So Brexit seems to be a good thing then.
28 June 2018, 06:08 AM
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I voted to remain, simply because I thought the company I work for (Nissan) would suffer.
However, it seems from recent news articles and the CEO meeting with May at Downing Street that things are going OK. I hope this is the case and that my job, along with many other people's jobs in the UK, will be safe for years to come
However, it seems from recent news articles and the CEO meeting with May at Downing Street that things are going OK. I hope this is the case and that my job, along with many other people's jobs in the UK, will be safe for years to come
ive heard several have done this which I’m sure is illegal
28 June 2018, 08:17 AM
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Exactly what deregulation are you expecting? If you want to sell your wares in the EU, you'll still have to meet EU regulations. The US also has regulations that have to be met. In fact, just about every country has a set of regulations that need to be met in order to sell any product there. The UK will have its own different set of regulations post EU, so that means another set of paperwork that will have to be completed to show you meet the UK regulations.
The myth of deregulation is a total smokescreen, the UK will keep almost identical regulations to the EU.
Investment will be dependent on what the UK can offer. Much of our past external investment, the likes of Nissan, Honda, Airbus etc., have been made because the UK can offer a tariff free gateway to the huge EU market with low corporation tax and reasonable wage costs. Post Brexit, you no longer have the tariff free access to the EU, so other EU countries will be the location of choice for investment. For non EU trade, then you have to ask what the UK can offer above China, Taiwan, South Korea etc. Our wage costs are reasonable within Europe, but way too expensive compared to the rest of the world. The only thing the UK can do to attract foreign investment is to create a tax haven, but that means less tax income for companies, so the difference has to be made up from the poor folk!
The myth of deregulation is a total smokescreen, the UK will keep almost identical regulations to the EU.
Investment will be dependent on what the UK can offer. Much of our past external investment, the likes of Nissan, Honda, Airbus etc., have been made because the UK can offer a tariff free gateway to the huge EU market with low corporation tax and reasonable wage costs. Post Brexit, you no longer have the tariff free access to the EU, so other EU countries will be the location of choice for investment. For non EU trade, then you have to ask what the UK can offer above China, Taiwan, South Korea etc. Our wage costs are reasonable within Europe, but way too expensive compared to the rest of the world. The only thing the UK can do to attract foreign investment is to create a tax haven, but that means less tax income for companies, so the difference has to be made up from the poor folk!
28 June 2018, 09:37 AM
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What companies and which type of companies do you see setting up in UK Andy , out of interest ?
beyond just reselling stuff made in far east !
beyond just reselling stuff made in far east !
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28 June 2018, 09:51 AM
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Exactly what deregulation are you expecting? If you want to sell your wares in the EU, you'll still have to meet EU regulations. The US also has regulations that have to be met. In fact, just about every country has a set of regulations that need to be met in order to sell any product there. The UK will have its own different set of regulations post EU, so that means another set of paperwork that will have to be completed to show you meet the UK regulations.
The Jacob Rees Moggs of this world will be able to return to a world where his kind rule over the oiks.
28 June 2018, 12:02 PM
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28 June 2018, 12:06 PM
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More specialist tech based companies. Lets face it mass production left the UK in the mid part of last century, and wont be returning. The UK has some of the finest engineers in all of the world, so with encouragement and incentives more will flourish to be world leaders in their respective fields.
28 June 2018, 12:41 PM
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More specialist tech based companies. Lets face it mass production left the UK in the mid part of last century, and wont be returning. The UK has some of the finest engineers in all of the world, so with encouragement and incentives more will flourish to be world leaders in their respective fields.
How the **** is this anything to do with leaving the EU?
28 June 2018, 01:37 PM
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IDS has just said the following
"Before World War II, as the historian Andrew Roberts has pointed out, the Federation of British Industries — the forerunner of the CBI — supported both the Gold Standard (which, in its constraints on a government’s ability to manage the economy is an instrument of jobs destruction), and the appeasement of **** Germany.
Between 1937 and 1939 while the ***** were opening their concentration camps, the FBI oversaw the creation of no fewer than 33 separate agreements between British and German business groups.
