Close to 59 per cent fashion brands have said that Brexit has impacted their business since the end of the transition, as per a recent report. About 25 per cent of the brands surveyed said they have considered relocating all or part of their businesses and 91 per cent of them want a visa that allows creative access to EU countries cheaply and quickly.
Trade Consultation: Give Your Evidence - UK Trade and Business Commission [Deadline: 17/03/2023]
23/01/2023
The UK Trade and Business Commission is gathering evidence to understand the main challenges facing businesses, organisations and economic sectors to establish which policies and trading arrangements will help overcome the economic and trading barriers facing the UK today.
Ahead of the first post-Brexit London Fashion Week, designers and retailers including Richard Quinn, Bethany Williams, and Harry Fisher lay bare its effects on their labels
Lifestyle brand Joules has made moves to terminate some of its wholesale agreements with EU stockists as Brexit costs made the channels unprofitable.
Brexit… out of fashion in Somerset
04/05/2021
It would be fair to say that businesses in Somerset are now really starting to feel the effects of Brexit and our new trade deals with the EU and the rest of the world. From all the businesses I have spoken to so far the effects have ranged from bureaucratic nightmares with unnecessary paperwork and extra costs to complete shutdowns of exports.
The fashion industry has warned it faces severe talent shortages after a government advisory body rejected its plea to offer more visas to foreign workers.
The UK's new trading relationship with the European Union (EU) might be less than two weeks old but some businesses - and their European customers - are already struggling to adjust to the new trading landscape.
Firms across four different sectors share their stories of rising costs, extra paperwork and packages that never arrive.
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.
British luxury retailer Matchesfashion has been hit hard by COVID-19 and Brexit, its Companies House filings revealed.
Fashion in post-Brexit Britain
17/05/2021
A swift walk through the corridors of Westminster will highlight that for many working in politics, the fashion and textiles industry is not a top priority for them.
Brexit uncertainty affected a large proportion of UK textile and apparel firms, both upstream and downstream—over 60 per cent of firms in both manufacturers and lead firms’ groups, according to researchers from the London School of Economics (LSE).
How Brexit is Levelling Down Luxury Brands
31/01/2022
Britain’s economic and cultural prowess is suffering due to post-Brexit tax changes, reports Sascha Lavin. / As the Government publishes a 100-page ‘benefits of Brexit’ paper today, luxury brands are calling on Boris Johnson to rethink a post-Brexit policy that is harming their international competitiveness.
Research by the UK Fashion and Textile Association has revealed the true extent of disruption and additional costs British fashion companies have faced since prime minister Boris Johnson's Brexit trade deal was implemented on 1 January 2021.
London-based think tank Fashion Roundtable have written an open letter to call on the UK Government to offer further support in dealing with issues which have arisen due to Brexit.
Fashion company boss says only way for many firms to survive as costs soar is to open bases in France, costing vital UK jobs.
UK clothing and lifestyle brand Joules is terminating some of its wholesale agreements with stockists in the European Union. Drapers explores who else is following suit, and what the implications are.
Brands in Europe and the UK are working out how to sell on both sides of the Channel despite lots of new red tape and costs.
The fashion chain said the expected Brexit bill comes as it faces extra duty and shipping costs following the end of year agreement.
However, there is another threat to music in Britain, and it’s not the virus. It is the government. One music campaigner put it to me: “The British government has given the creative industries of the United Kingdom a No Deal Brexit. It is simply killing us.”
Government’s new trade red tape likely to hit long-term productivity, trade economists warn.
Fashion Roundtable Open Letter
02/02/2021
The UK fashion industry is facing a number of critical issues, which without urgent attention will jeopardise the immediate and long term future of the sector.
Fashion Roundtable, the secretariat for the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Textiles and Fashion, has put forward 11 recommendations to help mitigate Brexit's impact on the UK fashion and textile industry.
The UK fashion industry is calling on the government to take action as it faces “decimation” as a result of the hurdles of red tape and travel restrictions brought in by the post-Brexit trade agreement with the EU.