If we vote for Brexit what happens

mayonnaise

Why U.S. investors should fear a ‘Brexit’

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-us-investors-should-fear-a-brexit-2016-02-24

“A Brexit would squeeze the affiliate earnings of numerous U.S. multinationals strategically ensconced in the United Kingdom, and force many companies to rethink their overall EU strategies,” he said.

“In the end, U.S. companies from all stripes—finance, healthcare, autos, chemicals, food and beverages, technology, energy—have made a huge bet on Britain and the U.K. over the past few decades...But with Britain now debating whether or not to leave the union, and set to vote on June 23rd, the question is this: Is corporate America’s big bet on the U.K., in general, about to go bad?

More scaremongering for sure.

antrobus

CLAPTON wrote: »

I object to poorly thought out regulations that have bad side effects.
That is equally true whether UK grown or EU grown.
However, with home grown nonsense it is much easier and quite to get it changed.....

In what sense are the existing standards "poorly thought out" and what exactly are these "bad side effects"?

CLAPTON wrote: »

...Food regulation should be about safety and animal welfare and not on appearance.

It is not a question of food regulation, it is a question of marketing standards. So that when a consumer walks into Tescos to buy some apples designated as class I, they know that what Tesco means by class 1, is exactly what Asda, Aldi, et all mean by class 1 apples.

CLAPTON

mayonnaise wrote: »

Why U.S. investors should fear a ‘Brexit’

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-us-investors-should-fear-a-brexit-2016-02-24





More scaremongering for sure.

I'm sure each company whether American or otherwise will make a rational decision on where to spend it's money ; Why would anyone assume anything different?

however, there is nothing in the articles to specifically indicate that any particular company will choose to move.

I would guess marketwatch (but haven't checked) used to publish lots of articles about how the UK was doomed to collapse because we didn't join the Euro.

danothy

mayonnaise wrote: »

I can also tell a bendy banana from a non-bendy one, but I think it's common sense that lower class fruits can't be passed off as Extra Class or Class A.
Is it just bananas you have an issue with, or do you want to get rid of all food labeling regulations?

Genuinely saw a campaign on the street a few years ago in which some fruitcakes had set up a stand to campaign against excessive and unnecessary labelling of food. It was somehow offensive to them that basic information about the product was required to be included with the product and they wanted a stop put to all that nonsense. It had a very prominent "they're making us do this" tone to it too. I couldn't comprehend how labelling was in itself a Bad Thing™, but it did seem clear that, assuming it was a Bad Thing™, the way to stop it was to free ourselves from "them".

Nick_C

mayonnaise wrote: »

Euromyth.

Interesting that you try to claim that the "bendy bananas rule" is a Euromyth, but then go on to demonstrate that it isn't! LOL

kabayiri

mayonnaise wrote: »

Why U.S. investors should fear a ‘Brexit’

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-us-investors-should-fear-a-brexit-2016-02-24


More scaremongering for sure.

There was an American ex-adviser to their government on the radio yesterday. I know for a fact he advises one of the biggest US companies I worked with, and possibly others.

He reckons the growth area we all should be focussing on is sub-Saharan countries. This growth will start not decades away, but in the 2020s and 30s.

U.S companies may need access to our consumer base, but in terms of job creation I think their focus is elsewhere.

prosaver

kabayiri wrote: »

There was an American ex-adviser to their government on the radio yesterday. I know for a fact he advises one of the biggest US companies I worked with, and possibly others.

He reckons the growth area we all should be focussing on is sub-Saharan countries. This growth will start not decades away, but in the 2020s and 30s.

them places will never change:( imho

kabayiri

prosaver wrote: »

them places will never change:( imho

There are already a lot of companies using South Africa for call centre work.

One of the leading medical sensor technology companies is based out there.

Life sciences is quite possibly the next trillion dollar market, but it's very expensive to run trials in places like Europe or the USA. The growth will be in Africa and Asia.

(all, IMO, but you make your choices)

kbrumann

Wanting to remain in the EU after a second referendum is an in-congruent argument for a Brexit campaigner, but it is, IMHO also impossible: iitm.be/changevsbrexit . On top, it exposes Brexiters like Boris Johnson et al as ruthless, disingenuous and dangerous.

CLAPTON

danothy wrote: »

Genuinely saw a campaign on the street a few years ago in which some fruitcakes had set up a stand to campaign against excessive and unnecessary labelling of food. It was somehow offensive to them that basic information about the product was required to be included with the product and they wanted a stop put to all that nonsense. It had a very prominent "they're making us do this" tone to it too. I couldn't comprehend how labelling was in itself a Bad Thing™, but it did seem clear that, assuming it was a Bad Thing™, the way to stop it was to free ourselves from "them".

the question is : is it necessary and NOT whether it's a bad thing or not