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Japan's government has warned that Brexit could result in the country's firms moving their European head offices out of Britain.
The north-east fish processing industry could be relocated to Poland after Brexit, a trade expert has warned.
Financial firms will shift almost £800bn of assets from the UK to the Continent ahead of Brexit on 29 March, according to new analysis. / City firms have continued to relocate staff and assets away from London to Europe in the face of increasing uncertainty over the UK’s relationship with the EU.
Twenty companies have announced plans for no-deal scenario but true number could be higher. Financial services firms are preparing to move £800bn of assets out of Britain to Europe as part of Brexit contingency plans, a report has revealed.
IT specialist from former Yugoslavia says he didn’t want to be ‘trapped on an island descending into mindless tribalism’. / A tech developer with a successful London e-learning company has said he has already quit Britain after 10 high-flying years because of the uncertainty and “mindless tribalism” caused by Brexit.
Bosses face tough decisions and politicians are refusing to listen, says a Bristol business owner. / Small and medium-sized businesses, the lifeblood of communities, have told of difficult decisions to quit Britain or cancel investment plans because of Brexit.
Norinchukin announces plan day after Shinzō Abe offered public backing for May’s deal.
CBI appeals to Tory MPs to shift position to avoid a no-deal Brexit, or risk further harm to the economy.
Philips announces closure of UK factory putting 430 jobs at risk, months after Brexit warning
18/01/2019
Philips is to close its factory at Glemsford in Suffolk and transfer operations to the Netherlands, putting 430 jobs at risk, amid continuing uncertainty around Brexit.
Carmakers are ramping up their preparations for a no-deal Brexit, with a host of major manufacturers moving regulatory approval for their vehicles from the UK to other parts of Europe.
Jaguar Land Rover is reportedly planning to cut around 5,000 jobs in the new year as it seeks to mitigate the impact of Brexit, the decline of diesel cars and slow sales in China. The move would save the company £2.5bn.
Believing in Britain? Brexiteer Sir James Dyson is shifting the corporate HQ to Singapore
22/01/2019
It's absolutely, positively not to do with Brexit. This is about 'future proofing' the company. How does that make it any better?
P&O opts for Cypriot flag, Sony confirms HQ move and Pets at Home stockpiles cat food.
Brexit-backing businessman Sir James Dyson is to relocate the Dyson head office from the UK to Singapore.
Sony and Panasonic are among household names to be lured away with promise of access to EU markets.
Sony will move its European headquarters from the UK to the Netherlands to avoid disruptions caused by Brexit. The company said the move would help it avoid customs issues tied to Britain's exit from the EU.
Airbus boss calls government ‘disgrace’ as he threatens to quit UK, putting 14,000 jobs at risk
24/01/2019
'Don't listen to the Brexiteers' madness which asserts that 'because we have huge plants here we will not move and we will always be here' - they are wrong'
The UK has been at the forefront of global aviation for more than a century. Airbus generates £6 billion of turnover in the UK, has more than 14,000 employees here and supports over 110,000 jobs through its supply chain. Airbus CEO, Tom Enders, explains why a no-deal Brexit puts this under threat.
Move to a EU member state needed for licence to continue broadcasting across continent.
EMA relocation updates
23/01/2019
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will physically relocate to the Netherlands in early March 2019.
EU medicines agency set to leave London
10/01/2019
Dutch officials handed over a pair of clogs and the keys to the European Medicines Agency’s temporary base in Amsterdam on Wednesday as the watchdog prepares to leave London after Brexit.
The European Union's medicines' agency has started shifting its work from London to Amsterdam, in a concrete consequence of the looming Brexit.
David Davis claims medicine and banking bodies will not have to leave Canary Wharf.
European Medicines Agency heads for Amsterdam 63 days before Brexit.