes, Director, Trull House Stud
Varimder Hundal, Director, Universal Brothers
David Hunter, Director, Smith & Williamson
Adrian Huston, Director, Huston & Co Tax Consultants & Accountants
Graham Hutton, Founder, Hutton Collins Partners LLP
William Hynett, Chief Executive, Britten-Norman
Malcolm Innes, Founder, Malcolm Innes Pictures
Clive Jacobs, Chairman, Jacobs Media Group
Ajay Jagota, Chief Executive, KIS Group
Jack Jenkins, Partner, Hitchenor Wakeford
Paul Jenkins, Director, NorthIT
Mike Jepson, Managing Director, MTP Innovations
Adrian Johnson, Former Chief Executive, LGV Capital
Arthur Jones, Founder, ANJ Executive
William Jones, Chairman, Global Village
Dr Bernard Juby, Medical Practitioner
Nicholas Jupe, Director, NJ Consulting
Saleem Kader, Chief Executive, Bombay Stores Group
Stanley Kalms, Founder, Business for Sterling
Chris D Kelly, Chairman, Keltruck
Geoffrey Kelly, Managing Director, Euro Strategies
Alistair Kelman, Chief Executive, Cachebox TV
John Kersey, Managing Director, Kersey Hairdressing
George Kieffer, Director, Piazza Rights
Adrian King, Founder, K T & Partners
Brian Kingham, Chairman, Reliance Security Group
David Kirk, Director, David Kirk & Co
Nicholas Kirk, Director, Aslan Investments
Peter Kleeman, Founding Chairman, Allside Asset Management Company
Harry Langton, Director, Langton Watzdorf Inernational
Robert Law, Managing Director, AGD Equipment
James Lee, Partner, J&S Farms
Michael Liebreich, Founder, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Craig Lindsay, Director, Core Specialist Services
Jonathan Little, Managing Partner, Northill Capital LLP
Royston Lloyd-Baker, Partner, Lloyd-Baker & Associates LLP
John Longworth, Former Director General, British Chamber of Commerce
Mark Loveday, Former Senior Partner, Cazenove & Co
Rupert Lowe, Former Chairman, Southampton Leisure Holdings
Gary Lydiate, Chief Executive Officer, Kilfrost Group
William MacDougall, Co-Managing Director, MacDougall Arts
Colin Mackenzie, Founder, CompareGroup
Alastair MacMillan, Founding Director, White House Products
Colin Maitland, Chairman, Netcentrix
Tim Martin, Chairman, JD Wetherspoon
Graham Mason, Owner, M54 Self Storage
John May, Founder, Hillhouse Nexus
Adrian McAlpine, Partner, Sir Robert McAlpine
Peter McLane, Founder and Managing Director, Indigo Software
James Mellor, Chief Executive, Rainbow Trout Films
Keith Miles, Former Financial Director, Institute of Economic Affairs
Edgar Miller, Managing Director, Palladian
Marcus Miller, Managing Director, Millers Bespoke Bakery
Phillip Miller, Chairman and Chief Executive, Adventure Island
Philip Milton, Investment Fund Manager and Senior IFA, Philip Milton & Co
Tom Moloney, Founder, Transair Flight Equipment
Gary Mond, Managing Director, Redcliffe Training Associates
David Mond, Chief Executive, ClearDebt Group
Julian Morgan, Joint Managing Director and Owner, KPM-Marine
Philip Morrell, Owner, Magna Carta Steamship Co
Luke Morris, Partner, Larking Gowen
Jon Moulton, Chairman, Better Capital LLP
Jon Moynihan, Chairman, Ipex Capital
Richard Mulligan, Managing Director, Impact Electrical Distributors
Paul Munday, Managing Director, Fiscal House
Andy Nichols, Owner, Blacksmith & More
Christopher Nieper, Managing Director, David Nieper
Richard Norton, Former Director, HSBC Project and Export Finance
Roderick Oliver, Proprietor, Field 'n Family Petcare Services
Mark Owen, Proprietor, Fulwood Computers
Ian Page, Chairman, CTL Components
Kevin Pakenham, Co-Founder, Pakenham Partners
Tim Parker, Chief Executive, Messels
Stewart Paterson, Fund Manager, Tiburon Partners LLP
Richard Patient, Managing Director, Thorncliffe
Simon, Pearson-Miles, Chairman, Sterling Financial Print
Jeffrey, Peel, Founder, Quadriga Consulting
Adrian Pepper, Chief Executive Officer, Pepper Media Group
Andrew Perloff, Director, Panther Securities
Michael Petley, Chief Investment Officer, The ECU Group
