Welcome to the first in our series of Beyond Brexit Podcasts.

Today, we are considering some of the milestones in the Brexit process over the weeks and months ahead.

And we're discussing what business can and should be doing to get ready.

I'm Gayna Bagley, PWC's Head of Corporate Purpose and I also chair our EU steering committee. I am joined today by Neilley, PWC's head of corporate purpose and I also chair our EU steering committee.

I'm joined today by Neil Sherlock, PWC's reputational strategy partner and Anna Wallace, our head of political relations.

So Anna, we've had a lot of uncertainty.

We discussed the other day, there are lots of unknowns, lots of unknown unknowns,

but following the Supreme Court ruling, what do we know about what's going to happen?

Sure. So, yeah, as you said, it's been a hyperactive period for the government already.

The Supreme Court ruling, I think, is probably one of the least important elements of what's

happened in the last few weeks. It confirms

that Parliament will have a say in whether the UK triggers Article 50 or not, but most

pundits reckon that that will pass both houses. So accepting some exceptional situation

in the Lords, likelihood is that the PM can still stick to her target of triggering Article 50 by March 2017.

What was probably more important from a business point of view was the speech that came before it by the Prime Minister,

where she talked about her vision for Brexit.

And there was a lot in there that we'd already heard about.

So, for example, the political imperative around controlling

immigration, clearly front and centre of the government's Brexit plans. But also a little bit more

detailed around absolutely we will be leaving the single market and we will be leaving the customs

union in order that the UK might be able to strike its own trade deals. The Prime Minister talked

about wanting to strike a big FTA, a free trade agreement with Europe. Of course, that depends

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