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Far from being a committed hard Brexiteer, the foreign secretary actually had a long record as an MP and Mayor of London, of arguing for Britain to remain closely aligned with Europe.
Brexit has a range of serious implications for Anguilla as the EU is, and has been over recent years, the most significant funder of Anguilla’s capital development ..
The plight of 15,000 worried souls on a tiny Caribbean island must not be forgotten. That is the message from Blondel Cluff, the representative of the government of Anguilla to the UK and European Union, who has grave concerns over the human cost of a hard Brexit to the British dependency.
The Falkland Islands’ government has sounded the alarm over leaving the EU single market, warning that the territory would take a “catastrophic” economic hit if it faces new tariffs and quotas as a result of Brexit.
Argentina would exploit the fallout from a no-deal Brexit to further its efforts to bring the Falklands under its control, the country’s foreign minister has said.
‘You can’t ask for EU funding and then not be in the EU,’ says chief executive of orchestra established in London in 1976. The orchestra was established in London in 1976 but the British vote to leave meant it had to come up with a plan for a future outside the UK.
One of Britain’s most successful orchestras is moving to Belgium amid fears that its musicians may be among the victims of a post-Brexit crackdown on immigration. The European Union Baroque Orchestra has been based in Oxfordshire since 1985, but will give its last UK concert in its current form at St John’s Smith Square, London, on 19 May, before moving to Antwerp.
For some, freedom of movement might just be jargon. For musician Anneke Scott it is a way of life. But for how much longer? / "All of this freedom, on which my whole life as an artist – and that of many others – rests, is now in jeopardy as a result of Brexit."
Brexit is a career-killer for freelancers, argues reader Jayne Hamilton. / "I will lose two-thirds of my livelihood at the very least because of Brexit. While companies export products, we freelancers export ourselves. The freedom of movement and work in the single market is vital for us."
A ‘hard’ Brexit could mean the end of European festival goers and bands attending UK events – leaving a £767 million hole that may silence the UK festival scene.
British orchestras tour widely in the EU – and when we leave, they will probably need work permits and special social security and health insurance arrangements, as well as facing delays at the border. / Membership of the single market and the customs union has been hugely beneficial in enabling British orchestras to tour across Europe
No airline wanted Britain to vote leave in last year’s referendum; easyJet and Ryanair campaigned against it. / About 85% of Britain’s international air traffic is currently governed by EU-wide agreements. / Concerns include landing rights, operating licences and ownership rules. Prior to the EU and deregulation of the skies, landing rights were negotiated between individual states ...
Among questions being asked in the air transport industry since last week’s shock Brexit referendum result is what does the UK’s divorce from the European Union mean to the US-EU Open Skies aviation agreement?
The UK’s open access to European skies is easy to take for granted. Back and forth for the past 20 years, flights between the UK and the Continent have helped knit together the EU’s business and tourism industries. Since 1994, any EU airline has been free to fly between any two points in Europe, spurring the rise of budget airlines and slashing airfares to half of what they were.
Considerable uncertainty remains regarding the precise detail of the exit and it could be 2 years or more before these issues are fully resolved. / Preliminary estimates suggest that the number of UK air passengers could be 3-5% lower by 2020. / A big issue is with aviation regulation.
Frontier Economics’ Dan Elliott explores the implications of the vote for the aviation industry both in the UK and across Europe.
The impact of Brexit on the aviation industry is similarly unresolved. Prior to the referendum, executives of several leading airlines came out in public support of the UK's continued membership of the EU, citing freedom to fly across Europe as the foundation of modern low-fare air travel, ...
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low-cost airline, will focus on growing at airports in the EU and shift its focus away from the UK, following Britain’s vote to leave the EU.
Falling back on WTO rules without a bilateral arrangement would be ‘disastrous’, says airline’s finance chief / Ryanair has warned it will have to halt flights from the UK for “weeks or months” if Theresa May does not seal an early bilateral Brexit deal on international aviation.
Ryanair may have to stop selling flights to and from the UK at the end of 2018 if Britain and the EU fail to agree a post-Brexit aviation deal, according to its chief executive, Michael O’Leary.
Britain could be excluded from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) after it quits the EU, raising the prospect of increased certification costs for airlines and manufacturers and dashing London’s hopes of keeping its membership.
The move will affect 500,000 passengers, with more than 300 jobs also expected to be lost at the airport. / Citing Brexit uncertainty and the subsequent threat to the Scottish economy - particularly within the aviation industry - the airline has advised it will cut 20 of its 23 routes out of the airport from November.
US bank JP Morgan is buying a landmark office building in Dublin in a significant boost for the Irish capital as European cities compete to lure financial institutions away from London in the wake of the Brexit vote. The new premises will be able to house 1,000 staff.