UK

UK firms need to take their post-Brexit trade opportunity -trade minister

Editorial Bureau September 14, 2021

LONDON (Reuters) – British firms must do more to take advantage of new export routes opened up by Brexit, trade minister Liz Truss will say on Tuesday, calling for a shift from “defence to offence in trade” to help drive economic growth. (Content and photos syndicate via Reuters)

UK

Britain’s Frost says EU must move on Northern Irish deal

Editorial Bureau September 14, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Britain’s Brexit minister David Frost on Monday said that the European Union must move in negotiations over the trading arrangements in Northern Ireland or Britain may unilaterally suspend the so-called “protocol”. Under the protocol, Britain agreed to leave some EU rules in place in Northern Ireland and accept checks on goods arriving

UK

UK government rejects call for new visas to ease post-Brexit truck driver shortage

Editorial Bureau August 30, 2021

LONDON (UK) -Britain’s government has rejected calls from retail and logistics companies to temporarily ease post-Brexit immigration rules which they say are contributing to a shortage of truck drivers and acute supply chain disruption. Fast food chains McDonald’s, KFC, and Nando’s, as well as bakery chain Greggs, have all faced disruption this week as

Europe

French flotilla stages protest at Jersey port in fishing row

Editorial Bureau May 6, 2021

PARIS (FRANCE) -French trawler protest at post-Brexit restrictions on their access to British fishing grounds sailed in a flotilla to the British Channel island of Jersey A simmering row over fishing rights has escalated this week, with a French minister suggesting French electricity supplies to Jersey could be cut, and Britain despatching two navy patrol […]

UK

Britain has new plans to implement Brexit pledge

Editorial Bureau May 5, 2021

LONDON (UK) – The interior ministry of Britain has informed that applications of prize winners in the sciences and arts to be able to live and work in Britain will be fast-tracked from Wednesday. The new norm is part of the country pressing its post-Brexit pledge to attract only the “best and brightest”. Since completing […]

Finance

Britain to initiate deep-dive review of financial market after Brexit

Editorial Bureau April 13, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority will initiate a root-and-branch review of the UK capital market after Brexit to help garner more foreign company listings, a senior regulator said on Tuesday. “We are keen to carry out a more fundamental review of the markets we operate,” said Clare Cole, executive director at the FCA, […]

UK

Britain’s post-Brexit policy prioritizes influence in Indo-Pacific region

Editorial Bureau March 16, 2021

LONDON (UK) – As part of its post-Brexit foreign policy, Britain seeks to expand its influence among democratic nations in the Indo-Pacific region while preserving strong ties with the United States. The policy will have a counterbalance impact. While the strategies put Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the forefront of a brand new, rules-based international […]

UK

More time to adapt to post-Brexit Northern Ireland adjustment: UK

Editorial Bureau March 3, 2021

LONDON (UK) – As a part of devising a new plan to minimise the disruption that has impeded deliveries of some goods, notably food. Britain has announced that it will give supermarkets and suppliers more time to adapt to post-Brexit trading rules with Northern Ireland Even though Britain had agreed to free trade with the […]

Business

Brexit causes more firms to shift to the Netherlands

Editorial Bureau February 18, 2021

AMSTERDAM (NETHERLANDS) – The Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency said on Thursday that the flow of businesses to the country has been strong last year because of Brexit although foreign investment dipped by a quarter as the pandemic hit. Holland has wooed firms in trading and finance, medicine and agriculture apart from logistics to ensure that […]

UK

Minister says UK had ‘one or two’ Brexit teething issues over fishing

Editorial Bureau February 9, 2021

LONDON (UK) – Britain has suffered “one or two teething issues”, regarding export of fish to the European Union after Brexit, according to the country’s environment minister on Tuesday, in comments that are likely to leave fishermen struggling to trade in resentment. Small fishing firms have largely not been able to export their goods to […]