The United Kingdom has passed the point of no return. It has less than six months to reach a new trade deal with the European Union or risk heaping more pressure on companies that are already laying off tens of thousands of workers because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Exactly four weeks before Britain leaves the EU’s single market following Brexit, it is still unclear how much access it will retain to the bloc’s data from security tools used in everything from combating crime to business information.
For some weeks the British government has been planning a “shock and awe” campaign to warn British businesses that they have less than six months to prepare for Brexit; but the EU has beaten them to it.
EU tells UK to respect its independence
05/03/2020
Chief negotiator Michel Barnier says 'the EU sets its own conditions for opening up its markets for goods and services'
European Commission vice-president says Brussels wants to get ‘Brexit done’ – while London refuses to talk about Northern Ireland.
European University Association explores impact of Brexit deal on universities in new briefing
02/02/2021
At the end of long and intense negotiations, this briefing aims to bring clarity to the new relationship and how universities in the European Union and the United Kingdom can continue to cooperate.
Exports to EU to plunge by more than one-third because of Boris Johnson’s Brexit trade deal, study warns
14/01/2021
Income per-head forecast to fall by 6 per cent – just 2 per cent less than under a no-deal departure.
Businesses in the services sectors face ‘major barriers’ despite trade agreement, a study suggests.
Businesspeople, academics, journalists and a top trade unionist have formed a group with the purpose of repairing fractured UK-EU relations.
The U.K.’s hopes of a swift trade deal with Japan will ultimately rest on a successful resolution to the main talks between London and the European Union on a new trading arrangement, some experts say.
Ex-EU ambassador says PM’s ‘strategy errors’ will make good trade deal harder to achieve.
Taxes cut on birds’ eggs, raw hides, fur skins and ultra-strong spirits – but UK does not export them anyway.
Today, peers in the House of Lords published a report that said the creative industries need a new agreement to resolve issues with mobility arrangements and moving goods between the UK and EU.
85 per cent of UK businesses have restructured in the wake of January’s Brexit deal, and the majority believe leaving the EU has negatively impacted operations, according to a new report.
Equivalence permits for UK financial services unlikely to be ready by January 1st.
MPs In Denial On Brexit Must 'Look Reality In The Eye', Says UK's Former EU Ambassador Sir Ivan Rogers
22/01/2019
Sir Ivan Rogers said extending Article 50 is "not a given" and extreme Leavers and Remainers were pushing UK to cliff edge.
The impact of Brexit on trade, immigration and political economy in new e-book.
Bleak impact including higher prices in shops is revealed in OBR report accompanying Rishi Sunak's spending review.
Property sector hit hardest, followed by financial services, leisure and culture, research finds. / The number of UK businesses in “critical” financial distress jumped 17 per cent over the year to the end of March, with a significant deterioration seen in the first quarter of 2019 as Brexit uncertainty deepened.
Reopen EU talks to help professionals, musicians and artists harmed by Brexit, Boris Johnson told
24/03/2021
Improvements ‘essential’ to rescue services trade, peers say – warning ‘too much is at stake if we don’t’.
UK businesses that trade with Europe are continuing to have a tough time because of post-Brexit bureaucracy, according to an investigation carried out by the Financial Times.
The CBI has responded to the publication of the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration.
17/10/2019
“Frictionless EU trade and regulatory alignment is vital for UK prosperity and jobs. The deal remains inadequate on services, which make up 80% of the UK economy. And big questions remain about the feasibility of negotiating a new trade agreement deep enough in a 14-month transition period."
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