Brexit: Has business found its voice?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Many discussions around the conference venue focused on growth rather than Brexit, and stressed the need to soften the blow from the worsening economic environment.
60% : UK ministers don't look like serious people if they are pretending the impact [of Brexit] doesn't exist," he added.
58% : "No one wants to unpick Brexit," Fletcher said.
56% :Joni Rautavuori, chief executive of Tharsus, a manufacturer in Blyth, a "red wall" seat won by the Conservatives in 2019, said Brexit remained a source of uncertainty.
56% : Speaking at Ford's new Halewood plant after announcing a £150mn investment on Thursday, Tim Slatter, chair of Ford Britain, said: "What's really important for the UK is that the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the European Union continues to be emphasised and stabilised.
54% : However, there are fears that Sunak's political weakness could easily lead him to harden his stance on Brexit to win over intransigent factions of his party.
52% : Tom Crotty, CIA chair, said Brexit was continuing to produce headwinds for the industry, and asked why the UK appeared to be "looking down our noses" at our biggest trade partners.
52% : Simon French, chief economist at Panmure Gordon, sees a shift in the way Brexit is being discussed after unconfirmed -- and since denied -- reports suggested that the government could consider a Swiss-style trade deal with the EU.
51% : Business groups have long maintained that the politics of Brexit has overshadowed economic realities.
50% : But this year they say they are seeing a shift in the political mood, in part due to ministerial changes after the exit of Johnson and Liz Truss, but also because the economic impact of Brexit has become clearer after initially being obscured by the pandemic.
46% : But the notable difference from last year's gathering was that, for the first time since the UK left the EU, business leaders were hopeful of having a more pragmatic conversation with politicians over the negative impacts of Brexit on both trade and investment.
44% : It's not about regulation.
40% :Sarah Pollard, finance chief at PZ Cussons, told delegates at the CBI conference that Brexit had had a "very clear impact on access to talent and consumer confidence".
32% : "I say to Brexiters, the best guarantor of Brexit is an economy that grows.

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