Before the referendum vote, Rolls-Royce plc Chief Executive Warren East was uncompromising on the dangers of voting Leave. In a wide-ranging interview with Editor-at-Large Nick Peters, he now sets out his equally uncompromising post-Brexit terms of trade with the UK government, and tells companies in the RR supply chain to modernise, or risk being left behind.
Rolls-Royce chief executive, Warren East – image courtesy of Rolls-Royce. Warren East couches his words carefully and pleasantly, but his message is plain and quite stark. Rolls-Royce plc is of strategic importance to this country and unless the government understands that, then as a global company with half of its workforce…
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