A new website that has published leaked emails from several leading advocates of the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU) is linked to Russian hackers, according to a Google cybersecurity official and the former head of foreign intelligence. from United Kingdom. The website – titled “Very English Coop d’Etat” – claims to have published […]
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Delays and costs, great challenges for British manufacturers due to Brexit
Updated on 10/01/2022 06:37 am Customs delays, bureaucracy and high costs are among the main challenges that British manufacturers will face in 2022 due to Brexit, according to a survey carried out by MakeUK, the body that represents 20,000 national firms, reveals this Monday. That survey also sees an increase in optimism among companies of […]
Brexit marks a year of uncertainties and trade obstacles
The first year of Brexit, which materialized at midnight on December 31, 2020, is fulfilled by depressed trade between both sides of the English Channel, relations between the United Kingdom and its neighbors in the lowest hours, and the same uncertainty than twelve months ago in Northern Ireland. London has avoided the worst-case scenarios that […]
After a year, Brexit has hit the economy and business
In the months after Boris Johnson signed the post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union, the coronavirus masked the economic damage that leaving the bloc meant. As the pandemic drags on, the cost becomes clearer and voters are taking notice. Brexit has been a drag on growth. It brought with it new red tape for […]
Brexit becomes chronic one year after the break
One year after the departure of United Kingdom from European Union, the Brexit it resists going down in history. London is now reneging on parts of the agreement that took effect in January and disputes with its continental neighbors are becoming chronic, as trade slows and tension grows in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The impact […]
EU warns UK not to press emergency Brexit button
Updated on 11/05/2021 12:18 pm The European Union (EU) stated that the UK has not moved to seek a compromise on post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland and warned London against activating the unilateral emergency provisions of the deal. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Brexit negotiator David Frost ruled out immediate activation of such provisions, a move […]
The new post-Brexit economic model sparks debate in the UK
In the midst of a supply and labor crisis, the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced that in the post-Brexit era the United Kingdom it will no longer depend on immigration to rescue the market, in order to promote an economy of “high wages and qualifications”. Economists and affected sectors are now weighing the consequences […]
Brexit, COVID-19 and logistics problems, a British toymaker’s nightmare before Christmas
Gary Grant, founder of The Entertainer, does not hide his concern surrounded by toys for Christmas in his warehouse in Amersham, on the outskirts of London, as the holidays approach and the pressure increases due to logistical problems. “We have difficulties getting truckers to take our containers out of the ports,” he explains while giving […]
Britain to hire foreign butchers to avoid major pig slaughter
Updated on 10/14/2021 01:50 pm Britain will offer six-month emergency visas to foreign butchers to prevent a massive slaughter of pigs caused by labor shortages and market disruption, Environment Secretary George Eustice reported. “What we are going to do is allow slaughterhouse butchers and meat processors who deal with pigs to temporarily enter under the […]
Oil prices continue to climb – Brent barrels at over $ 80
Oil prices continued their soaring on Tuesday. The reasons for the high oil prices are the strong demand, which is offset by a shortage of supply. US crude oil was trading at a two-month high: WTI rose to $ 75.03 and a barrel of Brent cost $ 80.19, which means it hadn’t been so expensive […]