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Recent figures show that UK goods trade to the European Union plummeted 40.7 percent in January, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), with imports dropping 28.8 percent since new trading rules between Britain and the EU came into force.
In what is suggested as the first sign that blowback from the UK’s exiting the European Union (EU) is starting to register with the country’s voters, new findings show that the majority of Britons believe Brexit has been bad for the economy and trade.
According to new polling for
The Independent, carried out by
British finance firms scatter across European capitals
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London | No single European city will snatch Londonâs mantle as a global financial centre, but the mini-exodus of financial services from Britain could see different cities on the Continent become specialised hubs as Brexit reshapes the landscape.
âThereâs a very clear sector specialisation emerging in Europe that will be interesting to track,â said William Wright, founder and managing director of the London think tank New Financial.
A new dawn for Paris? Its business district is seeing an influx of financial services activity from London.Â
Bloomberg
In a preliminary analysis that Mr Wright presented to the Washington-based Petersen Institute for International Economics (PIIE), he said that of 413 London-based financial services firms which moved operations to the EU last year, 128 went to Dublin, 88 to Paris, 84 to Luxembourg, 56 to Frankfurt, 47 to Amsterdam and 10 to Brussels.
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If Brexit goes badly, it could give a boost to the governments in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast and stoke calls for greater powers Odd ANDERSEN Text size
The United Kingdom has endured in one form or another for hundreds of years but between Brexit and the coronavirus, the country is creaking and some suggest it may be on the verge of breaking up entirely.
England, Scotland and Wales have been joined since 1707 with Northern Ireland added in 1921 four parts of a single country but since the late 1990s each has won more devolved powers, including over healthcare.