Net migration in the UK hit a record high of 606,000 in 2022, almost double the level seen before the UK voted to leave the EU in 2016.
ONS figures could be a sign that the UK is losing its overall competitiveness, say experts.
The ONS revealed that total trade in goods with EU countries tumbled by 23.1% in the first quarter compared with three years ago.
Businesses in Cumbria’s hospitality sector fear a perfect storm of Brexit and coronavirus mean they face losing out on potential trade when lockdown eases.
China has overtaken Germany to become the UK's biggest single import market for the first time since records began.
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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.
Trade with the European Union plunged in the first quarter after the U.K. exited the customs bloc, according to data released on Tuesday.
The collision of the pandemic and leaving the European Union (EU) has tipped an £18bn loss in travel services trade, according to the latest figures.
The latest Government Business Insights report reveals that the transportation and storage sector has been hit hardest by Covid and Brexit. / ParcelHero says the shock result shows that more supply chain companies have closed and fewer surviving firms are currently trading than in any other sector.
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BREXIT, according to its backers, was meant to create endless opportunities. So far, however, the UK has failed to make the vote profitable, with the prospect of "global Britain" quickly fading according to recent data.
Sales to trading bloc down more sharply than to rest of world as businesses grapple with delays, extra costs and new red tape.
Exporters forced to fill in 48 million customs declarations and 140,000 health certificates over eight-month period.
‘What the government once called teething problems have now become a chronic condition’
Fall in imports and exports not due to ‘teething problems’ or Covid, says expert.
Manufacturing organisation Make UK said the sector is battling to fill 95,000 vacancies.
A quarter (26%) of medium and large firms have been affected by supply chain disruption due to Brexit and coronavirus, according to ONS figures.
As London gradually unlocks, its hospitality sector is slowly waking up. / But there’s a familiar theme evident throughout this enormous industry: thousands of Europeans who used to work here have moved on.
"To bring inflation under control we don’t need rates to rise, we need freedom of movement back," one expert said.
SCOTLAND's economy has taken a major hit while Northern Ireland has outperformed the rest of the UK while staying in the EU’s single marker, Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show.
Figures show Brexit compounding Covid disruption, with clothing exports plunging 60%, vegetables down 40% and cars 25%.
Scotland’s Constitution Secretary has said trade problems in the wake of the Brexit deal are “far more than teething troubles”, as he urged the UK Government to take a more co-operative approach with the EU.