Among the British companies, which announced reduction of investment, 42% are major ones, 44% - middle-sized companies and 32% are small enterprises. IT and telecommunication sectors of British economy see the largest decline.
Most of the companies noted that the decrease in capital investment was caused by the factors related to Brexit. In particular, the matter concerns a drop in exchange rate of pounds sterling and increasing inflation pressure.
Over 1,000 companies participated in the study, the poll was conducted in the last week of October.