Podcast Conversation on Spain 3: Chris Dottie 5b5b2m

Chris Dottie (@ChrisDottieHays) is the president of the British Chamber of Commerce in Spain and the Managing Director of Hays España. In this week's conversation on Spain, we talk about:  €66 billion in UK investment in Spain over the last 10 years €6 billion/year in taxes for Spanish government from British companies 200,000 non-tourist jobs in Spain depend on those companies Companies must prepare for a Brexit without knowing if it will happen or what to do No-deal Brexit: Spanish companies might be exporting to UK outside of EU in April Food, fruit, car manufacturing, tourism, flights, English teaching Human resources, migration, nationality, visa uncertainty, personal links, life plans “I do think that no-deal unfortunately is quite a likely scenario” Flights, holidays and no-deal Brexit impact on tourism and the Spanish economy Personal and family worries over lack of specific guidance and Catalonia, Brexit, Europe, tribes, nations, states, failures, lack of solutions, parallels Consensus, confrontation, polarisation, loss of nuance, media, lack of listening Constitutional and structural straitjackets and barriers to exit, centres and peripheries Thank you for listening: please become a patron now. Your guarantees the future of independent journalism and helps tell the world the truth about how Spain is really changing. 301747