Under a devolution agreement with Westminster, several UK city regions have elected mayors for the first time. Among this new crop of metro leaders, the mayors for the West of England and Tees Valley tell fDi about the economic and trade prospects for their regions.
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London leads in real estate investment
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Will hard Brexit leave the UK at arbitration risk?
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London logistics market set for consumer-led transformation: JLL report
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The EU will still loom large over UK trade deals
Leading advocates of Brexit foresee a ‘global UK’, unshackled by EU institutions and legislation, and free to trade and invest on new terms with the more exciting markets of the world. Yet there is mounting evidence to suggest that the UK’s trade and investment prospects will nevertheless remain heavily influenced by the EU, writes Dan Nicholls.
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