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By Jessica Frank-Keyes The UK’s trade policy must “flip” to focus on services, given the country is no longer a “nation of shopkeepers”, a senior City of London figure argues. Britain’s 80 per cent services based economy is not reflected in its overseas trade policy, Chris Hayward, the City of London Corporation (CoLC) policy chairman will say, stressing that services boast 81 per cent gross value added and 85 per cent of all UK jobs. Hayward made the argument in favour of refocusing Britain’s ambitions at last night’s annual Policy and Resources Committee Dinner, with senior finance faces in …

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