From A(NA) to B(rexit)

This week I was looking forward to posting something uplifting and positive following the depressing litany of the agencies’ alleged misdemeanours as outlined in the ANA transparency report, and then along came a far more serious threat to the industry’s well-being, as the UK voted to leave the European Union. Regardless of what we may think of the political arguments aired during the campaign, the (at best) half-truths quoted by both sides during a highly acrimonious period of political activity, or even the appropriateness of a referendum as a way of deciding upon a complex and nuanced question, the facts are as they are and it’s worthwhile considering the implications for our little corner of industry.