UK visa rules to be relaxed for foreign construction workers in a bid to plug post-Brexit labour shortages
15/03/2023
The government is expected to relax the rules in a bid to plug gaps in the construction industry
The UK has today announced a new £20m fund for British SMEs facing post-Brexit disruption.
UK taxes on EU imports have increased hugely since the former’s official exit from the Union at the end of 2020.
Worries over the impact of Brexit and coronavirus mean more than 70 per cent of the UK’s small and medium-sized businesses do not expect the country’s economy to grow during the rest of 2020, according to new survey data.
CE symbol due to stay after government U-turn.
UK PM Boris Johnson rips up Brexit Protocol
15/06/2022
Legislation has been published by the British government this evening which overrides the post-Brexit trade arrangements for Ireland and severely breaches both the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement and international law.
No 10 had ‘change of attitude’ after pressure from business, says commissioner.
Britain’s trade with the European Union has been dented by Brexit, with businesses facing greater costs, paperwork and border delays since the UK’s full withdrawal, a watchdog panel of MPs said Wednesday.
Government to allow businesses to continue using European CE certification for another year.
British manufacturers are being forced to build up financial buffers in preparation for a no-deal Brexit as the cost of stockpiling goods and materials puts companies under strain.
Business groups warn of potential harm to north-south trade under British bill.
British businesses are warning of a new wave of post-Brexit trade disruption because EU exporters are not ready for UK customs changes which start this month, and Britain's port infrastructure might be unprepared too.
Carolyn Fairbairn of CBI says her ‘really big disappointment’ was the lack of help for British services in the potential deal
The UK government has conceded that Brexit has created barriers to business travel in a report published Wednesday by the House of Lords, the upper house of the country's Parliament. The report, written by the Lords' European Union Select Committee, warns that new restrictions on mobility will hinder the UK's dominant services sector.
The British government's lack of understanding and overly political approach to post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland has left businesses there in the dark, a Westminster committee has claimed.
Adoption of Britain-only rival to EU’s CE designation postponed ‘indefinitely’, say ministers.
UK food and drink exports to the European Union almost halved in the first three months of the year, compared with the same period in 2020.
CBI’s measure of private sector growth drops to -3 in February from zero in January.
UK firms that export to the EU say they are being encouraged by the government to set up subsidiaries in the bloc to avoid disruption under new trade rules.
Business group warns that companies are getting ready to shift operations abroad.
According to experts, the best long-term environmental and economic measure Tory ministers could adopt is a close relationship with the EU market.
Following the end of the Brexit transition period UK businesses are now having to pay ‘security bonds’ of £50,000 or more to courts in the European Union in order to litigate there, legal experts told City A.M. today.
UK-based travel businesses are facing “significant” operational challenges organising trips to the EU following Brexit, according to the travel association ABTA.
15 EU trade agreements with third countries, including Canada and Turkey, still not rolled over by Britain with just 50 days until UK leaves post-Brexit transition.