EU debate: UK is heard a lot more than everybody thinks

Carmen Reichman
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The UK's interests in financial services in the European single market are being heard an "awful lot more" by Europe than people think, according to an investment trade body.

The Association of Private Client Investment Managers and Stockbrokers (APCIMS) deputy chief executive John Barrass said the UK was in a good position to influence the shape of the future European Union. He said Britain should be working hard to ensure its views are heard in any further European integration instead of thinking about exiting the single market. He said:"There is a sense that there is a whole tide movement and when you have a tide you don't try to stop it you try to ride it otherwise it comes over you. "I think what we should be doing is working very hard to make sure...

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