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First Brexit employment casualties

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Stopyourhavering · 25/06/2016 15:02

dd graduated this week, happy times.....phoned this morning to say that 2 of her friends, who had also graduated ( business/law degrees) and been offered jobs had been telephoned by their prospective employers to say that because of Brxit, they were now basing their headquarters in Berlin rather than UK and would no longer be employing them......I fear this is just the start....I am so angry and upset for our youth. My ds and dd2 are so angry and feel betrayed....I wish 16 &17 year olds had been given a vote as I feel they had a better handle on the repercussions of Brexit

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mathanxiety · 28/06/2016 06:49

Larry is trying to justify voting Leave for romantic reasons, Mistigri.

Mistigri · 28/06/2016 06:57

math You mean s/he's got the hots for Daniel Hannan?

Margrethe · 28/06/2016 07:48

Tabsicle, that's awful. I am surprised. As long as we are technically still "in" and still paying into the EU, I would have thought you were still entitled to the money...for now.

Tabsicle · 28/06/2016 08:18

Margrethe - I think it's because everything is so up in the air. I don't know if things will improve, but definitely, for now, several large EU funding streams have just frozen their program as far as the UK is concerned. It's very scary - jobs and services were massively reliant on this.

ManonLescaut · 28/06/2016 09:18

How can something inanimate 'suffer a loss'?

So when you read 'shares suffer losses' you're confused because shares aren't animate?

larrygrylls · 28/06/2016 10:02

Misti,

Do you have the hots for Juncker perchance?

minipie · 28/06/2016 10:23

Tabsicle Sad I'm not surprised tbh, although legally we are still part of the EU I'm sure they will be freezing any money to the UK that isn't legally required to be paid - which I guess would include discretionary third sector funding. All part of the negotiation process.

KleineDracheKokosnuss · 28/06/2016 15:08

News today. Richard Branson says his companies have lost a third of their value and that he's cancelled a deal that would have resulted in 3000 jobs.

KleineDracheKokosnuss · 28/06/2016 15:09

Siemens has also frozen any new UK investments.

minipie · 28/06/2016 16:40

Tabsicle has anything been said about the legal basis on which those EU grants have been taken away? Just wondering if there is a basis to challenge.

ManonLescaut · 28/06/2016 22:16

LSE & Deutsche Börse merger looks like it's going tits up.

KleineDracheKokosnuss · 28/06/2016 22:21

Where cani find details Manon?

ManonLescaut · 28/06/2016 22:28

Telegraph

Reuters

France 24

KleineDracheKokosnuss · 28/06/2016 22:37

Thanks

sandrabedminster · 29/06/2016 11:28

Thanks for the people that outed the nasty comments. It was nice to see that Smile

GoudyStout · 29/06/2016 11:48

Thanks for the people that outed the nasty comments. It was nice to see that

Ooohhh, the irony.

Cosmiccreepers203 · 29/06/2016 12:01

Goudy I was just thinking that.

Izlet · 29/06/2016 15:19

Chinese investors have pulled out of a deal with the company where one if my friends works. They are apparently now looking for a partner in mainland Europe as the aim was access to and development of the EU market and there is too much uncertainty in the UK.
BIL has had one of his contracts not renewed as it depended on EU access and, again, the uncertainty has led the client to look elsewhere outside the UK. The problem is also finding new clients, he usually has a few lined up but interest has definitely cooled.

larrygrylls · 29/06/2016 17:41

Looks like a little sanity returning to both the markets and the rhetoric.

larrygrylls · 29/06/2016 17:42

Interesting that a record number of very expensive London homes changed hands after Brexit. Foreign buyers enjoying cheap sterling.

prettybird · 29/06/2016 17:59

I tried to post this yesterday but the App glitch stopped me Sad

"Tabsicle - brace yourself for being told that this couldn't possibly have happened and that you're telling lies Hmm

Just like Johnson saying that the economy is stable at the same time that share dealing in Barclays and RBS has to be suspended and the £ plunges again. Confused

But it's all in our imagination Hmm"

Since then, there have been even more figments of our imagination and over reactions Hmm

One of dh's friends' daughters has just graduated in Law. Her internship in Milan has also just been cancelled Sad. I'm sure she'd just love to be told it's not really happening. Angry

redhat · 29/06/2016 18:45

DH lost two months' work today due to a potential deal collapsing.

mathanxiety · 29/06/2016 19:57

Foreign buyers enjoying cheap sterling? Sellers selling while they can still make some money?

"There has been a flurry of activity on Rightmove today (Monday). Estate agents such as Savills, Hamptons International and CBRE have all listed luxury properties on the website, including a four-bedroom apartment in St John's Wood for £3.95m.

One high-end estate agent said that activity today was a result of buyers pulling out on Friday. "These are properties being relaunched after knee-jerk reactions from buyers after the Referendum result was announced," he said."

From www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/06/27/foxtons-issues-profit-warning-as-brexit-cools-london-housing-mar/

Or new deals replacing old deals gone sour?

I am not sure where you are getting your 'record number of very expensive London homes changed hands' information.

HeadDreamer · 29/06/2016 20:01

My company has just got rid of all contractors. I hope the chop wouldn't come to us employees Sad.