BREXIT NEWS BRIEF 10th February 2017 Today’s headlines: Construction jobs boom; SMEs confident; homebuilders reach pre-referendum levels; and more. BREXIT GOOD NEWS Business News Wales: Major Infrastructure Projects in Wales to Create 20,000 New Construction Jobs Over Five Years Wrexham: Ken Skates Delivers £1m Investment To Create 100 New Businesses & 260 New Jobs Insider Media: Steel investments to secure more than 500 jobs [...]
BREXIT NEWS BRIEF 9th February 2017 Today’s headlines: Article 50 bill passes; McLaren to reshore hundreds of jobs to the UK; small businesses confident they can growt profits; and more. BREXIT GOOD NEWS Guardian: McLaren to create 200 jobs in Sheffield with new £50m plant Bolton News: 100 new jobs for Bolton workers as delivery giant announces [...]
BREXIT NEWS BRIEF 8th February 2017Today’s headlines: Article 50 rebels in Tory Pary defeated; Jeremy Corbyn faces rebellion; thousands of jobs expected in construction; and more. BREXIT GOOD NEWS ITV News: Almost 20,000 new construction jobs predicted over next five years Stoke Sentinel: JCB to create 350 jobs as part of £41 million investment BBC: Steel industry investment to create 90 south Wales [...]
BREXIT NEWS BRIEF 7th February 2017 Today’s headlines: Brexit won't stop Britain from growing faster than France and Germany, Hitachi creating new jobs; Labour amendments to Article 50 bills defeated for now; and more. BREXIT GOOD NEWS Business Insider: Brexit won't stop Britain growing faster than France and Germany Daily Express: 'Brexit is WIN-WIN' Economist insists Remaining would have 'cost economy badly' BBC: Hitachi to create [...]
BREXIT NEWS BRIEF 6th February 2017 Today’s headlines: Hour of Lords could delay Brexit; manufacturing shows strong employment growth; new jobs for Wales; major US bank eyes new London base; and more. BREXIT GOOD NEWS BBC: New jobs for Swansea, Crumlin, Maerdy and Monmouth Telegraph: Brexit boost for London as Bank of America Merrill Lynch eyes new City [...]
BREXIT NEWS BRIEF 3rd February 2017 Today’s headlines: Brexit White Paper published; fresh legal challenge over EEA membership; huge jobs boost as Boeing commits to UK aircraft hub; and more. BREXIT GOOD NEWS Breitbart London: Bank of England Revises Up UK Growth Forecast The Argus: 1,000 new jobs to be created by £13.2 million funding boost Salisbury [...]
BREXIT NEWS BRIEF 2nd February 2017 Today’s headlines: MPs authorise Government to activate Article 50; Government to reveal Brexit strategy; orders strong for small UK manufacturers; and more. BREXIT GOOD NEWS Investment Week: Think tank revises UK growth outlook upwards on Brexit resilience Breitbart London: U-Turn: City of London Backs Brexit, Embraces International Opportunites RTT: UK Small Manufacturers [...]
Following on from the luncheon with Steve Baker MP in January, Global Britain held the second of its 2017 programme of private lunches on Wednesday 1st February with economist Dr Gerard Lyons addressing a full house at 55 Tufton Street, Westminster. Dr Lyons, who was an inspirational voice of sanity during the Brexit debate and [...]
BREXIT NEWS BRIEF 1st February 2017 Today’s headlines: MPs set for Article 50 vote; Remain parliamentarians draw up contingency plans to "delay and dilute" Brexit; economic growth holds steady; David Cameron tried to get rid of the Daily Mail's pro-Brexit editor; and more. BREXIT GOOD NEWS Telegraph: Steady economic growth raises hopes UK can avoid a [...]
BREXIT NEWS BRIEF 31st January 2017 Today’s headlines: The wheels are about come off the SNP bandwagon, writes ; City embraces Brexit; building boom in UK regions; investments in manufacturing; and more. BREXIT GOOD NEWS ITV: Weetabix to invest £30m in UK manufacturing sites BT: Creation of 325 jobs paves way for end of tube dispute FT: Building boom [...]
