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CBI annual conference 2016: Prime Minister's speech
Prime Minister Theresa May spoke at the CBI annual conference to set out her vision for UK business including a modern Industrial Strategy. View Article |
CBI's response to Prime Minister Theresa May's speech at #CBI2016
Carolyn Fairbairn, CBI Director-General, responded to Prime Minister Theresa May’s speech to the CBI Annual Conference in London. View Article |
HM Treasury Autumn Statement 2016: Philip Hammond's speech
The Chancellor of the Exchequer presented his Autumn Statement to Parliament and reported the latest OBR forecasts. View Article |
Wolfgang Schäuble: Britain can’t lower corporation tax
London is still bound by European law and can’t significantly lower corporation tax to attract investment, Germany’s finance minister warned, according to German magazine Der Spiegel. View Article |
Financial Times: Wolfgang Schäuble sets out tough line on Brexit
German minister warns UK faces stiff rules on tax breaks and prolonged EU payments. View Article |
City AM: The EU parliament's Brexit negotiator warns that talks must close by the middle of 2019
Speaking after a meeting with UK Brexit secretary David Davis, Guy Verhofstadt said officials had just less than a year and a half to reach a deal if, as expected, Prime Minister Theresa May launches divorce proceedings in early 2017. View Article |
Financial Times: Brexit Britain faces threat of higher EU barriers
Regulatory fragmentation presents a risk to City of London even before the negotiations begin. View Article |
The Telegraph: Heavyweight Brexiteers among 60 Tory MPs to demand clean break from the EU
Sixty Tory MPs including seven ex-Cabinet ministers have demanded Theresa May pulls Britain out of the single market and customs union amid fears her Brexit stance could be watered down. View Article |
BBA's Anthony Browne Speech
The BBA Chief executive told bankers to stop grieving over Brexit and to "roll up their sleeves" and make it work for British financial services sector. An "early agreement on transition" is the industry's top priority, Browne said. View Article |
Bloomberg: Brexit banks told to relax: ECB won’t give first-mover advantage
Finance executives planning to shift operations out of the U.K. because of Brexit have been told by European Central Bank officials not to rush as there will be no first-mover advantage when it comes to gaining regulatory approvals, according to people briefed on the discussions. View Article |
Financial News: Deloitte mulls moving workers from UK
Accountancy giant Deloitte has said it will move business from the UK if the government cracks down too strongly on immigration. View Article |
Financial Times: UK trade deal far from top priority for Canada
Finance minister says EU, China and US have greater importance. View Article |
Financial Times: ‘Many ways’ Brexit may go to EU courts, top ECJ judge says
There are “many, many different ways” Britain’s departure from the EU could end up before the European Court of Justice, the president of the EU’s highest court has said, underlining the institution’s potentially pivotal role as Brexit unfolds. View Article |
City AM: Investor confidence in UK shares falls and "nervousness" is likely to grow around Brexit
Lloyds’ Investor Sentiment Index for November found sentiment to UK shares was 11.3 per cent, down 4.5 percentage points on October and 14.9 on November last year. View Article |
Institute for Economic Affairs: Free to move - The costs & consequences of restrictions on migration
The IEA report stated that openness to migration actually brings big economic benefits, because "migration is, in effect, a form of international trade which similarly raises productivity and living standards." View Article |
Bertelsmann Stiftung: Brexit has raised support for the European Union
Since the referendum in which Britons voted against remaining in the EU, the Union's approval ratings have risen almost everywhere – including Britain. View Article |
Financial Times: Bankers predict Trump will not reshape regulatory agenda
Leading bankers on both sides of the Atlantic have played down expectations that Donald Trump’s administration will make drastic changes to both the US and international regulatory agenda. View Article |
POLITICO: Trump’s UK allies put Remain MPs in their sights
A new populist, anti-establishment movement will launch early next year, the millionaire UKIP donor Arron Banks said, with a plan to target the least popular, pro-EU MPs and take their seats. View Article |
The Telegraph: Donald Trump's abandonment of TPP free trade deal may hand economic power to China
Donald Trump’s pledge to pull out of the planned Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a free trade deal with 12 nations on both sides of the Atlantic, could give China more power in determining the future of the global economy, analysts believe. View Article |
Financial Times: Italy’s referendum holds the key to the future of the euro
After Brexit and Donald Trump, prepare for the return of the eurozone crisis, writes Wolfgang Münchau. If Italian PM Matteo Renzi loses his constitutional referendum on December 4, a sequence of events that would raise questions of Italy’s participation in the eurozone might be unchained. View Article |