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| The Airbus chief executive, Tom Enders, doubled down on the aerospace giant’s warning that it could pull out of the UK in the event of a hard Brexit, accusing the government of having “no clue” on how to leave the EU. | The Airbus chief executive, Tom Enders, doubled down on the aerospace giant’s warning that it could pull out of the UK in the event of a hard Brexit, accusing the government of having “no clue” on how to leave the EU. |
| Speaking at the company’s briefing in London before the Farnborough air show, Enders said: “The sun is shining brightly on the UK, the English team is progressing towards the final, the RAF is preparing to celebrate its centenary and HMG still has no clue, no consensus on how to execute Brexit without severe harm.” | |
| His comments come as the cabinet meets at Chequers to thrash out disagreements within the government over the Brexit deal the prime minister will propose to Brussels. | |
| Enders said Airbus was already taking action to respond to Brexit in whatever form it might take, with a hard Brexit the worst-case scenario. | |
| “Rest assured that we are taking first preparations as we speak in order to mitigate consequences from whatever Brexit scenario may follow,” he said. | |
| “Brexit in whatever form, soft or hard, light or clean, whatever you call it, will be damaging for industry, for our industry and damaging for the UK, whatever the outcome will be.” | |
| Enders said uncertainty over Brexit was “very discomforting” and it was the company’s duty to its shareholders to speak up about the issue. | |
| “Let’s see what comes out of Chequers: white smoke, black smoke or no smoke,” he added. | “Let’s see what comes out of Chequers: white smoke, black smoke or no smoke,” he added. |
| Airbus has been joined this week by Jaguar Land Rover, the UK’s largest carmaker, and Rolls-Royce in voicing concern about the dangers of a hard Brexit. | |
| Jaguar Land Rover said a bad Brexit deal would force it to reconsider £80bn of investment planned for the UK, putting 40,000 jobs at risk. | Jaguar Land Rover said a bad Brexit deal would force it to reconsider £80bn of investment planned for the UK, putting 40,000 jobs at risk. |
| The engineer Rolls-Royce said on Thursday it had drawn up contingency plans to move design approval out of the UK to Germany because of uncertainty about the shape of Brexit. | The engineer Rolls-Royce said on Thursday it had drawn up contingency plans to move design approval out of the UK to Germany because of uncertainty about the shape of Brexit. |
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