nicole sykes is with me, head of eu negotiations at the cbi.ting, short delay, long delay, it is a delay nonetheless and business has said that one thing we don't want is a delay, we want to know what is happening and they won't hear anything anytime soon. we are not living in a world with perfect options but if businesses are pushed, would you rather a delay oi’ are pushed, would you rather a delay or no deal and 88% of cbi members say they would prefer an extension to no deal, that is so serious no deal is. we would love parliament to get on and sort out a deal but, ultimately, yes, let's have an extension in order to avoid a crash that could happen if we didn't. so short or long extension, what works better for your members? it is one of those can be have it as short as possible and as long as necessary, please? realistically, a series of short rolling extensions would be problematic, with companies having to re—on leases for their warehouses, jaguar land rover are shutting down production because of uncertainty, what that means i have to do