[Merged]Brexit stuff

[LondonManc]

OMG this is a real job?

Of course it is. Ever since food retailers haven't made their own food (Co-op were one of the biggest landowners and farmers in the country back in the day), they have people negotiating deals with food manufacturers to make their own brand goods. That's in addition to negotiating volume discounts on branded goods.

[DimPrawn]

Brexit pushes up price of bacon butty as China takes advantage of weak sterling to buy British pork


Now things are getting serious!

A Bremoaner gave this candid interview earlier.

[vetran]

OMG this is a real job?

they even have a Bakeoff buyer in some supermarkets.

A friend of ours is a butcher he dreads it when some chef uses an odd cut of meat on the telly as next day everyone asks for it.

[scooterscot]

If Brexit was never a threat to tourism why is she pouring money into it? Especially since the exchange rate now favours visitors to the UK.

Theresa May announces £40m fund to boost post-Brexit UK tourism

Theresa May has pledged Brexit will create “real opportunities for growth” in the tourism sector as she announced a new £40m fund for tourism projects across the country, though just one of the projects which have won funding so far is based in the north of England.

Ahead of the August bank holiday weekend, the prime minister also announced several new schemes to attract visitors to Britain, including relaxing licensing laws to allow B&Bs to offer a welcome drink to guests and to pick visitors up from train stations.

The first grants from the £40m Discover England fund have been awarded to projects and organisations in different geographic areas intended to attract tourism outside of London.

Of the seven announced so far, five are based in the south of England, including Kent, Surrey and Devon, though of those, Golf Tourism England runs trips across the UK, as does Gloucestershire-based Compass Holidays, which has been funded to develop its tourism app. Birmingham-based Leopold Marketing won funding with the brief to develop tourism outside London and Scotland.

Just one of the projects is based in the north of England, UK Countryside Tours in Derbyshire, which runs tours across the country including Yorkshire, Cumbria and the Peak District. A DCMS spokesman said more projects which had won funding would be announced in due course.

As well as the relaxation of licensing laws, Number 10 announced a new government-backed deal with train companies will offer visitors the ability to book five scenic rail itineraries around the UK.

May said in a statement that tourism would be an even more vital industry after the UK leaves the EU. “The British people’s decision to leave the European Union creates real opportunities for growth and we will work in close partnership with the tourism industry, to ensure it continues to thrive as negotiations on the UK’s exit progress,” she said.

“We are making it easier for visitors to travel beyond London and experience all of the world-class attractions the UK has to offer, to make sure the benefits of this thriving industry are felt by the many and not the few.”

Karen Bradley, the new secretary of state for culture, media and sport, said the initiative would “further strengthen tourism outside of London to ensure that growth from the sector is enjoyed right across the country.”

The sharp drop in the pound post-EU referendum has been a bonus for foreign tourists, making holidaying in the UK cheaper. Last week it was reported that tax-free spending had increased from visitors from Asia and the US. Shipping company Global Blue reported a 7% year-on-year increase in UK international tax-free shopping in July.

Communities minister, Andrew Percy, has also announced a scheme to create 20 new coastal community teams in seaside towns across the UK in order to boost tourism for Britain’s beaches.

“Across our Great British Coast we’ve got an amazing variety of resorts to be proud of from Cleethorpes to Brighton and beyond,” Percy said. “People in those areas can now come together and bid for government cash to revive tourist attractions to their former glory.”

[LondonManc]

If Brexit was never a threat to tourism why is she pouring money into it? Especially since the exchange rate now favours visitors to the UK.

Theresa May announces £40m fund to boost post-Brexit UK tourism

Mainly because people on 50k a year can't afford to go abroad any more. HTHBIDI

[shaunbhoy]

If Brexit was never a threat to tourism why is she pouring money into it?

Because with more tourists expected here, it makes fiscal sense to create jobs for people in activities that Johnny Foreigner can blow his wad on.

HTH

Simples

[vetran]

Because with more tourists expected here, it makes fiscal sense to create jobs for people in activities that Johnny Foreigner can blow his wad on.

HTH

Simples

There you go Scooter you can go in the Barrel!

£40m is peanuts if it generates a percentage more tourism it will pay for itself.

[OwlHoot]

Reading that just reminds me of embarrassingly unfunny left wing comedians yapping away on Radio 4

[BlasterBates]

If Brexit was never a threat to tourism why is she pouring money into it? Especially since the exchange rate now favours visitors to the UK.

Theresa May announces £40m fund to boost post-Brexit UK tourism

Basically this will replace the jobs she expects to be lost in the City. Ex investment bankers and Fin Tech developers will be able to move into the tourist industry, serving in restaurants and cleaning linen in the hotels.

[CretinWatcher]

Because with more tourists expected here, it makes fiscal sense to create jobs for people in activities that Johnny Foreigner can blow his wad on.

HTH

Simples

Your kids have a chance now to do something useful. Better teach them the required deference though.