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- The UK will end up still following EU regulations because anything else would risk their access to the common market - Even now, EU regulations affect non-EU

- The UK will end up still following EU regulations because anything else would risk their access to the common market - Even now, EU regulations affect non-EU companies. No way to avoid the "cookie law" if you want to serve EU customers. - The list of regulations that affect startups, especially in the web/software space is rather small. The impact of regulation on the startup scene in Europe is almost zero.

UVB-76 10y ago
> The list of regulations that affect startups, especially in the web/software space is rather small. The impact of regulation on the startup scene in Europe is almost zero. Complete and utter nonsense. If you're planning on establishing a start-up in the UK/Europe, and you believe this to be the case, you need a lawyer to give you a reality check sharpish.
- matt4077 10y ago
  I've been running a successful startup in Germany for 5 years and I feel the impact of bureaucracy is negligible in the scheme of things. One exception may be employment law, but that's not made by the EU and generally, once you figure it out for your first employee, it becomes much easier for any 1+n.
mike_hearn 10y ago
You can ignore the cookie law if you're not in the EU because the EU has, at the moment, no way to enforce its laws on companies without a physical presence there. And soon the easiest way to be close to the EU without being physically present there will be to place yourself in the UK. The UK will not end up following EU regulations, because the government has a clear instruction from the electorate not to compromise on the immigration issue. The EU will either compromise (unlikely), or face further exits in the coming years, because the UK is merely more democratically responsive than most other countries, not significantly different.

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- The UK will end up still following EU regulations because anything else would risk their access to the common market - Even now, EU regulations affect non-EU

by matt4077 10y ago

UVB-76 10y ago
> The list of regulations that affect startups, especially in the web/software space is rather small. The impact of regulation on the startup scene in Europe is almost zero. Complete and utter nonsense. If you're planning on establishing a start-up in the UK/Europe, and you believe this to be the case, you need a lawyer to give you a reality check sharpish.
- matt4077 10y ago
  I've been running a successful startup in Germany for 5 years and I feel the impact of bureaucracy is negligible in the scheme of things. One exception may be employment law, but that's not made by the EU and generally, once you figure it out for your first employee, it becomes much easier for any 1+n.
mike_hearn 10y ago
You can ignore the cookie law if you're not in the EU because the EU has, at the moment, no way to enforce its laws on companies without a physical presence there. And soon the easiest way to be close to the EU without being physically present there will be to place yourself in the UK. The UK will not end up following EU regulations, because the government has a clear instruction from the electorate not to compromise on the immigration issue. The EU will either compromise (unlikely), or face further exits in the coming years, because the UK is merely more democratically responsive than most other countries, not significantly different.