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JUST over three months since Great Britain left the European Union s single market and customs union the scale of the impact of this act of national self-harm has been huge, not least in Scotland where many companies are struggling to survive. This is an economic drama documented on a daily basis in the media. Less visible but equally damaging and, in the longer run, probably even more so is the rising exodus of EU nationals from Britain, including Scotland, both before and since freedom of movement ended on December 31 last year. Scotland s future as a young, vibrant, open society is at risk. Its population could not only get older but smaller.
Foreign workers are leaving Britain at the fastest pace since World War II, presenting a challenge to an economy already roiled by Brexit and the coronavirus. London alone has lost 700,000 people over the last year, recent research suggests.
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At a time when reliable information on the Covid-19 pandemic, treatment and vaccines is considered so vital that many countries – including South Africa – have criminalised misinformation, a group of influential South African lobbyists has been amplifying discredited and unscientific views and voices.
A South African private sector research group that has repeatedly lobbied against lockdown denies being associated with a global coalition of pandemic denialists and sceptics – but online evidence suggests otherwise. Pandemics Data and Analytics (Panda) is one of the loudest anti-lockdown groups globally, and openly states online that it hopes to “lead the world against lockdown”.
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What are the emerging threats and opportunities of Britain s
post-Brexit relationship with the EU? And, what does the UK s
departure from the European Union mean for you and your
business?
Partner and Head of EU, Trade and Competition, Bernardine
Adkins, joins the King s Business Club, to discuss the
implications of Brexit on UK and EU relations. And, with a distinct
focus on the international trade, economic, and financial impacts,
shares her views on the positive and negative market impacts for
British companies operating out of the