As Labour leadership contenders muse about rolling back Brexit, the one U.K. region that retained unfettered access to the European Union¡¯s market for goods is thriving.
Northern Ireland has enjoyed bumper economic growth at twice the pace of the rest of the country in recent years, with many businesses getting the best of both worlds by having one foot in the British market and another in the EU one. And while violent protests over an asylum-seeker arrested in connection with a brutal stabbing attack in Belfast has prompted fresh criticism of the open border with the Republic of Ireland, there¡¯s increasing evidence the region¡¯s special status is helping businesses there.
That¡¯s the experience of Crushing Screening Parts Ltd. in Maghera, Northern Ireland, which provides parts for rock-breaking equipment used in mining and quarrying. Ten years on from the seismic 2016 referendum on Britain¡¯s EU membership, the local economy¡¯s privileged access to EU goods markets has proved a boon.
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