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Amplifying voices from UK business, industry and society urgently calling for a better deal for UK trade with the EU.
Nov 19, 2020 8 tweets 10 min read
"trade associations and professional bodies, encompassing virtually the entire British economy ... jointly insist on an ambitious trade deal – and warn of the consequences of no deal" - Will Hutton @williamnhutton
Over 20 key voices now reported here via #Voices4ABetterDeal /1 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

""trade associations and professional bodies, encompassing virtually the entire British economy" - find their voices here:


#Voices4ABetterDeal
Nov 17, 2020 4 tweets 4 min read
@OxfordStays says: No-deal Brexit threatens our supplies of Covid vaccines in multiple ways.
A key ingredient in the new Pfizer vaccine is made in UK by Croda International. The CEO says border delays will interrupt deliveries to the Belgian factory:
randrlife.co.uk/covid-19-pfize… /1 Image The Pfizer vaccine needs to be stored at minus 70 degrees C, long border delays in January will risk efficacy as well as delivery times. UK pharmacists are worried about the negative impact of Brexit on the vaccine roll-out programme:
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Nov 16, 2020 14 tweets 3 min read
We are reproducing here a joint statement about Brexit by UK and European manufacturing industries which, like many statements by our industries, has to date received inadequate media and political attention. The statement was issued on October 21 by @MakeUK and @CEEMET . /1 << Make UK-Ceemet: Britain’s manufacturers and their European industry counterparts call for the UK Government and European Commission to return to the negotiating table and find the way through to a deal. /2
Nov 16, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read
How are we doing? - we've posted 14 memes so far with CEO level statements from tech, chemicals, pharma, construction, UNITE, churches, farming, logistics, science, aeropace, ceramics, food & drink, haulage, Labour, auto. About the same number lined to add by tomorrow. /1 The simple aim is to pass on and amplify what our economy and society is saying about all this - and as Will Hutton wrote in the Observer yesterday, it is indeed just about the entire economy speaking now. /2 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…