Will Wales’ economic strategies weather the post-Brexit storm?

Posted on 16 January 2018 by Professor Kevin Morgan

Last month saw the Welsh Government put some meat on the bones of its plans to grow the Welsh economy in a post-Brexit landscape. Professor Kevin Morgan examines those plans in more detail and considers some of the challenges that pave the road ahead.  A bit like the proverbial bus, we had a long wait
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Mind the Gap(s): Food Brexit, regulatory divergences and the need for a new UK agri-food framework

Posted on 27 November 2017 by Professor Terry Marsden

Discussing and debating with a wide range of food industry and representatives from key food organisations over recent months, since the publication of our report: ‘ Food Brexit: time to get real’[1]; there is a general and growing consensus that with the dire spectre of a hard Brexit looming (i.e moving outside both the customs
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Wales and the Single Market: A Threat Assessment

Posted on 27 March 2017 by Professor Calvin Jones

Wales stands to lose perhaps more than any other part of the UK as a result of the withdrawal, particularly if the Welsh Government’s wishes to remain in the Single Market are ignored in favour of a ‘hard’ brexit, writes Calvin Jones. As we embark on the process of leaving the European Union, the differential
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