Brexit News Brief 5 Jan 2017 Spread the love BREXIT NEWS BRIEF 5th January 2017 Today’s headlines are: Civil service under fire as EU ambassador replaced; ‘Project Fear’ blasted in new report; Theresa May to set out “Brexit vision”; construction output rises; report predicts Brexit will cut immigration in half. BREXIT GOOD NEWS Daily Express: BREXIT BOOM: Higher wages for Britons as immigration halves This is Money: UK economy will grow at “modest pace” in 2017 as firms report good sales across manufacturng and services Bdaily: Leeds Bradford Airport set to fill 300 new jobs for summer Reuters: Upbeat data helps sterling score first rise of 2017 Bdaily: 200 jobs to be created as work begins on Whitby housing scheme Tech Spark: Accelerated Digital Ventures investing £150m to supercharge UK tech clusters POLITICS Daily Express: Project Fear’s Brexit doom-mongering has “LITTLE BASIS IN REALITY”, says damning new report Telegraph: Theresa May to set out “Brexit vision” and warn UK will quit Single Market if not given control of borders Daily Express: It’s a STITCH-UP! Farage fumes as civil service stalwart made UK’s new ambassador to the EU Telegraph: Our shell-shocked civil service is simply not up to the job on BrexitBUSINESS Daily Mail: Britain’s food and drink exporters are defying Brexit doom-mongers Northern Echo: Construction output rises at fastest pace for 10 months Daily Mail: HSBC raises its 2017 growth forecast for Britain Daily Record: The Scottish Investment Trust hikes dividends on soaring returns Belfast Telegraph: British-Irish trading links bolstered as Brexit looms Spread the love 2017-01-11T20:27:41+00:00 Latest News & Events|
