Sarah Townsend
The Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership and the city’s Growth Company have pledged to provide support and advice to local businesses as the UK announced its Brexit deal with the European Union today.
The UK and EU were last night finalising a historic post-Brexit deal intended to reduce the risk of Britain exiting the European single market on January 1 with no back-up arrangements in place.
The agreement was signed and announced this morning, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson claiming a “victory” over the EU.
A joint statement from Greater Manchester LEP co-chairs Lou Cordwell and Mo Isap, alongside Cllr Elise Wilson, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s portfolio lead for economy and business, and Mark Hughes, chief executive of the Growth Company, issued shortly before the deal was announced, said: “This has been an unprecedented year and we have all faced challenges like never before during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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