EU members cannot trade in Swiss equities, due to a ban put in place in 2019. The UK was able to return and expand this trading, which is worth about £1.6bn a day, and so about £8m a day to HMRC. That's just over £2bn a year in additional tax revenue.
By Ewen Stewart – 4 minute read THE BRITISH STATE is failing. Almost all agree regardless of political hue. Economic growth per head of population, since late 2019, has been the worst in 200 years. The scale of the increase in the size of the state is unprecedented in peace time.
By Catherine McBride – 6 minute read IN AN ARTICLE published by the Financial Times on 25th April the FT perpetuated five tired self-serving myths about farming and food exports from protectionists who fear competition.
By Catherine McBride – 10 minute read. WE WILL NEED more imports in the future and the more diversified our supply chains the more secure our food supply will be. Imports are necessary to feed the UK population.
By Bob Lyddon – 4 minute read. THIS TIME around it is not commercial banks that need bailing out, but central banks!
