Businesses have to abide by all manner of regulations. Many have come to us from the EU but are made elsewhere and are, to a greater or lesser extent global, with the EU merely acting as a conduit. For instance, […]
Opposition to TTIP was not just confined to leave supporters in the UK. A petition of three million signatures from across the EU, all urging the EU not to continue with the controversial EU-US trade agreement, was handed in to […]
George West and I were among an audience of business people, local councillors and reporters at a meeting called by the Bank of England at the National Space Centre near Leicester to explain its role. It was one of a […]
The war of words between UK ministers and EU officials continues. Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, insisted that the only choices available ot the UK were “Hard Brexit ” or No Brexit” – in other words, give […]
The BBC’s Fake Britain series was not produced to make a contribution to the debate on options for UK trade once we leave the EU. However, this latest episode, which shows the identification, inspection and eventual rejection by the Port […]
This article by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard appeared in last week’s Daily Telegraph. The IMF has admitted making a number of very serious mistakes. As described by Evans-Pritchard, it “misled [its] own board, made a series of calamitous misjudgments in Greece, became […]
