Quote Originally Posted by 9goals2hattricks3pen View Post
er the following are all quotes from reputable financial organisations this year.


The ONS also said British companies and investors saw the first net increase in their foreign direct investment since 2011 last year,

The UK remains Europe’s top destination for inward investment

Last year the UK attracted 6% more foreign direct investment (FDI) projects that the previous year, according to figures compiled by EY in a survey of 450 global investors,

According to a new report by IBM highlighted by the Department for International Trade (DIT) Britain is fifth most favoured place in the world for FDI.

We can make a success of Brexit or we can make a mess of it and see FDI fall. Where we probably do agree we have every chance of doing the later.
Depends how you look at the figures, the weaker pound has brought in some Foreign investment. But overall this is not a good thing for us, because we are an importing nation and all its going to do is increase inflation because our goods and services will increase in price.

The net increase is linked more to the global economy than our domestic economy. That same ONS report also said that FDI grew at its weakest in 2017 than since the global recession of 2009.

Ultimately, foreign investment intentions in this instance is almost impossible to measure. Because the ONS, or any other body, cannot judge if a foreign owned business would or wouldn't have invested in the UK because of Brexit. Many of these businesses are hiding their true reasons for certain business decisions because they don't want the flak from the leave voters.

I'm purely talking from personal experience. Just to clarify what I meant, I know several foreign owned UK Based companies who are placing major business decisions on hold until the outcome of the Brexit negotiations. This, in my opinion, is having a major negative affect on business.

And getting back onto the subject of this God awful government, they are absolutely shocking at driving growth or innovation. We are literally being left behind by the world.