For Britain's small and medium-sized businesses, trading with European nations used to be easy. After Brexit, that's no longer the case with the emergence of obstacles that didn't exist before.
For Britain's small and medium-sized businesses, trading with European nations used to be easy. After Brexit, that's no longer the case with the emergence of obstacles that didn't exist before.
Business considers taking on extra staff to deal with extra paperwork caused by Brexit
Jane Moorby from Oxley Group
A business in Cumbria is considering hiring extra staff to deal with the added paperwork caused by Brexit and warns of exports being delayed by eight weeks.
Businesses in the county are calling on the government to provide a support package for the aviation sector and other exporters suffering due to the economic downturn brought on by Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Figures by the British Chamber of Commerce show that UK export figures are down by 41 per cent, with a German-British Chamber of Industry and Commerce study also released this month highlighting similar issues.
German firms more confident about doing business in Britain
Brexit has caused less disruption than feared and German companies are looking at the UK to do business, according to a top lobbyist
21 April 2021 • 4:13pm
A top German business lobbyist has said that firms in his country are lining up to invest in Britain after Brexit sparked less disruption than feared.
Ulrich Hoppe, director-general of the German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce, said that many firms previously planning to relocate staff had now abandoned their plans to do so.
A survey of 117 businesses by the chamber found that 20pc were planning to shift some business activities abroad due to Brexit - down from 70pc last autumn.
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