Tag: United Kingdom

By Keith Nuthall   The UK's vote on June 23 to quit the European Union (EU) creates deep uncertainty over the shape of regulations and legislation in Britain, affecting all economic and professional sectors. As new UK Prime Minister Theresa May takes office, she has the toughest in-tray imaginable – recasting and then renegotiating the UK’s regulatory relationship with the 27 countries remaining in the EU and the EU’s central institutions.

By Andrew Burnyeat    The Brexit polls predict a knife-edge night of nervous nail-biting for both Remainers and Brexiteers on June 23. This needs some explanation, given that the vast majority of centre-right, centre and left politicians, together with a huge majority of business leaders and industry associations want the UK to continue its membership of the European Union (EU).

By Sara Lewis, in Brussels   With a June 23 date set for Britain to hold an in-out referendum on UK membership of the European Union (EU), the European car industry has made it clear it wants British voters to keep their country within the 28-member state bloc. Four top automaker executives have rejected Brexit (British exit from the EU) by adding their names to a letter from business leaders to the London-based The Times newspaper, flagging up the EU’s benefits.