Hang on. I'm not basing my support for membership of the EU on the OJEC (OJEU as is now), so don't be using that as some flag to wave. Looking into it, OJEU appears to be available to any business in the wider European Economic Community of which all EU states are members.
Back in your box.
I don't know enough about that to comment, but I do know that the OJEC system has been great in helping us to find contracts and my understanding was that it was a great tool for European businesses. That's all I knew. I know a bit more now.
I'll add, that just because we offer this, it doesn't mean I think we should exit the EU. So many other businesses (us included) rely on the ease of business with the EU. For example, the OJEC system offers us plenty of scope for business development and I wouldn't want to see that disappear.
I think we offer a lot in terms of research and development, and design. We've got bags of experience in the development of nanotechnology and biochemistry. We do a lot of automotive R&D work (forget building the things, we work in the development of the design and that's where we should be)...