Business and Economics

A statement on the Norwegian Government website said: “Although the agreement ensures a predictable framework for Norwegian investors, exporters and services suppliers, it is not as comprehensive as the EEA-agreement."

The newspaper reported: “In the almost five years following the referendum on our EU membership, eurocrats have forced banks to move thousands of jobs and hundreds of billions of pounds in assets from the city to the continent."

Demand for workers rose at its fastest rate for more than 23 years, but the number of staff available to fill those jobs has declined dramatically.

“This means that employers can no longer hide behind the grey areas of UK law,” an employment layer said.

“In terms of British business, their attitude so far has been pretty much along the lines of ‘as long as we can make money we do’."

"While no one could have predicted the pandemic, the end of the EU transition period was entirely foreseeable."

Firms have been hit by increasing red tape and delays at ports since Brexit at the year end, while the Northern Ireland Protocol has caused significant disruption at the Britain and Northern Ireland border.

Data reveals 384 pubs have been demolished or converted for a different use over the past 14 months.

"Our high streets are going to look very different."