Indian greenfield investment in UK plunges in 2016
"...Indian companies have announced greenfield investments of $172m from January through August of this year, compared with $917m in the same time period last year. Sixteen projects were unveiled in the first eight months of 2016 versus 29 in the same months in 2015. No investments larger than a modest $40m coming from India to the UK this year have been recorded by fDi Markets.
While it is reasonable to assume that uncertainty over Brexit and the eventual shape of any agreement between Brussels and Westminster could be causing Indian companies to proceed with caution regarding UK investments, it is too soon to know for sure...
Undoubtedly Indian companies, like potential investors everywhere, will be watching what kind of access the UK can retain to European markets. Of the foreign companies investing in the UK who cited a motive, more than 56 per cent specified Europe, or a particular part of Europe, as being the end-market for their investment, according to fDi Markets. Among emerging-market investors, the figure was 58 per cent, compared with 33 per cent who cited the domestic market as the primary driver."
https://www.ft.com/content/bf9c8d9a-...6-568a43813464
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Brexit will not cause UK trade 'disruption' - WTO boss
"The head of the World Trade Organisation has vowed to ensure Britain will not face a trade "vacuum or a disruption", however tough its exit from the European Union.
Roberto Azevedo said that he did not believe the Brexit vote was "anti-trade" and dismissed fears that Britain could suffer a sudden seizure of trade during or after its negotiations with the EU."
http://news.sky.com/story/brexit-wil...-boss-10632803