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Old 19-01-2021, 15:28   #175
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Re: Britain outside the EU

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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
Could you provide some examples, please?
Whilst Old Boy assembles his immutable evidence, many in business seem to be saying the opposite.
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Boris Johnson has told 30 leading chief executives that he will seize “the opportunities of Brexit” and use Britain’s new regulatory freedoms to help rebuild Britain’s economy after the Covid-19 crisis....

The CBI employers’ federation said there was little appetite for the UK to pursue deregulation to create a “Singapore on Thames” after the prime minister asked business leaders this month for ideas on how to cut red tape.

Rain Newton-Smith, chief economist at the CBI, said: “I don’t get any sense from the business community that there is a drive to have a race to be Singapore-on-Thames. They want to ensure we have the right protection for workers, and the right system to incentivise investment.”
https://www.ft.com/content/1c4942da-...e-ea78f73c7f9b
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