Gleeds the latest firm to rip into government's handling of Brexit

By Dave Rogers and Will Ing 2018-10-18T06:00:00

’You’ve cost us money,’ consultant’s chairman tells business secretary

Gleeds chairman Richard Steer has laid into the government’s handling of Brexit telling business secretary Greg Clarke he and his Cabinet colleagues’ mismanagement of the negotiations has cost his firm business – with the problems only set to get worse.

Speaking as prime minister Theresa May was in Brussels trying to thrash out a deal with other EU leaders, Steer told Clarke: “The management, or lack thereof, of the exit process has damaged brand UK all over the world and potential investors have mothballed or cancelled projects as a result. This has cost us as a business and others and it is getting worse not better.”

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