Mark Spencer says government wants to reduce ‘red tape’ after UK firms say Brexit deal has not boosted business
The UK is currently the worst-performing G7 nation in terms of quarterly economic growth, my colleague Graeme Wearden writes on his business live blog. He says:
The 0.3% contraction in UK GDP in Q3 reported this morning is worse than Japan’s 0.2% fall in GDP, while Canada and the US both expanded pacily, by around 0.7%.
France (+0.2%), Germany (+0.4%) and Italy (+0.5%) all grew in July-September too.
Mark Spencer says government wants to reduce ‘red tape’ after UK firms say Brexit deal has not boosted businessThe UK is currently the worst-performing G7 nation in terms of quarterly economic growth, my colleague Graeme Wearden writes on his business live blog. He says:The 0.3% contraction in UK GDP in Q3 reported this morning is worse than Japan’s 0.2% fall in GDP, while Canada and the US both expanded pacily, by around 0.7%.France (+0.2%), Germany (+0.4%) and Italy (+0.5%) all grew in July-September too. Continue reading…