and we're making sure that that is as open as possible that's nicholas sykes on the confederation of british industry now back in 2016 in the bronx referendum the british overseas territory of gibraltar voted overwhelmingly to stay in the u. it shares a border with the united states spain a border that's been hotly contested at times but everyone is now hoping the harmony including the german residents of gibraltar. yummies market is on his way to work on a mild sunny morning the german ex-pat believes in spain but is employed in gibraltar 15000 workers commute across the border like this every day. you have the best of both worlds of good british salary in pounds and the spanish lifestyle that my family and i are fond of. preferred john his works for the better in company lotto land the business has customers everywhere including the e.u. a competitor has already relocated many jobs to the tax haven malta and e.u. member state model than just continuing to grow in gibraltar though and the boss says he's not worried i think net net there's been very little change in the gaming industry certainly we h

heads a unit goshi ations of the confederation of british industries we asked if she supports london stands on it and ending freedom of movement despite it causing trade frictions business is very pragmatic over here is as it is in germany and for us it's a case of how do we make this walk and it's incredibly important that we get a system of migration into the k. that make sure that business is at skill levels can access the people that they need whether that's whether that's in farming whether that's in financial services all the way 3 different skill levels and that's something we're working with the government on at the moment that coming forward with a new proposal about sort of a points based immigration system making sure that we match people skills to the skills that we need to know in our economy and we're making sure that that is as possible so it's time for the u.k. to start striking its own trade deals around the world like with india given to 2 nations historical links you'd expect them to have strong trading tights their trade is quite small compared to the european unio

best of luck for both sides of course because like the head of negotiations at the confederation of british industries thank you so much for your time. it is unclear how much exactly breck's it will cost britons in the long run but at least they can pay for it with freshly minted bricks of chords new commemorative $50.00 pence coins feature the words peace prosperity and friendship with all nations on today's backs of today to that is the 31st of january 2020 around $3000000.00 of them are going into circulation today with more coming later in the year it's not the 1st time the royal mint has produced a special coin but previous ones struck a decidedly different tone all of them celebrating the joint european market. asian markets extended their losses off the world health organization declared to the corona virus outbreak a global emergency w h o officials made the announcement after hours of discussions in geneva they however praised china's handling of the outbreak and said they oppose any restrictions on trade and movement to the country many international companies have already closed offices and

federation warned it sounded like the "death knell" for frictionless trade, and the confederation of british industryhouldn't feel ‘obliged' to depart from eu rules. the cbi's director general said: our business correspondent, katy austin, is at at the treasury and has more on the fallout from the government's comments. as ever, the devil is in the detail of what future trade will actually look like, what agreement the uk will eggs come up with with the eu in terms of importing and exporting goods. what is interesting is that a lot of the business groups and manufacturers are acting with concern, but they are also admitting that they will have to prepare for us that they will have to prepare for us to go ina that they will have to prepare for us to go in a direction now where we are quite separate in terms of the rules and regulations around trade. there was already a bit of a backlash from manufacturers in october when the new government signalled that unlike theresa may's government the government would not stay in close alignment with the eu after brexit. now sajid javid's comments are saying that

meanwhile, the confederation of british industry said, the government shouldn't feel ‘obliged' to departeu rules. the cbi's director general said... our business correspondent, katy austin, is here. first, katy, how unexpected is this? well the messages to hammer home to businesses that they need to get used to the idea that there won't be the same alignment when it comes to regulations. this is not a new idea at all. boris johnson regulations. this is not a new idea at all. borisjohnson has signalled in his government that it does not wa nt to in his government that it does not want to close chuck close trading relationship afterwards. it does what not want to follow the rule book after it has left that block. this message is hammering home to businesses after october after businesses after october after businesses have said that this is not the direction they want to go in because it could hurtjobs and can bet it if no is. now we're coming up to the start of the transition period where trade negotiations are really going to get going, and we get a picture of what life will be like afte

this is absolutely against everything that the cbi, the confederation for british industry, has said that businesses need time to adjust. get rid ofwho is going to do theirjob? sajid javid says you have had time to get used to this. hardly, as we haven't actually left yet. maybe under theresa may, you will allow low skilled workers to come in under the present system until 2023. what is about the whole thing is on the eu settlement scheme, they have been curious about when the deadline is going to be, when the deadline is going to be, when you can actually apply for it. but it is all a bit... this desire, and all new governments tend to do the same thing, this desire to be seen to be getting something, but what they seem to be doing is slamming the door. slamming the door onjournalists and slamming the door. slamming the door on journalists and on slamming the door. slamming the door onjournalists and on migrants. slamming the door. slamming the door on journalists and on migrants. that is it for the paperjust now. nigel and jo will be back at 11:30 for another look at the papers, and don't forget you can see the front pages of th