Chronicle Live (Northumberland):
Here's what the North East needs to hear from Theresa May on Brexit
2 March 2018
That’s helped to boost growth and employment, but now it means that regions like the north east are vulnerable to any increase in barriers to trade, as demonstrated by recent research at the University of Birmingham. And analysis for the London School of Economics shows that some of the north east’s main industries – including chemicals, transport manufacturing and retail – could face challenges even under a fairly ‘soft’ Brexit scenario.