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Belgium’s ambassador to the UK, Bruno van der Pluijm, has urged British business to consider his country as its post-Brexit gateway to the EU.
According to figures released by Flanders Investment and Trade 81 companies have invested in Flanders rather than in the UK since the United Kingdom left the European Union. Above all companies involved in transport and logistics, sales and marketing, telecommunications and electronics and chemicals have been opting to make investments here rather than in the UK.
Move to a EU member state needed for licence to continue broadcasting across continent.
Belgian region of Wallonia vows to block another EU trade deal, in unsubtle Brexit foreshadowing
23/01/2020
EU-Mercosur deal in trouble, following Wallonia’s previous rejection of EU-Canada deal.
The BBC has spoken to three companies that trade heavily with the UK, to find out what changes consumers can expect after Brexit.
Belgian customs authority advises export before 29 March or pause operations to avoid chaos.
A politico-economic union and formal international intergovernmental cooperation of three neighboring states in western Europe: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
From January, a new four-times a week service will link Cork direct to Belgium and Holland.
A record number of foreign investment projects were launched in Flanders in 2021, including many as a result of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union.
British supermarkets that have stores in Europe are facing supply problems because of post-Brexit rules on exports to the EU. It's affecting fresh produce at 20 Marks and Spencer stores in France, Morrison's in Gibraltar, and a chain of UK supermarkets in Belgium is on the verge of closure with no deliveries since December.
The conflict between France and the UK over fishing licences post-Brexit continues to escalate.
The image of empty shelves is being incorrectly linked to Brexit. Carrefour's supply chain has been hit amid a strike at its logistics provider.
Flanders Investment and Trade reports that a record number of foreign investment projects were launched in our region during 2021. Many these came about due to the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU.
Brexit has resulted in Wallonia receiving almost €358 million in investments, while 539 jobs have been created in the region since the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union.
Brexit made Belgian exports drop in January
15/03/2021
Brexit resulted in a sharp fall of Belgian exports and imports in January, the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) reported on Monday.
Over 6,000 checks have now been carried out on British goods by Belgium’s Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) since January 2021.
A specialist supermarket selling British produce in the EU is struggling to keep food on its shelves because of post-Brexit supply problems.
A survey of garden centres in Flemish Brabant has found that many of them are currently suffering from a shortage of flowers, trees and plants for sale to their green-fingered customers.
Health Secretary insists government has ‘plan for all eventualities’.
The company first began operations in Belgium in 2021 due to what it calls the "challenges of Brexit" around shipping equipment to EU countries.
EU fingerprint checks and travel chaos expected next summer as SNP blame Brexit 2 hrs ago
13/10/2022
FINGERPRINT checks set to be introduced on the EU border could cause significant disruption to holidaymakers, industry experts have warned.
Fourteen countries likely to take tough stance in future talks about fisheries if access to UK waters does not improve.
EU OK’s compensation for Irish farmers / No-deal Brexit scheme may cover Belgians, Dutch, Danes
04/02/2019
The European Commission has agreed to compensate Irish farmers for a collapse in beef and dairy prices in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the Irish edition of the Sunday Times newspaper said, quoting Irish government and EU sources.
The British Embassy in Belgium has made a final appeal to Britons to apply for their new M card by 31 December, the deadline facing all UK nationals registered as living in Belgium before 1 January 2021.
Flanders attracts over £2bn in investment projects from UK based businesses following Brexit
22/11/2021
British companies are moving their European bases to Belgium to manage the challenges posed by Brexit and are now trading with the EU from there.
Chance of May getting 30 June extension appear slim after notes of EU meeting emerge.
Getting married? Couples face wedding disappointment with wrong flowers and food due to Brexit
10/02/2023
Venues, florists, caterers and cake makers said clients are having to manage their expectations.
Drugs and other medical supplies to be shipped over on seven new ferry routes.
Transfer to Brussels of securities deposits follows shift of share trading away from UK.
A British-owned supermarket chain supplying expats in Belgium with a taste of home is being forced to turn to Irish companies because of difficulties getting goods from the UK since Brexit.
"We have been able to reduce our exposure to the adverse consequences of Brexit by opening an 80,000 sqft warehouse in Belgium in Autumn 2020 which is fulfilling a large proportion of our core ranges and fastest moving lines required for stores in Mainland Europe."
Now that the United Kingdom has officially been out of the European Union for well over two years, many people, particularly the younger generation, have been seriously considering their position on this tiny sceptred isle, and have started to look further afield as the once abundant amount of opportunities dries up in front of our very eyes.
While Brexit continues to deliver more empty shelves for consumers, more carnage to our food and fishing sectors and more chaos to the people of Northern Ireland, the eternal sunshine of our international trade secretary’s spotless mind continues to deliver more doses of what seems like good news for faithful Leavers.
A direct ferry link between Rosyth and Belgium would revive Scotland’s ties with Europe after Brexit, the SNP conference heard.
Tens of thousands of British people in Europe could soon become 'undocumented migrants' thanks to Brexit
04/06/2021
10,000s of British expats in Europe have less than a month to avoid becoming undocumented migrants.
A total of 6,250 people from the UK became German nationals in 2018, a rise of 950 per cent on pre-referendum numbers.
The UK government has stepped up its planning for leaving the EU without a deal, covering areas such as transport, healthcare, energy, food and water. But what is the EU doing to prepare for this scenario?
DISRUPTION to medical supplies and potential coronavirus vaccines as a result of Brexit cannot be ruled out, Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has said.
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