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Old 03-01-2023, 17:27   #231
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Re: Rishi Sunak is Prime Minister

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Originally Posted by Mr K View Post
Interesting were doing worse than our European neighbours, I wonder why?
The UK's poor industrial relations, its lack of self-sufficiency in energy and the hokey-cokey around the mini budget can't be helping matters.

The Daily Mail article quotes Rob Dobson, director at S&P Global Market Intelligence who suggests Brexit is impacting manufacturing negatively.
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'The weakness in the latter is still being exacerbated by the constraints of Brexit, as higher costs, administrative burdens and shipping delays encourage increasing numbers of [EU] clients to shun trade with the UK.'
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