Superdry chief executive Julian Dunkerton has become the latest company head to warn of the possible risks from Brexit to British companies.
Two years after Britain’s departure from the European Union, bosses of UK businesses are reeling from the cost of Brexit, including some who voted to cut ties with Brussels.
Britons facing ‘austerity’ budget as a direct result of decision to leave Europe, former Bank of England adviser says
Brexit blues: From Wetherspoon to Next, the company bosses who loved Leave until reality hit
11/11/2022
But six years on, reality is kicking in and some of the most ardent Brexiteers - including the heads of major UK employers - are starting to change their tune.
This is not the Brexit you were looking for
11/11/2022
Apparently this Brexit is not the one Leave voters wanted, and is certainly not what Remainers wanted, but it’s the one we’re all having to live with.
High-profile Brexit backer Lord Simon Wolfson has renewed calls for the Government to let in more foreign workers to alleviate labour shortages that have plagued Scottish firms and the wider UK business community.
Lord Simon Wolfson, who was a prominent Brexit supporter, has suggested firms could pay a tax to employ foreign staff.
A Brexit backer has moaned about Brexit and noone is sympathetic at all. / Next chief executive officer Lord Simon Wolfson told the BBC today the government should let more foreign workers into the UK to ease labour shortages.
THE boss of retailer Next is urging the government to let more foreign workers into the UK to ease labour shortages reports the BBC.
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'Not a single boot on ground until November': Businesses say government visa scheme is unworkable
29/09/2021
Lord Wolfson is a highly successful businessman, a prominent supporter of Brexit and a Conservative peer. He is, in short, the sort of man who should be in perfect alignment with a government led by Boris Johnson. He isn’t.
Next, one of Britain’s biggest clothing retailers, warned it may struggle to deliver its normal service in the run up to Christmas unless the government relaxes post-Brexit immigration rules to allow more workers into the country.
‘Insane’ policy preventing foreign lorry drivers from easing supply crisis, says Brexit-backing Next boss
31/08/2021
The chief executive of high street retail giant Next has blamed the government’s “insane” immigration policy for the huge shortage of lorry drivers causing chaos in Britain’s supply chain.