British business leaders on Tuesday urged incoming prime minister Boris Johnson to avoid taking the country out of the European Union without a Brexit deal.
Johnson has said he will seek a new divorce agreement with Brussels but will leave without one if that is the only way to keep to the latest October 31 exit deadline.
"The new prime minister must not underestimate the benefits of a good deal," said Carolyn Fairbairn, director general of the Confederation of British Industry, Britain's biggest employers' organisation which represents some 190,000 businesses.
"It will unlock new investment and confidence in factories and boardrooms across the country. Business will back you across Europe to help get there."
"Companies need to know, in concrete terms, what your government will do to avoid a messy, disorderly Brexit on October 31, which would bring pain to communities across the UK and disruption to our trade around the world."
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