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Re:Five years of Brexit reshaped Britain by krona on Friday January 31, 2025 @09:07AM (#42887801)
> net FDI fell off a cliff for years after the vote

I don't know what stats you're looking at. As a percentage of market share the UK is essentially where it was in 2017 and inline with historical trends. Moreover it has been recently increasing largely due to poor conditions in Germany.

https://www.ey.com/en_uk/newsroom/2024/07/foreign-direct-inv...

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Re:Five years of Brexit reshaped Britain by disgruntledphd2 on Friday January 31, 2025 @09:14AM (#42887881)
The ONS appears to disagree: https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/bus...

You'll need to download the XLS file but it definitely seems to show substantial declines since 2016 (post Brexit vote).

That being said, the numbers are so large that I'm concerned I'm misinterpeting something.

My original comment was based on something reported in the FT recently, though I find myself unable to find the article itself.

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Re:Five years of Brexit reshaped Britain by disgruntledphd2 on Friday January 31, 2025 @10:19AM (#42888518)
Actually, looking at more of the sheets I'm coming to the conclusion that I don't understand how they're measuring things here, so I dunno what's going on honestly.
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