Prime Minister Theresa May: Britain is open for business

Britain is open for business, Prime Minister Theresa May announced to US business chiefs, telling them to "please feel free to invest in the UK".

In meetings intended to reassure US investors following the vote to leave the European Union, Ms May added that the UK will get "the right deal in terms of trade" with the EU, and that she wishes to develop a strong relationship with the US to help trade after Brexit.

While in New York for her first United Nations General Assembly meeting, Ms May took the opportunity to meet with senior leaders from companies such as Amazon, Goldman Sachs, IBM and Morgan Stanley.

Ms May added that she wanted to hear what issues business leaders wanted addressed in the Brexit negotiations which she said would yield a good deal in the trade of goods and services with the EU.

Ms May first had a closed meeting with major investors and Wall Street banks before addressing dozens of other executives at a wider reception on Monday.

When asked what they wanted to hear from Ms May, one business leader at the meeting who asked not to be named said: "Reassurance."

Similarly Ms May will tell the UN in her first address to the general assembly that Brexit does not mean the UK is turning away from the world.

In Tuesday's speech Ms May will acknowledge that the world needs to do more to listen to the concerns of the general public, reminding the leaders they are "servants to the men and women that we represent back at home".

In her appearance the Prime Minister will also say that only the UN can cope with issues including terrorism, mass migration and modern slavery.