General Discussion
@Lynne . All governments depend on businesses, even LA's depend on businesses. I remember dear old Mr Clatworthy once saying at a council meeting "we run to council, not the chamber of trade" and that was when it was suggest there should be some free parking in Dawlish. Well he lost that battle, as we now have free parking albeit only half an hour,
http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/how-mps-voted-in-the-eu-referendum-11364110245462 And this is why we will never leave.
I don't see that it will be for business to decide. If we leave with a No Deal and thus go onto WTO rules and regulations businesses both sides of the channel will be negatively impacted. BUT WTO rules will be the rules. Which is why neither the EU or the UK want a No Deal situation. * But........... * although hard line Brexiteers seem not to have a problem with such a scenario ...
And of those countries that export food to the UK, how many and for how long will they tollerate the situation of being held up at the ports?
Re trade with EU countries post Brexit if no deal. As I understand the situation we will then go on to World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules. This would involve tariffs and custom checks. So therefore there will be delays at ports such as Dover and Calais. Which is why on both sides of the channel stockpiling measures have been, and are, taking place. This country imports about 50% of it ...
It is highly probable that we could be (notice the word could) leaving without a deal. It may take longer to negotiate new deals with individual countries in the EU and the rest of the world after we leave, but no EU country is going to stop trading with us just because we are coming out, most would have more to lose than us. It takes years to uproot a business from hear to one where they could ...
https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-keeps-talking-about-amazons-inevitable-death-2018-12?r=US&IR=T
Most buy from Amazon at the cost to the High Street. So many people in the shops right now its easier to have it arrve at the door! Anyonw who thinks its a good idea to open a shop now must be bonkers! Having said that if everyone stopped buying online the shops would be booming! and Amazon would be finished.
We in the UK are the largest online spenders in the world we spend more online than the whole of the USA and that is probarbly why our High Streets are suffering.
Are we the only country that is suffering on it's high street's?