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    Great trade deal with Oz and NZ

    Clearly, this is designed to be a starter and trade will grow as the two countries continue to discuss and identify areas of comparative advantage.
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    Fantastic news

    He could've easily created a policy to ban high polluting vehicles over 3 years which would've had the same affect on creating a cleaner environment over that period. Instead he uses environment argument to justify a blatant tax grab.
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    Best Vanguard Pension funds

    For maximum share market diversification I'd go with a global ETF tracker fund such as VWRL/VWRP. https://www.vanguardinvestor.co.uk/investments/vanguard-ftse-all-world-ucits-etf-usd-distributing?intcmpgn=equityglobal_ftseallworlducitsetf_fund_link If you prefer less volatiliy (less risk) go...
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    What's the best Stocks and Share ISA provider for small amounts?

    No one has yet mentioned the FX charges applied by II or HL when it comes to investing in anything other than investments based in GBP and was wondering if anyone had done the sums with II or HL in this scenario? HL and II charge FX commission rates on investments made on their platforms which...
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    Brexit benefit

    Sure the EU could use that as leverage to try and hold Britain back but this wouldn't be in the spirit of good economic partnering and eventually will just end up being a race to the bottom for all involved. Also you must remember that Brexit will force Britain's economy to diversify and...
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    Brexit benefit

    Except this kind of thing will never happen and is why the EU agreed a UK a trade deal to come in to effect on 1 Jan 2021.
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    Brexit benefit

    No one will want to get in to a tarrif war but if it happens then Britain with its wider opportunity to create trade agreements post Brexit will able be to counter tarrif's imposed by EU by selling in to other markets. Also the EU exports more to the UK than the UK exports to the EU so that...
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    Brexit benefit

    As a separate legal entity Britain can tweak and adjust its competition laws how it see's fit. It will have the freedom to build products and services in different and unique ways the benefits of which include increasing innovation and reducing the cost base of those products. The burden of...
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    Cost of EU bureaucracy is £33B / year

    "According to Capital Economics and Open Europe, the cost to the UK of the 100 most expensive rules and regulations of the European Union is 33 billion pounds a year. Excessive bureaucracy and high taxes have limited potential growth and investment in Europe, particularly in the past eight...
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    Global Britain

    I was simply using OEM as an example. In more general terms Products produced in the UK according to EFTA/EEA Cumulative Rules of Origin.
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    Global Britain

    The retail margin depend on the product being sold. Some products only have a 2-5% retail margin. The benefit of not being a part of the EU including less cost for OEM's and new sales channels opening up across the world due to a more competitive product pricing as a result of less red tape.
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    Global Britain

    No one is suggesting the distributors buy from the retailer. That would be silly. The point was that OEM's in the UK will supply distribution chains in the EU. The EU distribution company can be UK owned but operating branches in EU and be responsible for meeting EU's CE regulations. This...
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    Global Britain

    This article is talking about a consumpton tax added when the goods are received by the consumer. Supply of goods from UK to EU and vice-versa when in the distrubution chain don't incur consumption taxes and as per the Brexit deal it states there are no tariffs applied in either direction when...
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    Global Britain

    Rather than having cross border ecommerce transactions from websites based in the UK brands in the UK can sell to distribution channels operating in the EU which will allow their products to be sold via local retail websites in EU currency. This will be the model moving forward...it will...
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    Costs for closing the company (VL)

    The accountant is a single point of contact for you and will manage the Insolvency Practitioner so you're paying a premium for this however its convenient. You'll reduce the cost by a bit if you instead engaged an independent IP but this will mean shopping around for an Insolvency practitioner...

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