[Merged]Brexit stuff

[GB9]

Eurozone private sector growth accelerates to 10-month high – business live

"New PMI surveys from Markit show that European factories and service sector firms growing at their fastest rate this year"

Meanwhile in bility: "UK industrial orders fall, as weak pound drives up costs."

Up 0.4% I believe. And they are putting up costs.

Back home:

"The CBI’s business optimism index has risen to -8, from a positively gloomy -47 in September.

And the balance of firms reporting higher exports rose to +8 over the last three months."

[scooterscot]

And the balance of firms reporting higher exports rose to +8 over the last three months."

Of course they, exports are cheap. Not no longer. RAW material costs are increasing.

[Old Greg]

And in other news, the readjustment is sterling has made the UK even more competitive:

Microsoft: We're hiking UK cloud prices 22%. Stop whining: It's the Brexit • The Channel

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By | Paul Kunert 24th October 2016 08:04
Microsoft: We're hiking UK cloud prices 22%. Stop whining: It's the Brexit
On-prem set for 13% hike
Life is to get a lot more expensive for Microsoft customers from the start of next year with currency linked, double-digit price hikes looming for cloud and on-premise software.

Software resellers, integrators and cloud service providers were warned about the price rises late on Friday afternoon and told us they expected a stampede of orders as businesses bring forward orders to avoid the rises.

“Microsoft is announcing British pound changes to harmonise its prices for enterprise software and cloud services within the EU/ European Free Trade Agreement region,” Microsoft stated in its comms to channel types.

“Starting January 1, 2017 British pounds prices for on-premises enterprise software will increase by 13 per cent and most cloud prices in British pounds will increase by 22 per cent to realign close to euro levels.”

Redmond reassured punters that they're still well off: "Even after this adjustment, customers across the region buying in British pound will still find our cloud offerings highly competitive."

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This is great news because it makes UK suppliers more competitive!

[GB9]

Tariffed trading would cost the EU £8bn per year more in tariffs than the UK according to the EU supporting Times.

Looks like a deal would be in everyone's interest after all.

[The_Equalizer]

Anyone on this board who is in the UK and moaning about Brexit?


Hello?


Anyone?

[vetran]

Anyone on this board who is in the UK and moaning about Brexit?


Hello?


Anyone?

nah they are all busy tulipping themselves knowing when we leave they will have to fund the whole sorry mess they call the EU, whereas we only have Scotland and with a little bit of luck they will go independent.

[NotAllThere]

nah they are all busy tulipping themselves knowing when we leave they will have to fund the whole sorry mess they call the EU, whereas we only have Scotland and with a little bit of luck they will go independent.

I've not lived in the EU for years.

[WTFH]

I've not lived in the EU for years.

I live in the EU - in England.

[scooterscot]

nah they are all busy tulipping themselves knowing when we leave they will have to fund the whole sorry mess they call the EU, whereas we only have Scotland and with a little bit of luck they will go independent.

I had an agent call me up from London this morning as to quote in GBP and not Euro. So I did, he was not impressed with my £110 p/h rate for a 12 month gig. So I says can you say for sure the exchange rate will be the same by end of 2017? No. So yeah £110p/h or of off you go.

"I'll have to talk with the senior consultant, the client needs... blah "

Honestly, they've no idea.

[shaunbhoy]

So yeah £110p/h or of off you go.

"I'll have to talk with the senior consultant, the client needs... blah "

Honestly, they've no idea.

!!!Walter Mitty Alert!!!