Sunak hails Britain’s “huge strides” since Brexit three years ago – though polls disagree January 31, 2023 Britain has taken “huge strides” in taking advantage of the opportunities opened up by Brexit to address the challenges facing the country, Rishi Sunak has said. In a statement to mark the third anniversary on Tuesday of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, the Prime Minister said the country is confidently forging a new path as an [...]
Marks and Spencer’s chairman Archie Norman: Plans to ease post-Brexit trade ‘overbearing and baffling’ January 26, 2023 Marks & Spencer’s chairman has become the latest business leader to criticise the Government’s economic policy, with Archie Norman calling plans to ease post-Brexit trade “overbearing” and “baffling”. Norman, who is also an ex-Conservative MP, has urged the Foreign Secretary during talks with the EU not to consider separate labelling for goods sold in Northern [...]
Davos round-up: BoA ‘over-achieved’ on hiring, Morgan Stanley’s succession plan and Shapps searches for Britain’s Silicon Valley January 19, 2023 As some of the world’s most important CEOs, politicians and thinkers gather at the World Economic Forum in Davos, City A.M. wraps up some of the top lines from the day. US bank layoffs Major Wall Street lenders have been forced into making large scale redundancies in the face of a global economic slowdown. Goldman’s [...]
Brexit law bonfire could put environment at risk and cost tens of billions of pounds, nature groups warn January 19, 2023 Nature organisations have hit out at legislation that they say could lead to the loss of important environmental protections and cost the UK tens of billions of pounds. The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, which returns to the Commons on Wednesday, is designed to make it easier for the UK Government, via Parliament, [...]
UK’s data watchdog to shift away from big fines to focus on prevention January 18, 2023 The UK’s data watchdog has vowed to shift away from simply hitting companies with big fines for breaching data privacy rules and instead will look to adopt a more preventative approach. John Edwards, head of the Information Commissioner’s Office, said today that he will focus on preventing data breaches from happening in the first place [...]
Brexit opportunities? Labour says it will explore ‘full potential’ of life outside EU January 15, 2023 The Government has not explored the “full potential” of what the UK can do outside the EU’s single market, Labour leader Keir Starmer has suggested. Shadow Northern Ireland secretary Peter Kyle claimed his party would aspire to make more of a success of Brexit. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer meanwhile insisted that leaving the EU [...]
‘Stand up to Brexit purity cult’, Keir Starmer to urge Rishi Sunak in Northern Ireland protocol speech in Belfast January 13, 2023 Rishi Sunak must stand up to the “Brexit purity cult” of Eurosceptics on the Tory benches to find a solution to the Northern Ireland Protocol issues, Sir Keir Starmer will say. The Labour leader will use a speech in Belfast to urge the Prime Minister to take on the European Research Group (ERG) in order [...]
Can Starmer solve Ireland’s Brexit woes? Labour leader visits Belfast today for meeting with Irish premier Varadkar January 12, 2023 Irish premier Leo Varadkar and UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer are to travel to Belfast on Thursday as efforts to resolve the dispute over the protocol ramp up. The Taoiseach and Sir Keir are to meet with the main Stormont parties to discuss the deadlock over the post-Brexit protocol, which the DUP party has [...]
Sadiq Khan: Time to end ‘vow of silence’ on Brexit business hit – and his plan to fix it January 12, 2023 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan will lay into what he describes as the “selective amnesia” of government ministers who ignore the impacts of Brexit on the British business community. Speaking at a black tie dinner in the City tonight, Khan will say that the “unnecessarily hard-line version of Brexit (ministers have chosen) is having a [...]
Staff shortages could cause summer travel chaos again – and 40 per cent of industry bosses blame Brexit January 11, 2023 Summer 2023 could spell additional trouble for the UK travel industry, with over half of rail and airline operators worrying about future staffing shortages – and almost 40 per cent blaming Brexit. Data published today by software company SAP show that 55 per cent of industry decision makers believe staffing challenges will impact customers’ travel [...]