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The German economy stagnated in the fourth quarter as both private consumption and state spending lost momentum, preliminary data showed on Friday, renewing fears of a recession.

Wasn't that a typo Suzy?
Surely you meant fortunately, we're no longer in the EU. :-))))

It's a two way street.
This point was interesting, seems like our regs are higher than the EU's.
A spokesperson confirmed N26 had not applied for a UK banking license and said to do so would have required “significant operational processes and costs”.

“We would need to undertake complex regulatory measures and product updates to continue operating in the UK,” the spokesperson said.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/n26-brexit-leaving-uk-quitting-144104525.html

You poor misguided souls.

The best thing would be to release an RNS stating that BEM have taken the decision to commence legal proceedings and we will be prioritizing the starting date and will inform the government ASAP.

Bit like a Mexican stand off, who will break first? :-)))

We are a united kingdom, what part of England gets it all Rosewall?
That's a bit like saying crossrail benefits Devon.

Just to let you know that your leader
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Leader of the Conservative Party
The Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP is now speaking in the HOC.
I know you wouldn't want to miss it.
Enjoy.

Not a bad raft of figures imo, production down but these are December's figures. Didn't we have an election in December?
Now the threat of Corbyn has been eliminated companies can invest and think a bit longer term.
Just think if the other mob got elected!

Best practice what you preach livestock.

BruceJ, you need to have a word with your neighbors seems they are letting things slide over there.
This downtrend has been going on too long.
YOY figure, -0.2% forecast, actual minus 4.3%
BTW, isn't it time they had a general election over there, they don't usually go the full term.

You're probably right sc, but one day it'll happen.

If BEM's mine was on the agenda then that to me sounds like the government's biased leanings.
Meeting with Budge refused and no such meeting scheduled.
I would find it hard to believe that the mine was not discussed as the meeting was in Jokkmokk.

Global death toll for new coronavirus hits 805, exceeding that of SARS.

China is slowly shutting up shop.
You never know it could be this that sends the market into a downward spiral.
It's always something unexpected.

Time to batten down the hatches and I'm not talking about storm Ciara.

Bruce, the young don't want to be tied to a house, and especially their parents, would you? The only alternative is to rent, but they have more protection than the UK renter, ie not restricted to 6 months contract.

Jammare, yes all that plus the days of 110-120% mortgages are gone.
10% minimum required now (difficult to raise when renting) although that figure is being manipulated by the lenders again. We all know how that ended last time.
The bank of 'mum and dad' helps but not available to all.

Well that's probably the end for Varadkar, he won't be missed, especially over here.

When taking a mortgage in Germany it is not unusual to be able to pass the debt / mortgage from father to son,
this is why most rent.
We're heading in the same direction as most can't even save enough deposit.

snige, if "their cost price will always be lower than ours." What are they frightened of? Why are they insisting on full alignment?
Do you believe that we will become a rule taker after all these years of trying to leave?
They could and would introduce new trading rules / barriers for non EU members, you know how protectionist they are.

"come the deal will Boris sacrifice 30% of our GDP from the city for 0.1% GDP from fishing .... Now only a proper idiot would do that and possibly someone on the Lloyds bulletin board :):):)"
Pat, may I draw your attention to this posted earlier.
Mark Carney, the outgoing Governor of the Bank, not only acknowledged in an interview that the UK should not agree to align its financial regulations with those of the EU, he went further. He called for the Government not to compromise on this to try to get preferential trade terms.
Say no more.

BTW, I thought you were in self imposed exile on here?

Newboy, Canada has a so called free trade agreement covering 98% of goods with the EU but are not aligned. Your protectionist EU want to change their trade agreement standard's for the UK.
Reason, because the UK is on their doorstep, you see, dual standards, because they fear direct competition from the UK.
One of the four pillars, they make it up as they go.
We should have just left after the vote instead of all this fafing about.
You can't seriously be defending this organisation, open your eyes Newboy.

Keep em coming Andy, good news, bad news, relevant news, it's all good.
You have a better insight, information wise, into this project than anyone over here.
Most contributions here are personal opinions and copy/paste articles from avanza and we've all got access to that, however most local / national / news site publications are overlooked.
A lot of investors have been in this so long and are just waiting for a decision, so it's not something you have to keep up on daily. A quick look at the SP will tell you what's occurring.
Some people don't like bad news but its all relevant.
All good ADF, thumbs up.