In todays’ newspaper, The Times – columnist Philip Colllins – writes that the French president, who meets May today, is best placed to save the Chequers plan.
Collins says in the article;
“In a sweet tweet this week, after he got her nationality wrong in conversations with the Chinese, Jeremy Hunt, the foreign secretary, was pictured in Paris buying flowers for his wife. He was in Paris on Tuesday to meet his French counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian. Yesterday, Dominic Raab, the Brexit secretary, met the French Europe minister, Nathalie Loiseau. Today, the prime minister will cut short her Italian holiday to take up President Macron’s invitation to join him at his coastal retreat, Fort de Brégançon”.
“In the still-playing farce of Britain’s departure from the European Union, the French, masters of the genre, have the chance to take back control. Somebody needs to, because Britain has stumbled into a summer shambles”.
Here is a link to the entire article: The Times: Macron and Brexit
Source: The Times
The Institute of Directors has, according to BBC News, called on the government to speed up guidance on what companies should expect if no deal on leaving the EU is reached.
Companies have been left in the dark over planning for Brexit amid an “information void”, a leading business group has warned.
The Institute of Directors has called on the government to speed up guidance on what companies should expect if no deal on leaving the EU is reached.
Its survey of 800 business leaders showed fewer than a third had made any Brexit contingency planning.
Many said they were waiting for clarity about the future EU relationship.
Almost half of respondents did not anticipate drawing up nor implementing any contingency plans for Brexit, with a similar number not expecting Brexit to affect their organisation.
Stephen Martin, director-general of the IoD, said it was difficult to blame companies that had failed to prepare for the UK’s departure.
“When it comes to knowing what to plan for and when, firms have been left in the dark,” he said.
“Trade associations like the IoD are doing their best to fill the information void, but the reality is that many companies feel they can only make changes once there is tangible information about what they are adjusting to.
“As long as no deal remains a possibility, it is essential that the government steps up to the plate and provides advice on preparing for such an outcome.”
The IoD called on ministers to speed up publication of the technical notices on Brexit. Mr Martin said doing so would remind companies what they needed to do to prepare for all Brexit eventualities.
“Any transition period must take account of the fact that many businesses feel they can only adjust once there is clarity about the direction of travel.”
The Institute of Directors is a non-party political organisation founded in 1903 and has about 30,000 members.
They include directors from all industries, as well as the public and voluntary sectors, and range from the bosses of small start-ups to chief executives.
Source: BBC News
Apple Incs publicly traded worth just put it in never-before-seen territory: the world’s first $1 trillion company.
The financial benchmark was reached Thursday, 42 years after Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne founded the Apple Computer Company in Los Atlos, Calif.
Apple shares were up 22 percent so far this year.
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