At the time 2018 A-level exams were written (autumn 2016), the only clear aspect of Brexit was that it would mean the end of free movement of labour. Theresa May wanted the UK to opt out of this fundamental part of the single market. Some government ministers were promising a future with tariff-free access to the European Union, but companies were already preparing for a ‘hard Brexit’, i.e. leaving the EU with no further membership of the single market or the customs union.
In writing an A-level business exam, an examiner is unlikely to focus on the broad issue of Brexit, still less the politics of the situation. The relevant exam material would be an article focusing on a UK company’s plans to relocate its head office to Paris or Dublin, perhaps balanced by an article featuring one of the (relatively few) business leaders who favour Brexit, such as James Dyson or Tim Martin (chairman of Wetherspoons).
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