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Brexit: give me a positive effect... VI

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ff1d1l said:
And conversely, for the removal of each manufacturing job, there are 4 or 5 supplier jobs in other companies which vanish too.
Still, time now to make the best of it, all pull together, put it behind us, seize the many opportunities enumerated on this thread.
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I'd rather seize the opportunitists (and their assets) who are profiting from this clusterfvck and have them face justice.
 
I've just been re-listening to the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy as I safeguard it from Minidisc recordings to CD-R and then rip to the NAS. I'd forgotten so much, such as the reference in episode 1 (or 2) to the excursion to Barnard Star :).

The whole thing just seems so prophetic. I'm greatly enjoying it (again)!
 
A very positive effect ........for Tory donors. Paid on the clock rather than for outcomes too, nice one. Real incentive to complete projects, that.

Management consultants have been awarded £180 million to deliver Brexit as a potential “no-deal” looms and ministers turn increasingly to experts from the private sector.

The government admitted for the first time that it has already paid £88 million for advice from outsiders on Brexit in the past two years. Now it expects to increase that spending. The government is also asking management consultants to bid for £3.6 billion of public contracts over the next two years, a sharp increase from £2.3 billion in the present period.

The bonanza for consultancy firms comes amid increasing criticism of the COVID response in which they have been key players.

There have been 1,114 consultants from Deloitte alone working on test and trace. Day rates for experts from Boston Consulting Group on testing are as high as £7,000. Whitehall typically pays consultancies based on time worked rather than outcomes or projects completed.

The Cabinet Office has announced £30 million each in Brexit contracts with six top consultancies: McKinsey, Bain, Deloitte, KPMG, Accenture and Pricewaterhousecoopers. Experience is specifically needed in the healthcare supply chain; international trade comparisons and research; immigration policies and EU border arrangement; and food, agricultural and animal welfare policies.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/...-reap-the-rewards-of-brexit-bonanza-955g8rxtr

This is of course on top of the 50,000 extra customs officials “to reduce red tape” and after the billions on new (but not delivered) IT systems, the phantom ferries, the permit system to enter Kent, the concreting over of half of it and the billions in extra costs to business.
 
SteveS1 said:
A very positive effect ........for Tory donors. Paid on the clock rather than for outcomes too, nice one. Real incentive to complete projects, that.

Management consultants have been awarded £180 million to deliver Brexit as a potential “no-deal” looms and ministers turn increasingly to experts from the private sector.

The government admitted for the first time that it has already paid £88 million for advice from outsiders on Brexit in the past two years. Now it expects to increase that spending. The government is also asking management consultants to bid for £3.6 billion of public contracts over the next two years, a sharp increase from £2.3 billion in the present period.

The bonanza for consultancy firms comes amid increasing criticism of the COVID response in which they have been key players.

There have been 1,114 consultants from Deloitte alone working on test and trace. Day rates for experts from Boston Consulting Group on testing are as high as £7,000. Whitehall typically pays consultancies based on time worked rather than outcomes or projects completed.

The Cabinet Office has announced £30 million each in Brexit contracts with six top consultancies: McKinsey, Bain, Deloitte, KPMG, Accenture and Pricewaterhousecoopers. Experience is specifically needed in the healthcare supply chain; international trade comparisons and research; immigration policies and EU border arrangement; and food, agricultural and animal welfare policies.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/...-reap-the-rewards-of-brexit-bonanza-955g8rxtr

This is of course on top of the 50,000 extra customs officials “to reduce red tape” and after the billions on new (but not delivered) IT systems, the phantom ferries, the permit system to enter Kent, the concreting over of half of it and the billions in extra costs to business.
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Don't panic Steve there will be a deal in December. It is only fair that we don't restrict the dynamics of the EU in their quest for a federal Europe.
 
The Department for International Trade are currently highlighting a great win: The UK - Japan Trade Deal means that SOY sauce can be imported with zero tariffs rather than the 6% under WTO. Small problem though, we currently get 0% tariff via the EU - Japan Trade Deal. Another problem is that most SOY sauce imported into the UK comes from the EU which means they will have 6% tariffs applied if we leave under No Deal.
 
There could be some great deals on soy sauce going forward. Besides, mustn’t grumble, don’t care much for that foreign muck
 
TheDecameron said:
There could be some great deals on soy sauce going forward. Besides, mustn’t grumble, don’t care much for that foreign muck
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You need to broaden your horizons and try some of this foreign muck, SOY sauce should go quite well with a munchy box. Only guessing, mind.

Get it now before millions add it to their corona/brexit stash and supplies run out.
 
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