Jan 23, 2019 05:56 PM
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Brexit: Dutch government says over 250 companies in talks about relocating to Netherlands (fashionable relocation trends)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po...42756.html
INTRO: Over 250 companies are in touch with the Dutch government about moving to the Netherlands because of Brexit, officials have said. The trade and investment arm of the country’s government has been soliciting moves from companies worried about access to the EU market, with Britain set to leave the single market and customs union. A number of high-profile companies have already announced decision to cross the North Sea, most recently Japanese electronics giant Sony specifically citing Brexit. Last year Panasonic also announced it was moving to Amsterdam.
Michiel Bakhuizen, a spokesman for the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA), told [...] “The number of businesses we are in contact with for a possible arrival is growing. At the start of 2017 it was 80, at the start of 2018 150, and now it's more than 250," he said. “This increase will continue and it's not strange, because there is great uncertainty at the moment in Britain. And if there is one thing that's bad for business, it's uncertainty."
[...] The Netherlands has sometimes appeared better prepared for Brexit than the UK, with advanced plans to recruit as many as 1,000 extra border officials to deal with potential disruption and extra bureaucracy caused by the UK’s exit....
MORE: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po...42756.html
Government 'should shut down parliament' if MPs delay Brexit, says Jacob Rees-Mogg (shut-down style)
https://news.sky.com/story/government-sh...g-11615455
INTRO: A top Brexiteer has claimed the government should shut down parliament if MPs are successful with an attempt to make a "no-deal" departure from the EU impossible. Jacob Rees-Mogg, the chair of the European Research Group of Conservative eurosceptics, suggested ministers should "prorogue" parliament if a cross-party effort to thwart a "no-deal" Brexit prospers.
He recommended the drastic action amid the deepening guerrilla warfare in the House of Commons between Brexiteer MPs and those looking for ways to delay the UK's exit from the EU. Next Tuesday, the House of Commons will debate and vote on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan B, after her withdrawal agreement with the EU was overwhelmingly rejected by MPs last week....
MORE: https://news.sky.com/story/government-sh...g-11615455
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po...42756.html
INTRO: Over 250 companies are in touch with the Dutch government about moving to the Netherlands because of Brexit, officials have said. The trade and investment arm of the country’s government has been soliciting moves from companies worried about access to the EU market, with Britain set to leave the single market and customs union. A number of high-profile companies have already announced decision to cross the North Sea, most recently Japanese electronics giant Sony specifically citing Brexit. Last year Panasonic also announced it was moving to Amsterdam.
Michiel Bakhuizen, a spokesman for the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA), told [...] “The number of businesses we are in contact with for a possible arrival is growing. At the start of 2017 it was 80, at the start of 2018 150, and now it's more than 250," he said. “This increase will continue and it's not strange, because there is great uncertainty at the moment in Britain. And if there is one thing that's bad for business, it's uncertainty."
[...] The Netherlands has sometimes appeared better prepared for Brexit than the UK, with advanced plans to recruit as many as 1,000 extra border officials to deal with potential disruption and extra bureaucracy caused by the UK’s exit....
MORE: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po...42756.html
Government 'should shut down parliament' if MPs delay Brexit, says Jacob Rees-Mogg (shut-down style)
https://news.sky.com/story/government-sh...g-11615455
INTRO: A top Brexiteer has claimed the government should shut down parliament if MPs are successful with an attempt to make a "no-deal" departure from the EU impossible. Jacob Rees-Mogg, the chair of the European Research Group of Conservative eurosceptics, suggested ministers should "prorogue" parliament if a cross-party effort to thwart a "no-deal" Brexit prospers.
He recommended the drastic action amid the deepening guerrilla warfare in the House of Commons between Brexiteer MPs and those looking for ways to delay the UK's exit from the EU. Next Tuesday, the House of Commons will debate and vote on Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan B, after her withdrawal agreement with the EU was overwhelmingly rejected by MPs last week....
MORE: https://news.sky.com/story/government-sh...g-11615455