Экономика: Гибель Британии 2
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brrdTheTelegraph - Without even trying, Brexit Britain is thriving. Wait until we really go for it.
..Sir James’s multi-billion-pound bet is just the latest confirmation that Britain has spectacularly won Brexit’s first phase, against almost all expert opinion. It’s not just that the GDP data and employment figures have continued to grow as if nothing had happened, with the UK expanding faster than America and the Eurozone last year. Crucially, even without any extra tax cuts or deregulatory measures, we continue to attract investors from all over the world.
Take the broader tech industry: all of the larger firms have upped their commitment to Britain since the referendum. Apple will become the biggest tenant in the regenerated Battersea power station. Facebook will increase its UK staff by half after it, too, opens new London headquarters; it will primarily hire engineers. Google is spending £1 billion on its new buildings and will hire 3,000 people. Snapchat will report its non-US revenues through London. Softbank’s post-Brexit acquisition of the UK’s flagship chip designer Arm will boost, rather than reduce, our science base: the Japanese buyer will be doubling Arm’s UK staff by 2021 and has already hired several hundred workers. With IBM and Amazon also growing, Britain is now Europe’s tech capital, and our lead will only grow, especially now that the Government has made it clear that firms will continue to be able to hire the best and brightest from overseas.
The good news isn’t confined to one industry. In the past few days alone, Canary Wharf has submitted plans for four more skyscrapers and China has bought the City’s Cheesegrater skyscraper for £1 billion. Boeing announced last week that it would be opening its first European factory in Britain. It will be a small plant in Sheffield making actuators for Boeing’s next-generation aircraft, but it’s a great first step. Even older industries are seeing a fresh burst of investment: Tata Steel, Liberty and British Steel have all announced major investments.
When it comes to the City, the situation is better than anybody expected by this stage. Bank of America and Wells Fargo have commissioned new headquarters, and everybody now agrees that London will remain a dominant financial centre.
P.S. Кто бы мог подумать...
..Sir James’s multi-billion-pound bet is just the latest confirmation that Britain has spectacularly won Brexit’s first phase, against almost all expert opinion. It’s not just that the GDP data and employment figures have continued to grow as if nothing had happened, with the UK expanding faster than America and the Eurozone last year. Crucially, even without any extra tax cuts or deregulatory measures, we continue to attract investors from all over the world.
Take the broader tech industry: all of the larger firms have upped their commitment to Britain since the referendum. Apple will become the biggest tenant in the regenerated Battersea power station. Facebook will increase its UK staff by half after it, too, opens new London headquarters; it will primarily hire engineers. Google is spending £1 billion on its new buildings and will hire 3,000 people. Snapchat will report its non-US revenues through London. Softbank’s post-Brexit acquisition of the UK’s flagship chip designer Arm will boost, rather than reduce, our science base: the Japanese buyer will be doubling Arm’s UK staff by 2021 and has already hired several hundred workers. With IBM and Amazon also growing, Britain is now Europe’s tech capital, and our lead will only grow, especially now that the Government has made it clear that firms will continue to be able to hire the best and brightest from overseas.
The good news isn’t confined to one industry. In the past few days alone, Canary Wharf has submitted plans for four more skyscrapers and China has bought the City’s Cheesegrater skyscraper for £1 billion. Boeing announced last week that it would be opening its first European factory in Britain. It will be a small plant in Sheffield making actuators for Boeing’s next-generation aircraft, but it’s a great first step. Even older industries are seeing a fresh burst of investment: Tata Steel, Liberty and British Steel have all announced major investments.
When it comes to the City, the situation is better than anybody expected by this stage. Bank of America and Wells Fargo have commissioned new headquarters, and everybody now agrees that London will remain a dominant financial centre.
P.S. Кто бы мог подумать...
