BREXIT-BACKER Neil Westwood has urged businesses to seize the day - after coming back from a remarkable trade trip to Japan.

The high-flying city entrepreneur, who came to fame on hit TV show Dragon's Den, was one of Worcestershire's most vociferous voices for Leave last month.

Three weeks after the sensational outcome, the businessman says he feels things have "calmed down" and Britain can now start to look ahead confidently.

He has just returned from a post-Brexit trip to Japan with £70,000 of new orders for goods from his business Magic Whiteboard.

During his trip he also got to feature on national Japanese television, with broadcasters keen to get him on TBS, the country's news station beamed out to its 120 million population.

Mr Westwood said: "I was very pleased with the EU result, the key thing from a business point of view is that in the long-run I believe we'll be more prosperous.

"Things are beginning to calm down now, although a few weeks on from the result I can understand why people were upset and may be concerned still - it was a tight vote, your next door neighbour could have voted the opposite way.

"But the Government's new Cabinet is in place, the pound has started to recover and the political chaos seems to be resolved."

During his trip to Japan, he spent nine days in Tokyo to take part in a major international trade conference where 600 firms were trying to do business.

"I wouldn't have gone all the way to Japan if I wasn't confident after the referendum - we've come back with £70,000 of orders," he said.

"That country is a market of 120 million people - it just goes to show if you've got a good product you can sell things.

"Because the pound against the dollar has fallen people actually thought our goods were really cheap in Japan, our goods were more than 10 per cent cheaper to their market.

"That's the way it is in businesses, things go down at one point and then up again, it swings around.

"I do feel we'll be better off now we've voted to leave the EU."

After he used Twitter to publicise his visit, TV executives from TBS saw his messages and contacted him to appear on the show.

During their stay in Japan they also took along new apprentice Ben Gulliver, 16, who went to Bewdley High School and has just joined the firm.