Well it's interesting to see the tobacco industry is far from extinct. According to the beeb, British American Tobacco (BAT) is set to merge with it's US partner Reynolds for a £38bn deal.
Must admit, I didn't realise BAT was actually British owned. So it is now a huge company and has made a major US acquisition in a post Brexit world.
It's a shame we have to be such good fag makers, although interesting to see (or at least according to Wikipedia) that until 1998 BAT owned Argos, before selling it off to what become the Home Retail Group. So looks like BAT are good at diversifying which will be inevitable as hopefully cigarettes will one day become a thing of the past.
Also just noticed that Sainsburys have now fully taken over the Home Retail Group, and are re-branding as Sainsburys Argos, which will see some standalone Argos stores closing as they are merged into Sainsburys stores.
I saw last night on the news that Australian Cattle farmers are keen for a new Anglo Australian trade deal as they see the UK as a huge growth market, one which has shrunk over the last 20 or 30 years.
Nissan is set to make a decision next month about whether it will produce new models at it Sunderland plant, which after Nissans CEO recently met with the PM, seems to be more reassured.
So there is some optimism and big business deals are being done in this post brexit world. Interesting times ahead!
Although with it's new high tech makeover (or at least our branch) the laminated book is going, while the row of seats and watching the conveyor belt has now all gone 
