As we pass 60 days of Brexit entering the final month of the first quarter of 2021, let’s take a deeper look at the impact of Brexit on UK businesses and especially e-commerce businesses. Before authoring this article, I had numerous conversations with independent e-commerce business founders. I have based this article on those discussions to bring forward first-hand experiences.
50 days on: Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal
23/02/2021
Saturday 20 February was the 50th day since Boris Johnson’s Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) came into effect. Anyone expecting it to settle all questions, or even most of the details, of how we will do business with the EU from now on will be mightily disappointed.
The cost of new regulations means we’ve had to pause sales to the EU, losses are mounting and the government isn’t listening.
Anger as Scottish seafood firms 'ineligible' for UK Government funding amid Brexit export crisis
10/02/2021
Seafood sector representatives have said exports have "slowed to a trickle" amid what is described as a Brexit "export crisis".
No Deal Brexit Is Back With A Vengeance
09/06/2020
The political implications of a no deal outcome threaten to be every bit as significant as its economic fallout, Anand Menon and Jonathan Portes write.
The sort of minimal deal he is after would be a disaster for an industry that relies on frictionless trade.
New Tory MPs have promised to transform the region, but its greatest threat will come in days, when Britain leaves the EU.
Mark Carney and other financiers seem to think London can do business as usual without playing by the EU's rules. This is confidence bordering on complacency.
The industry may become one of the starkest examples no-deal folly, with those dependent on EU markets facing devastation.
While businesses struggle with the red tape of no-deal planning, ministers are busy with commemorative coins.
To make Brexit happen, Boris needs to work with the Eurocrats he’s insulted. Fat chance they’ll help him now
08/08/2019
As our prime minister and the no-deal zealots of his cabinet revel in Brexit brinkmanship it is worth recalling the legal realities of what threatens to be our post Halloween world.
Brexit will decimate UK services exports – but remarkably clueless politicians would rather remain silent
08/07/2019
Leaving the single market will come as a huge blow to the services sector. Rather than acknowledging that fact, our ruling class have opted to press on.
No Wonder Donald Trump Loves Brexit So Much
03/06/2019
The U.S. wants to move the U.K. away from the EU’s set of trade rules and regulations toward the American one. Farage and Johnson are easy prey.
British Steel is the canary in the coal mine - we need to prepare now for the Brexit threat to jobs
22/05/2019
The announcement that British Steel is to enter insolvency is the latest example of how uncertainty over Brexit is threatening livelihoods across the country. This does not just affect the 5,000 workers at Scunthorpe, but also a support staff of 20,000 across the whole supply chain. / Sadly, many other firms face the same danger ...