So now that we have completely left the EU...

[Heym SR20]

We can look forward to the excitement of coming back through Customs again and whether or not we will get away with not having to pay duties on goods we bring back.

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[Ade8mm]

We can look forward to the excitement of coming back through Customs again and whether or not we will get away with not having to pay duties on goods we bring back.

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Looks like you have answered your own question there Heym

Fyi Customs checks have always applied though seemingly honoured in the breach not the observance.

 

[Fadcode]

Not so much what we can now do we have left, but what we dont have to do now we have left.
We dont have to pay social security to anyone who hasn't been here for 5 years
We no longer have to pay child support for children not in this country, as claimed by many East European visitors.
We no longer have to accept people who just come here for handouts.
We dont have to listen to the remoaners anymore.

 

[NoIDeer]

One thing, pass vaccines for use before the 27 countries of the eu can!

As far as financial institutions go it makes sense to relocate a part of their operation to stay within the eu, it's up the the UK to stay one of the main financial centres of the world, not just the eu.

 

[Rasputin]

We can look forward to the excitement of coming back through Customs again and whether or not we will get away with not having to pay duties on goods we bring back.

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Good god stop whining man and grow a pair will you.

 

[Fadcode]

I forgot to add, we can now get a British Passport, and a British Driving Licence.

 

[kenbro]

Mackeral, ye can learn all the different ways to cook mackeral, and maybe invent some new ways to make the best use of mackeral.

Living the dream chaps, living the dream.

Ya might even learn how to spell it.

 

[Ade8mm]

Currently looking for the intel. 'cause I appreciate facts matter but I do know there has been a record number of EU firms applying for FCA registration over the last 12 months.

Will post the details when I can find them Might take a while .

 

[Ade8mm]

Found it.. Enjoy

Full article,, link below.

A thousand EU financial firms plan to open UK offices after Brexit - FinTech Futures

More than a thousand banks, asset managers, payments companies and insurers in the European Union plan to open offices in post-Brexit Britain so they can continue serving UK clients, according to the regulatory consultancy, Bovill in a statement issued on Monday.

www.fintechfutures.com

 

[Ade8mm]

Found it.. Enjoy
View attachment 186772
Full article,, link below.

A thousand EU financial firms plan to open UK offices after Brexit - FinTech Futures

More than a thousand banks, asset managers, payments companies and insurers in the European Union plan to open offices in post-Brexit Britain so they can continue serving UK clients, according to the regulatory consultancy, Bovill in a statement issued on Monday.

www.fintechfutures.com

With apologies to Heym as this is not directly answering his "Original Post" question . It is an oblique answer giving just one reason why the UK will benefit.
By UK I mean Great Britain and Northern Ireland but not necessarily Scotland (apart from the Shetland Isles !) if the Scottish nationalists get their way.
If they do (leave) we, who remain, can then add loads more benefits from the money the rest of the Union will save by their leaving. Happy days..
Just saying ... Peace

 

[dartmoordog]

I thought we could enter 2021 without the remainers keeping on bleating. Gees, get over it.

 

[delta wolf]

Sadly its not a game, and its not a game for all those who will be badly affected by it.

I would expect Brexit supporters to be providing lots of positive comments- all they do is shout insults. Why?

Why do they need to? After 4 1/2 years we are out and bored of the constant whining.

 

[Redleg]

They are not going to Amsterdam en made. As above maybe a few go it’s a prop trading hub but for the rank and file it’s a non entity. Sure Netherlands has an attractive tax break for two years but after that it’s full on normal. As for the US banks they have always had a presence overseas but it will never replace London and unless they want to hire locally they will simply not be able to get the staff. If you think rent prices for young staff in major cities are cheaper than London you’re totally delusional.

Now we are free of the EU shackles I am quite certain we will move even closer to usa regulators and just carry on as per normal.



Agree with you on London commercial real estate my pal was a senior surveyor of ten years and in summer they potted 150 staff at the firm and said commercial is dead. However all my friends in banking currently working from home and likely will carry on regardless. So that’s a huge cost offsetting for firms right there.

What is currently happening is that a proportion of office space is now been turned into high end apartments.
A couple of large building firms that also do work for my employers, have already over 10 million pounds worth of projects each to start in January.
So it looks like the building trade may be picking up, Covid 19 permitting of course.

 

[Ade8mm]

Sadly its not a game, and its not a game for all those who will be badly affected by it.

I would expect Brexit supporters to be providing lots of positive comments- all they do is shout insults. Why?

I take it you missed my post(s) ?

I gave one positive. There are plenty more.

If you are badly affected personally I sympathise, as no doubt you sympathise(d) with the many who have been negatively affected for the best part of 40 years as a result of the European experiment.

We have no need to replay the pros and cons here and I am sure you agree.

My sympathy to you is genuine. I do not gloat.

There is work to be done and I trust in due course you will come through.

Ade

 

[moonstone gsp]

Simple, how we were able to get ahead of the game and secure the coronavirus vaccine without the shackles of the EU bureaucracy. That seems a major benefit to me.

 

[zambezi]

Personally, I am just glad I am now free to shop for bananas that do not have an EU proscribed curvature.






Seriously though, its done. Joking aside. It is in all our interests to lay to rest all the bitterness of the last 4 years and forge a future together. There is zero profit in re-hashing arguments that have passed their sell-by dates.

What we all need now is respite from rifts [over Brexit and covid] . We need to replace antagonism with a renewed commitment to each other to move forward purposefully for mutual well-being.

 

[enfieldspares]

Personally, I am just glad I am now free to shop for bananas that do not have an EU proscribed curvature.

If it brings back those good Leeward and Windward Islands bananas from the West Indies (instead of the Dole Corporation crap from South America) I'll rejoice. One of the pleasures of working in France for the last twenty years was being able to find in all supermarkets bananas from Martinique or Guadaloupe. Proper island bananas not the tasteless white roll of dried out damp paper towel in a yellow skin Del Monte, Dole and Chiquita crap we sadly see here. If post this covid any here get a chance to go to France buy some Martinique or Guadaloupe bananas. It's on the label. Real bananas with real favour. Like they used to be here.

 

[JabaliHunter]

We can have our cake, and eat it

 

[Ade8mm]

If it brings back those good Leeward and Windward Islands bananas from the West Indies (instead of the Dole Corporation crap from South America) I'll rejoice. One of the pleasures of working in France for the last twenty years was being able to find in all supermarkets bananas from Martinique. Proper island bananas not the tasteless white roll of old paper towel in a yellow skin Del Monte, Dole and Chiquita crap we sadly see here.

Agreed. Like the tasty nanas I get in Muscat (hoping to get back there soon for work.. ain't been in the office since March !!)

 

[alberta boy]

What we all need now is respite from rifts [over Brexit and covid] . We need to replace antagonism with a renewed commitment to each other to move forward purposefully for mutual well-being.

That's crazy talk , next thing you'll be advising mutual respect and tolerance , where will that get us ?

AB