Tell us how Brexit will work, British companies demand

Manchester, England

BRITISH companies including pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca urged the government on Monday to agree to a three-year Brexit transitional deal to ease the uncertainty hampering investment decisions and the economy.

Britain's biggest companies have become increasingly alarmed by the slow progress of Brexit negotiations and the prospect the country could crash out of the world's biggest trading bloc without a deal in 2019.

Prime Minister Theresa May vowed in a speech last month to seek a two-year transition deal to help reduce the disruption, but her efforts were overshadowed by a challenge from Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson who has set…