Why on earth is our government refusing to adopt what appears to be the most sensible piece of EU law I’ve heard of in a long time?
As France is promoting Paris as Europe’s next financial capital and Germany’s Berlin is seeking to attract Britain’s tech talent, here are seven consequences, challenges and opportunities for Malta's economy following the Brexit vote.
With a potential no-deal Brexit looming, there's one lesser-known industry that could be impacted: data sharing. Plenty of businesses aren't aware of the huge change that may be coming.
The EU has opposed brutal animal welfare and rampant tech monopolies. Post-Brexit Britain will be exposed to both.
This site tracks updates and developments on the UK’s implementation or adaptation of specific European policies, regulations, and laws impacting the digital and tech industries throughout the Brexit transition.
Are we getting Brexit done?
05/01/2023
The UK has identified nearly 4,000 EU laws and regulations which we are now “free from”. What have we done with these newfound freedoms?
Hermann Houser says Britain has no chance of being technologically independent after leaving the EU.
In this video, Hugh Lawson-Tancred discusses the challenges posed by the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). He concludes that, while the risks and dangers of AI are often exaggerated, international cooperation, particularly regional cooperation will be necessary to ensure that the maximum benefits of AI are obtained and equitably distributed.
We knew leaving the EU would weaken us. Now we can see it will limit the ability of the government to rein in big tech.
From the man who brought us the garden bridge and water cannons
Brexit and the lure of rewriting code
10/05/2019
It’s striking how similar the ongoing national embarrassment is to screwing up software.
The Pool firm is considering opening up a new branch in Barcelona rather than the UK if a No Deal Brexit becomes reality.
THE UK's decision to break away from the EU cost service exports more than £110 billion over a four-year period, new research has shown.
Warning that crisis will ‘get worse as businesses see that there is not much going on in UK-EU negotiations’.
The country’s decision to leave the European Union has left many in the local tech community questioning the place of the U.K. — and their own — in the global digital economy.
Supply chain issues, skills shortages, increased costs and red tape among the issues cited.
Brexit is putting London’s ‘global tech hub’ status at risk, $1bn venture capital fund partner warns
28/06/2023
He said Brexit has made attracting talent “substantially more difficult”. / A partner in a brand new $1bn venture capital fund has warned that London risks losing its status as a global tech hub as Brexit has made attracting talent “substantially more difficult”.
Sup joins many other UK startups impacted by Brexit.
"From 30 March 2019, 00:00:00 CET, EURid will NOT allow the registration of any new domain name where the registrant country code is either GB/GI."
"Would London lose out to Barcelona or Berlin or Stockholm or Amsterdam? The answer to those questions is a resounding "yes." Even smaller European tech hubs are taking talent out of London."
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An analysis of the total cost to U.K. businesses if the country fails to gain an adequacy agreement from the European Commission once it leaves the bloc at the end of the year — creating barriers to inbound data flows from the EU — suggests the price in pure compliance terms could be between £1 billion and £1.6 billion.
Britain is falling behind, thanks to Brexit
30/03/2023
Britain led the first industrial revolution, but Europe will lead the next.
Brexit is having a negative impact on business, according to almost half of UK IT leaders questioned in a Computing Delta study.