Brexit is a once-in-a-generation question, yet in another sense, it is merely the latest in a line of issues – from disruptive technologies to the power of the connected consumer – to which businesses must respond at lightning pace. 

Companies that have an effective contingency plan and an agile response, to Brexit or any of these issues, are companies that have the best chance of mitigating risk and seizing opportunities.

In this report our economics team sets out an overview of its work over the last couple of months, modelling the short and longer-term impact of a Brexit.Giles Williams, who leads our Financial Services Regulatory Centre of Excellence, then offers his take on how businesses can use those forecasts to model the impact of a Brexit, and start ‘planning to plan’.