To read the full version of this content please select one of the options below: Please note you do not have access to teaching notes Roger Leigh (Readers at the Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development, Middlesex University, Enfield, UK.) David Smallbone (Readers at the Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development, Middlesex University, Enfield, UK.) Abstract Examines the impact of the Single European Market on small and medium‐sized firms (SMEs) in the food sector.