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New: Michael Gove tells business leaders that Brexit is like buying a house, with upfront costs but long-term opportunities. The call left industry feeling underwhelmed.. 1/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-20/u-k-s-gove-tells-business-cost-of-brexit-is-like-moving-house?sref=yMmXm5Iy
In a call lasting only about 20 minutes, Gove and Johnson repeated the message to business about needing to prepare for Brexit, trade deal or not. In either scenario, many of the preparations are the same 2/
They took 3 questions on the call - from @cbicarolyn, @MikeCherryFSB and @RHARichardB. Other participants were a bit miffed at the limited engagement 3/
They can't claim to have had a dialogue with business, one person on the call said. It also felt like the start of a blame game, where the finger will be pointed at companies if things go wrong on Jan 1 for not having done enough, the person said 4/
Another disgruntled business leader said it's still ridiculous that companies don't know for certain what their trading terms will be with the EU in just 10 weeks time 5/
No questions on the call from CEOs, and Johnson left after about 18 minutes ends/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-20/u-k-s-gove-tells-business-cost-of-brexit-is-like-moving-house?sref=yMmXm5Iy
