Tom Westley runs one of Europe's leading foundries out of Cradley Heath, a small town near Birmingham in the West Midlands. He produces parts from precision molds for shipbuilders and carmakers on the Continent. But he's losing sales. The reason: Brexit. The Westley Group had revenue of about £30 million ($39 million) in 2018. In the same period, he says, the vote to quit the European Union cost the company about £2 million after multiple German buyers canceled orders from Spunalloys, one of Westley's divisions.
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