The number of European Union citizens moving to the UK has fallen by up to 90 per cent since Brexit, according to Office for National Statistics estimates.
Of those who migrated to the UK in 2021, EU citizens accounted for just 5 per cent of the number of visas issued.
The Institute of Directors' economic confidence index for July, measuring business leaders’ confidence to invest in the UK, has barely improved since June.
Manufacturing organisation Make UK said the sector is battling to fill 95,000 vacancies.
In historical terms, however, those transgressions will end up being little more than footnotes. Viewed from afar, Johnson’s greatest failing is liable to be what he hoped would be his glorious legacy: Brexit.
We desperately need to rejoin the single market and customs union, whatever the former PM thinks.
Yes, that headline is correct. The UK’s trade performance this year fell to its worst level since records began in 1955. And the cause, according to analysts and a headline article in the FT today – Brexit.
Official figures corroborate academic studies showing sharp drop in exports since Brexit.
The UK will be stuck with searing inflation for years because of Brexit, according to strategists at Wall Street’s top banks.
Business owners have blamed Brexit for a staffing crisis on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile as the tourist season is set to get under way.
ONS figures show GDP fell by 0.3 per cent in April, with all three main sectors suffering a fall in output for the first time since January 2021.
Brexit Chickens Come Home to Roost
07/06/2022
While the picture’s hardly pretty and certainly not what advocates of Brexit envisioned, none of it surprises economists. As a former Bank of England official observed: “You run a trade war against yourself, bad things happen.”
Perceptions about post-Brexit Britain, new visa rules and the pandemic have combined to make it more difficult to recruit EU nationals to some construction roles. What is the industry doing about this?
Stock has been hit over the last few years by global supply chain issues, material shortages, the EU exit and the coronavirus pandemic.
"As every single serious economist argued, massively raising barriers with your main trade partner is an extraordinary act of self-harm."
A new world trade monitor published on Friday doesn't make for good reading as far as the UK is concerned, with the country's underperformance being blamed on Brexit.
A quarter (26%) of medium and large firms have been affected by supply chain disruption due to Brexit and coronavirus, according to ONS figures.
Despite £20bn drop in exports, Jacob Rees-Mogg sees no evidence Brexit has hit trade: ‘Evidence is few and far between’
17/02/2022
Sales to the EU dropped more significantly in 2021 than exports to any other country in the world, the ONS data shows, as UK to EU exports nosedived 12 per cent between January and December of last year, compared to the previous year.
Jacob Rees-Mogg said there is little evidence to conclude Brexit has harmed UK trade – despite a mountain of proof suggesting otherwise.
Tory minister says evidence is ‘few and far between’ despite new figures showing sharp drop.
Brexit shaves off record £20bn from UK exports in one year alone with imports from EU also dropping
14/02/2022
Sales to the EU dropped more significantly in 2021 than exports to any other country in the world, the ONS data shows, as UK to EU exports nosedived 12 per cent between January and December of last year, compared to the previous year.
BREXIT is making the cost of living crisis even worse after new figures revealed UK exports to the EU plunged by £20 billion last year, the SNP has warned.
Sales to trading bloc down more sharply than to rest of world as businesses grapple with delays, extra costs and new red tape.
It is increasingly clear that Brexit is doing enormous damage to Britain’s economy. And for what, exactly?
Figures show Brexit compounding Covid disruption, with clothing exports plunging 60%, vegetables down 40% and cars 25%.