May's 'global Britain' gets boost as Qatar looks at £5bn investment

Qatari investors are unperturbed by Britain's departure from EU and looking to build on significant investments

Theresa May's ambitions to create a "global Britain" after Brexit have been boosted by Qatar's announcement that it expects to invest 5bn in the UK over the next five years.

On Monday, two days before the planned triggering of article 50, Qatari investors at a London conference suggested they were unperturbed by the prospect of Britain's departure from the EU and were looking for further opportunities to build on already significant investments in the UK that include the Olympic Village in east London, the Shard building, Harrods department store and a stake in Sainsbury's.

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