Post-Brexit: Trading with countries further afield could ramp up UK emissions 88 per cent October 29, 2021 Replacing the trade lost between the UK and the EU since 2018 with deal with countries further afield could increase emissions by 88 per cent, new analysis has suggested. The added distance of travel amounts to around 6.5m tonnes of CO2, according to cross-party advocacy group Best for Britain and UK Trade Business – the [...]
Eustice ‘happy to live with consequences’ of Brexit despite forecast GDP hit October 29, 2021 Environment secretary George Eustice has said he is “quite happy to live with the consequences” of Brexit after the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast that the economic impacts would be double that of the pandemic. Speaking to BBC 4 Today’s Nick Robinson, and proposed with the government appointed OBR’s estimate, the minister said: “Well [...]
Calls for PM to act: Farms take Brexit hit due to ‘unprecedented’ labour shortages October 29, 2021 “Unprecedented” farm labour shortages caused by Brexit and the pandemic should be addressed imminently, the chairman of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has said, as he urged the Prime Minister to take “urgent action”. Conservative MP Neil Parish on Thursday wrote to Boris Johnson to ask for fast-tracked visas, more relaxed English language [...]
Big Issue founder says Boris Johnson ‘owes’ him for not standing for London mayor October 29, 2021 Big Issue founder Lord Bird says Boris Johnson “owes him” for not standing for London mayor, and he is now calling in the debt from the current Prime Minister to tackle the homeless crisis. Speaking at Westminster, the campaigning independent peer told how Johnson had “jumped in the air” when he turned down a request [...]
Hilton Food Group buys meat supplier for £28.8m in bid for UK growth – CityAM : CityAM October 29, 2021 Hilton Food Group, which supplies Tesco with fresh food, has bought UK meat supplier Fairfax Meadows for some £28.8m. “This transaction is all about growth,” CEO Philip Heffer explained. “Fairfax Meadow represents a great opportunity for Hilton to expand into an adjacent and growing foodservice sector in the UK.” “We look forward to leveraging Hilton’s [...]
Brexit: ‘We will see to it that our interests are respected and UK’s word is kept’, warns French PM October 29, 2021 The French embassy in the UK has highlighted comments by French prime minister Jean Castex, saying that while Paris would like “de-escalation” it was down to the British Government to keep its word. “I’d like nothing more than for there to be a de-escalation,” Castex said. “We are permanently open to discussions, but I want [...]
Brexit: Truss summons French ambassador as fishing row escalates further October 28, 2021 France’s ambassador to the UK has been summoned to meet foreign secretary Liz Truss tomorrow as Paris refuses to back down over its threats to ban UK seafood and impose trade barriers. Truss said she wanted ambassador Catherine Colonna to explain to the UK’s Europe minister Wendy Morton the “disappointing and disproportionate threats made against [...]
Budget: Millions of Brits to face ‘real pain’ as rising cost of living and taxes will bite October 28, 2021 Rising costs and tax increases will leave tens of millions of Brits worse off, economists said today. Their warning comes as experts are ploughing through yesterday’s Budget. Rishi Sunak had claimed his Budget is a strategy to “usher in a new age of optimism”, but a leading economic think tank warned the public “may not [...]
Brexit: UK says France will break international law if it bans British seafood October 28, 2021 The UK has said France’s decision to ban British seafood exports and clamp down on cross-Channel trade next week will break international law and the post-Brexit trade deal. Environment secretary George Eustice said this morning that if France carries out its threats that it “will be met with an appropriate and calibrated response” as the [...]
Budget: UK tech and fintech startups face higher bills after tax credit restrictions – CityAM : CityAM October 28, 2021 The UK’s burgeoning tech startup and fintech sector will be hit by the new restrictions on the use of R&D tax credits announced in the Budget, industry insiders warn this morning. From April 2023, businesses will only be able to claim R&D tax credits on research and development work done in the UK. As UK [...]