As part of Nissan's decision to stay in Sunderland they are also moving manufacturing and development of car batteries to the UK. What a fantastic and unexpected bonus from Brexit. I am confident that despite the fantasy that as the 5th to 8th biggest economy in the world (depending on what figures you use) the UK is unimportant that if barriers continue between the UK and EU businesses will look to innovate.

And this is where us Brits are the best in Europe. Something Europeans know but we seem not to is we are great entrepreneurs. So much so there are more SME's in the UK than in France and Germany combined with turnover and numbers employed to match.

My next door neighbour's son got made redundant from a recruitment company last year. Not great timing as he had just bought a house in London and become a dad. In September he went and got some financial backers who has never met face to face and set up a recruitment agency specialising in finding staff for 'Start Up' companies. He must be doing OK although he has never met a customer as he just taken on his first member of staff who has also never met.

My own lad is close to setting up a new business taking advantage of an opportunity provided by Covid.

Nothing but admiration for our small business owners so badly hit by so much but so much more nimble, flexible and willing to risk take than our European neighbours.