Undaunted by this sorry record, after the war the CBI supported the socialistic nationalisation of much of the economy by the Labour government — just as it backed Harold Wilson’s ill-fated introduction of tripartite state planning (social partnership based on affiliations between business, labour and the state to create economic policy) in the 1960s, and the wholesale surrender to trade union power in the 1970s."
lol, they really are bat**** crazy
"Before World War II, as the historian Andrew Roberts has pointed out, the Federation of British Industries — the forerunner of the CBI — supported both the Gold Standard (which, in its constraints on a government’s ability to manage the economy is an instrument of jobs destruction), and the appeasement of **** Germany.
Between 1937 and 1939 while the ***** were opening their concentration camps, the FBI oversaw the creation of no fewer than 33 separate agreements between British and German business groups.
Undaunted by this sorry record, after the war the CBI supported the socialistic nationalisation of much of the economy by the Labour government — just as it backed Harold Wilson’s ill-fated introduction of tripartite state planning (social partnership based on affiliations between business, labour and the state to create economic policy) in the 1960s, and the wholesale surrender to trade union power in the 1970s."
lol, they really are bat**** crazy
28 June 2018, 01:40 PM
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https://www.politico.eu/article/tech-brexodus/
this doesnt sound overwhelmingly positive on the tech side
Still maybe Londons bit old hat now - perhaps the new emphasis will be somewhere further north
this doesnt sound overwhelmingly positive on the tech side
Still maybe Londons bit old hat now - perhaps the new emphasis will be somewhere further north
28 June 2018, 02:23 PM
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Dublin is the tech capital of Europe, the UK hasn't got a chance, or the network infrastructure!
The tech industry is generally dependent on young, highly educated and very mobile workforce. The young, educated people want to be in the EU, the tech industry is massively multinational and the UK's post Brexit anti immigration rhetoric is very unattractive to the tech workers.
As with many things, the UK has massively failed with investment in network infrastructure outside of London, and London is just too expensive for startups. For sometime now, the UK has not really been an attractive destination for the tech industry. Now with Brexit, its even less attractive as you can't attract the talent.
The tech industry is generally dependent on young, highly educated and very mobile workforce. The young, educated people want to be in the EU, the tech industry is massively multinational and the UK's post Brexit anti immigration rhetoric is very unattractive to the tech workers.
As with many things, the UK has massively failed with investment in network infrastructure outside of London, and London is just too expensive for startups. For sometime now, the UK has not really been an attractive destination for the tech industry. Now with Brexit, its even less attractive as you can't attract the talent.
28 June 2018, 10:05 PM
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Theyre going home , on account the other EU countries prospects looking up , and ours more uncertain than ever !
soon the place will be solely infested with 60 plus ! , euthanasia only solution here to get to 50m
soon the place will be solely infested with 60 plus ! , euthanasia only solution here to get to 50m
28 June 2018, 10:25 PM
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Who is going to pay your pension if population drops to 50 million and retired people continue to live longer?
28 June 2018, 11:17 PM
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29 June 2018, 12:40 PM
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remainder
rɪˈmeɪndə/
noun
rɪˈmeɪndə/
noun
- 1.
a part, number, or quantity that is left over.
"leave a few mushrooms for garnish and slice the remainder"
synonyms:residue, balance, remaining part/number/quantity, part/number/quantity (that is) left over, rest, others, those left, remnant, remnants, rump, surplus, difference, extra, excess, superfluity, overflow, overspill, additional people/material/things, extra people/material/things; technicalresiduum
"eighty-seven members are elected directly, and the remainder by proportional representation" - 2.
a part that is still to come.
"the remainder of the year"
- 1.
dispose of (a book left unsold) at a reduced price.
"titles are being remaindered increasingly quickly to save on overheads"
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02 July 2018, 09:45 PM
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The tech industry is generally dependent on young, highly educated and very mobile workforce. The young, educated people want to be in the EU, the tech industry is massively multinational and the UK's post Brexit anti immigration rhetoric is very unattractive to the tech workers.
To be perfectly honest, I'm still extremely bitter about the whole Brexit vote. I've worked my ***** off in the UK for 17 years now, and paid loads of tax and never received a penny in benefits. I've paid my way, yet now I'm made to feel like I'm not welcome anymore, even though I've contributed far more than the average UK citizen. If I didn't have kids here already in school, I'd go back to Sweden and probably have a better quality of life, but sadly I'm stuck here now.
If I was still 20 and looking to move abroad for a while, I think Berlin would be high on my list.
