After the Brexit vote, some car firms are moving senior roles out of the UK because of fears over access to the EU common market according to head-hunter DHR International. Many roles are being moved to eastern Europe, in particular Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria in research and development and procurement units. Big car firms like Renault and Daimler have already announced new sites in eastern Europe or have already established sites there. This comes not long after a paper from the Japanese government, warning Britain not to initiate a hard Brexit.

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