Take Back Control

[memory man]

[panoscouse]

HaHa!

The irony is that the Austin Allegro was only produced after we joined the EU.
Maybe it should have been the Morris Marina pictured.

[kingfisher]

Leaving aside fiction, here are facts and figures which illustrate the UK’s pre-eminent place at the sharp end- [unlike Germany, which relies on churning out emission-cheating tin in a contracting market.]

"Investment in UK tech sector from US and Asia surges"
Edmund Heaphy
Finance and news reporter
Yahoo Finance UK21 August 2019

“More than half of the money raised by UK technology companies so far in 2019 has come from US and Asian investors, according to new data.
Overall, the sector has raised more money in the first seven months of the year than it did in the entirety of 2018.
New research released on Wednesday shows that UK-based technology firms have received $6.7bn in funding thus far in 2019, with 55% coming from investors based in either the US or Asia.
On average, more than $1bn has been invested per month in the sector, 1.5 times the amount raised in the same period in 2018.
The figures put the UK technology sector on track for its best year ever, according to the Digital Economy Council, who commissioned the research.
The surge is partly thanks to huge investments in firms like Checkout.com, which raised $230m; Greensill, which raised $800m; and Deliveroo, which raised $575m.
Will Shu, the CEO of Deliveroo, said his company was “proud to be a British tech company.”
“The UK is a fantastic place to start and grow a tech company, attract talent and, ultimately, turn great ideas into products and services that consumers know and love.”
Though more than a third of investments in the UK come from domestic sources, at least another third come from either the US, Japan, or the rest of the world, the council said.
In comparison, countries like France and Germany receive relatively low levels of foreign investment.
The council noted that the mix of funding sources not only proved that the UK had a tech sector that was attractive to a wide range or investors and investment types, but also offered “stability”.
“Today’s figures demonstrate investors’ confidence in the UK tech sector, which continues to go from strength to strength, growing one and half times faster than any other sector in the economy,” said Natalia Black, the UK trade commissioner for the Asia-Pacific region.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/inves ... 23359.html
Jon.

[Jim B]

Jon
You're not really interested in the social cost are you, it's all about money as far as I can see?


Jim

[kingfisher]

Have you forgotten which side you are on Jim? The entire remain “argument”, insofar as there was one, was economic and financial. Hence the Mk1, 2, 3 and 4 versions of Project Fear- largely fabricated nonsense.

I am now focused on positive economic news coming out of the UK. If I have any fears they are for the health of the Eurozone, with its mountains of unaddressed toxic debt, unrelenting money-printing, and a central bank which has run out of ammo.
The UK needs to be well clear when that lot goes down…
Jon.

[Jim B]

No, for every one positive post you make there's a hundred negatives. Most of the toxic debt I'm aware of was bought by British Banks from the good old USA and look were that led us to.
The EU has done more for the populace than any UK government or union has ever done.

Jim