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UK manufacturing shrank in the run up to the Brexit vote
August 9th, 2016
UK manufacturing output continued to slip in the month leading up to the UK’s Brexit vote, according to official data. The Office for National Statistics said manufacturing production fell 0.3% in June compared to the month before, weighed by a decline ...
Post-Brexit surge of EU tax cases expected
August 9th, 2016
Advisers anticipate a surge in the number of new tax cases sent to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) following the UK’s decision to leave the EU. According to law firm Pinsent Masons, the prospect of withdrawing ...
The first Major Legal firm to make post-Brexit redundancies
August 8th, 2016
Simmons & Simmons is making redundancies in its London office as a result of the UK’s vote to leave the EU, the first major firm in the City known to have done so. A spokeswoman told RollOnFriday that the firm was ...
Euro-Area Output Unexpectedly Picks Up as Brexit Qualms Fade
August 3rd, 2016
Purchasing Managers’ Index rises to 53.2 in July from 53.1 Gauge signals little contagion from U.K. vote, Markit says Euro-area output unexpectedly accelerated to the highest in six months, signaling that manufacturers and services providers are shrugging off concerns ...
Nextlaw Labs turns to AI for new Brexit offering
August 1st, 2016
Dentons’ tech joint venture is developing a new tool to help lawyers assess the impact of Brexit on companies’ contracts. Nextlaw Labs has joined forces with London-based technology company RAVN to develop a new artificial intelligence tool that will ...
Brexit post-mortem
July 29th, 2016
It is a month after Britain’s surprise vote to leave the EU. A new Conservative Prime Minister and Chancellor are in place, both David Cameron and George Osborne having fallen on their swords. The third man in the losing ...
The potential economic impact of Brexit for London, the UK and Europe
July 28th, 2016
PwC’s real GDP growth projections for the UK revised down Potential loss of passporting a challenge for London Ireland and Cyprus are the most exposed EU countries from a trade perspective UK: Following the vote to leave the EU, ...
Big Four in talks with UK government on Brexit
July 21st, 2016
Accountants’ expertise will be needed as the trade negotiations start following the UK’s vote to leave the EU, the government has confirmed, while the Big Four are building up specialist Brexit teams to meet the demand for advice on ...
Brexit, banks fueling bitcoin’s resurgence
July 19th, 2016
The bitcoin renaissance seems to be at hand, with investors using the virtual currency to weather turbulent financial markets and banks striking partnerships to explore the system’s underlying technology. Until mid-May, 1 bitcoin fetched on the order of $400 ...
Immigration lawyers comment about how Brexit affecting them
July 14th, 2016
Nearly three weeks on from the unexpected referendum result, the world is still fascinated by what a vote to leave the EU means for the big wide world of commercial law. The details of what a post-Brexit City of ...