16 October 2018 
Karel Thomas, Executive Director
Many people and organisations are wondering what life as a former member of the EU will be like. Articles about investment freezes by car manufacturers and drug companies and moves to mainland Europe by banks are bread and butter for journalists, and every organisation in the country is thinking about the likely effects of Brexit, even if they are not doing anything. The FT published Sheffield research labs look to power UK manufacturing after Brexit this week, but watch out for the cautious sub-heading, and take note of Simon Kuper’s warnings of The great Anglo-American brain drain.
Here in the PHES office we have been gathering sources of information that EDs, FDs, HRDs, Heads of Procurement and Strategic Planners will find useful and to make the most of our joined up websites and your thinking, this collection will appear on all our websites with a link to a Brexit discussion board. AUDE colleagues have already started a topic which could start off the shared board and this is a piece we wrote for the BUFDG news section last week – click on the link below it to start a discussion now. There is no shortage of comment about university life after Brexit, from HEPI, UUK and Wonkhe and many others, which is all very well, but until we know whether it’s deal or no deal, some of the speculation only helps agitate thoughts. Decisions are a way off yet.
