An exclusive poll for i shows that firms feel the Government had not done enough to support them through Brexit.
Small design firms in the UK are moving their production abroad and setting up businesses in the European Union to get around a slump in business following Brexit. / "The UK is no longer a viable distribution hub" / "Best to not have anything even touching the UK" / "If you speak to any company, they're finding ways to remain in the EU"
HMRC warns shoppers to be aware of post-Brexit changes before key Christmas shopping dates
25/11/2021
HMRC recommends people look at seven key areas to determine whether there will be charges on their goods.
Some of the Tories who argued for VAT cuts as a Brexit dividend are now voting against them
11/01/2022
A dozen Tory MPs voted against slashing VAT on energy bills, despite promising to do so if Brexit went ahead.
After Vote Leave’s broken promises to cut energy bills, poorer areas risk being short-changed by Brexit too
10/01/2022
As Johnson and Gove back off their pledge to scrap VAT for fuel, EU structural funds are not being fully replaced.
"The first rule of Brexit Club is you don't talk about all those "benefits" you mentioned 5 years ago..."
Post-Brexit border controls and customs requirements have “gutted” SME businesses – and have left some industries fearing a UK talent drain.
‘Waste of everyone’s time’: New government video sets out Brexit paperwork mountain [4 mins]
19/07/2022
Guide makes mockery of Boris Johnson’s 2020 claim that UK and EU would ‘do even more business’.
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.
Rishi Sunak accused of wrongly claiming that VAT axe on solar panels only possible ‘thanks to Brexit’
27/03/2022
A new EU directive is allowing member states to remove the charge for ‘supply and installation of solar panels’.
Businesses have been hit hard by Brexit, according to research by an affiliation on Chambers of Commerce in the region.
UK business is again looking for workarounds to continue trading with the EU, after Germany announced it would be ending VAT exemption for goods valued at less than €22.
For 2021, national tourist board Visit Britain has forecast that visitor numbers will be lower even than in 2020, when travel restrictions were at their highest.
Ireland’s only charity-funded air ambulance is facing a massive €320,000 Vat bill because of a Brexit-related change in aircraft leasing — unless the Government acts.
My £1m UK small business is in ruins and I see no way out. Tried everything, feel utterly powerless. Trade with EU virtually impossible. This was so predictable and predicted. Bastards!
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.
Brussels ready to slap tariffs and quotas on UK exports – and even to ‘suspend cooperation in certain sectors’
Firms across four different sectors share their stories of rising costs, extra paperwork and packages that never arrive.
Well known figures from across the natural and organic sector share their experiences of doing business in the EU in the new post-Brexit trading environment with Jim Manson.
UK SME retailers are having to route goods through friends and family in the EU to cater to the single market as they struggle to stay afloat in a maze of post-Brexit red tape.
Supermarket prices will rise more than is necessary unless there is greater collaboration with European suppliers on post-Brexit trade frictions, a Dutch business has warned.
‘Brexit ruined my business almost overnight’: UK dealer says his income has plummeted by 60% since Britain left the EU
28/04/2022
Almost all of Steve Shovlar’s clients are based in Europe—but added taxes and red tape are putting them off.
The government has set out a plan to overhaul EU laws copied over after Brexit - a move it says will cut unnecessary "red tape" for businesses.
Business leaders have called for urgent removal of red tape that is damaging trade between the UK and the EU.