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From the desk of Josh Hardie

With 45 days to secure a Brexit deal, the acting CBI Director General examines the outstanding issues facing business.

20 Nov 2020, 3 min read

This stage of Brexit may feel like déjà vu all over again. Deadlines slipping. Crunch talks continuing. So far, so familiar? Yet the situation facing companies is stark.

Businesses’ resilience has been stripped bare by coronavirus. Despite huge efforts, firms are telling me they’ve gone as far as they can to prepare. With just 45 days left, many business-critical issues remain unresolved.

Political and economic timetables cannot continue to compete, they must now converge. The priority must be agreeing a deal at the earliest opportunity, not r

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