The Home Office is under investigation over whether it has fulfilled its obligations to EU citizens in this country who are seeking settled status. The inquiry launched by the Independent Monitoring Authority (IMA),  the watchdog set up to look after EU citizens’ rights in Britain, will look into allegations of delays in providing EU citizens […]

British leadership in prestigious European research projects have been hit by the continuing row over the Northern Ireland Protocol and trade border with the UK. As a result, the EU is preventing British scientists from joining the €95 billion (£80 billion) Horizon Europe research funding programme. The UK bid to join the group as an […]

The UK Government has announced it will introduce a new law to change the post-Brexit trade deal for Northern Ireland, known as the Northern Ireland Protocol. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss insisted the bill would be legal under international law, but the EU has warned it could trigger a trade war and will pursue a legal […]

A recovery in UK exports reported in February by The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has been short-lived, according to a new survey. It comes as figures from Germany suggest post-Brexit trade between the two countries has dropped sharply. German-British Chamber of Industry and Commerce members cited logistical problems related to Brexit as the biggest […]

Further delays on border controls at UK ports caused by Brexit have led to some of the country’s biggest ports threatening to sue the Government. According to the Guardian newspaper, they are considering legal action to recover the costs of building border control posts they fear will never be used, after confirmation that post-Brexit import […]

Businesses have had to get to grips with many changes to trade with the EU in the post-Brexit era and a new study has suggested that new rules introduced last year have caused a “major shock” to UK-EU trade. According to the latest LSE Centre for Economic Performance study, imports from the EU to the […]

Many businesses are still trying to get to grips with the new and changing EU-UK trade rules more than two years on from Brexit. However, a growing number of UK companies are trying an alternative approach – setting up in the EU. Prior to Brexit, this suggestion was touted by a number of different businesses […]

The number of UK businesses exporting goods to the EU fell 33 per cent to 18,357 in 2021, from 27,321 in 2020, data from HMRC shows. Industry experts said the fall is due to the extra red tape UK businesses must now comply with when exporting to the EU. They say they are really worrying […]

The Government has been warned that as many as 164 university-led skills and training projects could be halted or axed due to European funding running out by the end of next year – reducing skills and training support for SMEs. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will award £2.6 billion of new funding for local investment […]

British exporters are being offered a helping hand with a training and consultancy package to help them boost their businesses. They are being given access to a £1.1 million programme to help them trade more effectively overseas. The Institute of Export and International Trade (IOE&IT) has launched a voucher scheme, providing vouchers worth £1,100 to […]