Richard Post, Proprietor, Architectural Ideas
David Powell, Chairman, Powell Engineering UK
Bruno Prior, Managing Director, Forever Fuels
Emma Pullen, Chief Executive, British Hovercraft
Mark Pursey, Managing Partner, BTP Advisers
David Pusinelli, Non-Executive Director, Charles Stanley Group
Rollo Reid, Director, John Reid & Sons
David Reid Scott, Former Chairman, Stonehage Fleming
Chris Riley, Executive Chairman, Verisio
Jamie Robb, Managing Director, Marlborough Tiles
Alan Roberts, Managing Director, Alan Roberts & Co Solicitors
Robin Ronaldshay, Director, Zetland Estates
Clive Rook, Founder & ex-Managing Director, Rook Matthews Sayer Property
Frank Rotherham, Managing Director, Ventcroft
Simon Rowland, Chief Executive, Veritas International
Richard Royden, Director, Royden & Co
Christopher Russell, Managing Director, Watercare International
John Sanders, Former Non-Executive Director, CIT Bank
Andrew Saunders, Financial Director, Scotchcoulthard
Savvas Savouri, Chief Economist & Partner, Toscafund Asset Management LLP
Charles Sebag Montefiore, Senior Independent Director, Scholium Group
Graham Sedgley, Principal, Peplow Recruitment Services
Patrick Sheehy, Founder Chairman , BAT
David Shipley, Managing Partner, Spitfire Capital Advisors
Peter Shirley, Managing Director, Midland Food Group
Denys Shortt, Chairman & Chief Executive, Enable.com
Christian Siegl, Executive Director, Sovereign Star Trade Finance
David Sismey, Managing Director, Goldmans Sachs
Andrew Smith, Director, Capital Management Resources LLP
Tracy Smith, Founder, Plummers Place Guesthouse
Percy Snow, Director, Snows Commercials
Bernard Sparkes, Managing Director, Tubby Brands
David Speakman, Founder, Travel Counsellors
Peter Stabler, Director, The Oswald Partnership
Charles Stone, Director, Calcot Hotels
Richard Stoughton, Chairman, Crossflight
Phil Strong, Managing Director, Chameleon Bar & Dining
Andrew Sutcliffe, Managing Director, Nu Level
Rhoddy Swire, Founder, Pantheon Ventures
Mark Thackray, Director, Textronix
Brian Thomas, Director, Thomas Tooling
Paul Thomas, Director, Thomas Tooling
Peter Thompson, Former Chairman, NFC
Clive Thorne, Partner, Wedlake Bell LLP
John Thorpe, Founder & Technical Director, Millennia Computer Services
Susan Todd, Director, Solent Motor Homes
John Toppin, Partner, Nomizon Associates
Jeremy Tozer, Managing Director, Tozer Consulting
Tim Trotter, Chairman, Glenfern
Edmund Truell, Chairman, Disruptive Capital
Denzil Vallance, Managing Director, Great Heck Brewing Co
Victor van Amerongen, Chairman & Creative Director, Space City Production
Alexander van Terheyden, Chief Executive, Schneider Camara LLP
Simon Vicary, Managing Director, Vicary Plant Spares UK
Amanda Vigar, Managing Partner, V&A Vigar Group
Chris Vincent, Managing Director, Orchardleigh
Nigel Vinson, Former Director, British Airports Authority
Peter Walton, Director, C Walton
Stuart Waring, Chairman, Heaton Holdings
Tim Watts, Chairman, Pertemps Investments
Penelope Wayne, Director, Penway Homes
David Webster, Former Chairman, IHG
Michael Webster, Co-Founder, Gorkana
Simon Wells, Director, Delta T Group
Adam Wethered, Co-Founder, Lord North Street
Mark Wheatley, Common Councilman, City of London
Stuart Wheeler, Founder, IG Group
Mark Whelan, Owner, Confused2Move
Andrew White, Former Partner, Mayer Brown
Bert Wiegman, Managing Partner, Langholm Capital
Jack Wigglesworth, Founder and former Chairman, LIFFE
Stephen, Wilkinson, Managing Director, CAS Recruitment
Brian Williamson, Senior Advisor, Fleming Family & Partners Wealth Planning
John Winter, Chief Executive, Ruxley Ventures
Brian Winterflood, Founder, Winterflood Securities
John Wright, Managing Director, Modern Design Group
Brian Yeardley, Founder, Brian Yeardley Continental
Phil Yorke, Managing Director, Crosshatch Honing Services
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