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“ A closer look reveals a relatively healthy pipeline of projects currently on offer , due ironically in part to a rejection of globalisation and a general upsurge in protectionist culture ”
— Marco Maestri , Mining Leader for Europe , Golder aid , such as Cornwall and parts of Wales .
Also likely to benefit from short-term additional support , which could help soften any economic fallout from Brexit , are the so-called ‘ transition ’ areas : the Tees Valley and Durham , Cumbria , Lancashire , Merseyside , East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire , South Yorkshire , Lincolnshire , Shropshire and Staffordshire , Devon , the Highlands and Islands of Scotland and Northern Ireland .
Another knock-on effect of the Brexit vote has been the devaluation of the pound - bad news for importing goods and services , but lucrative when local costs are in GBP and your revenues are in US Dollars . It becomes another reason why the UK may well be a more attractive proposition for a globally active company operating in the commodity market .
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China , which has applied pressure on the primary industries of ‘ developed nations ’, has certainly done its part in bolstering the confidence and longterm outlook of construction commodities . “ The ongoing pursuit of their far-reaching multi-billion-dollar Belt
JULY 2019