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Perhaps through gritted teeth but fair play to the @FT for acknowledging that many companies are seeing a #Brexit boom, particularly in the North and the Midlands.
Brexit is the catalyst for levelling up.
Short thread below [1] https://www.ft.com/content/6d86951c-a4af-4d0b-95da-7856d4db8639
Brexit is the catalyst for levelling up.
Short thread below [1] https://www.ft.com/content/6d86951c-a4af-4d0b-95da-7856d4db8639
[2] Starting with shipping.
Peel ports is hiring another 150 workers in #Liverpool as they bring in new routes.
"We are at 80-90 per cent capacity at the moment and growing” said Carr, their commercial director
Peel ports is hiring another 150 workers in #Liverpool as they bring in new routes.
"We are at 80-90 per cent capacity at the moment and growing” said Carr, their commercial director
[3] In recent months three new services into Liverpool have started, following investment of more than £400m.
One of these is Liverpool’s first link with east Asia in decades. Old trade routes are opening back up as the UK goes global
One of these is Liverpool’s first link with east Asia in decades. Old trade routes are opening back up as the UK goes global
[4] Rather than shipping supplies from their warehouses in the #EU, a huge number of European companies are opening up new centres in the UK (and partnering with UK companies).
This cuts transport costs & emissions as well as creating local jobs.
This cuts transport costs & emissions as well as creating local jobs.
[5] Hundreds of companies are onshoring their EU operations back to the UK.
Like Statiflo, which exports to 80 countries, has switched its warehouse to supply countries outside the EU from Germany to its Macclesfield base.
Like Statiflo, which exports to 80 countries, has switched its warehouse to supply countries outside the EU from Germany to its Macclesfield base.
[6] Another example is Brandauer, a 160-year-old family-owned engineering company, the drop in the pound caused by #Brexit has boosted overseas demand for their products. The Birmingham-based firm expects to grow beyond its pre-pandemic size this year and is recruiting.
[7] Brandauer exports 75% of its output
“We have won business in France, Netherlands and Germany recently,” said Rowan Crozier, chief executive. “We have not lost a single EU customer.”
Businesses that have not exported before are learning and growing.
“We have won business in France, Netherlands and Germany recently,” said Rowan Crozier, chief executive. “We have not lost a single EU customer.”
Businesses that have not exported before are learning and growing.
[8] 'Despite #Brexit', most of UK sectors are actually getting MORE investment now from European investors than prior to the vote.
As Brexiteers always said, our market is too important to lose and EU exporters are bending over backwards to serve it.
![[8] 'Despite #Brexit', most of UK sectors are actually getting MORE investment now from European investors than prior to the vote.As Brexiteers always said, our market is too important to lose and EU exporters are bending over backwards to serve it.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Etn4honWQAYaMI9.jpg "[8] 'Despite #Brexit', most of UK sectors are actually getting MORE investment now from European investors than prior to the vote.As Brexiteers always said, our market is too important to lose and EU exporters are bending over backwards to serve it.")
As Brexiteers always said, our market is too important to lose and EU exporters are bending over backwards to serve it.
[9] Cadburys got the headlines last week as they brought production back to Bournville but this is happening all over the UK, with thousands of companies making similar decisions.
We'll be a better prepared, more prosperous and more resilient country as a result.
#Brexit
We'll be a better prepared, more prosperous and more resilient country as a result.
#Brexit
