Advice for Brexit bosses who fear they ‘can’t get the staff’

Avoiding the B word, (no, not Barcelona) will be tricky at the British Chambers of Commerce conference this week

As aficionados of 1970s situation comedy know well, Basil Fawlty did not support the UK's entering the "continent", but graciously pledged to make as good a stab at it as he could.

"I didn't vote for it myself, quite honestly, but now that we're in I'm determined to make it work," he told a family of unfortunate German visitors staying at his terrible Torquay hotel. That was just after a bump on the head was to have disastrous consequences, causing Fawlty to ignore his own advice and repeatedly mention the war to his guests.

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