suren thiru is head of economics for the british chambers of commerce. welcome to the programme.of export of services. is that more to do with the global slowdown rather than brexit? brexit is the biggest problem facing uk businesses, with three years to get answers to questions. there are other factors, but international activity is being weighed down by the global economic picture. is this something from which we could bounce back? if there we re which we could bounce back? if there were to be a sudden onset of certainty over brexit, rather than uncertainty? the amount of resources businesses have had to put into planning for a possible no deal, thatis planning for a possible no deal, that is going to have an impact on the uk economy over the next couple of quarters. 0ur survey shows business confidence is fairly weak, and has been for quite a while. this suggests that uk growth over the next couple of quarters will be fairly subdued. is there anything in the survey about what kind of outcome your members would prefer? we are continually told businesses what a deal, but are the