It will be too late in January to start wondering about what has gone wrong
SME’s need to do an “Brexit MOT” to work out what will happen in January

Only a quarter of UK businesses are ready for Brexit – with just 5 months to go
Only a quarter of UK businesses are ready for Brexit

Time is running out for UK trade negotiations
The side that has to settle quickly, often ends up facing a ‘take it or leave it’ choice

How will ‘Brexit get done’ in 2020 and how can you use the time to get ready for it?
Last week’s election result crystallised the choices ahead of the new Government. “Get Brexit done” was a great election slogan, but in reality 31 January will mark “the end of the beginning” in Churchill’s famous words. At that point, the UK will move into a new era where the need will be to ‘Get Brexit begun.’

Growth in UK food and drink exports driven by rise in non-EU sales
UK food and drink exports saw the largest growth in sales to China in the third quarter of 2019, finds the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) after analysing the latest HMRC trade statistics. Anna Tobin reports

How UK firms are using Estonia’s e-Residency scheme to operate as EU firms post-Brexit
Ott Vatter, managing director of the Republic of Estonia’s e-Residency programme, which enables business people to establish and manage an EU-based company paperlessly from anywhere in the world, explains how UK businesses can benefit from the service after Brexit

Chemical Industries Association calls for frictionless free trade agreement
The representative of the UK’s largest manufacturing exporter, the Chemical Industries Association (CIA) is calling for a frictionless free trade agreement to protect the industry through Brexit and beyond. Anna Tobin reports

The general election result and Brexit: What next?
The general election result has provided a landslide victory for the Conservative party. Boris Johnson will now be putting everything into ‘getting Brexit’ done. But, what does that mean for your business?

Brexit hasn’t ruined Xmas decs’ firm Fizzco’s festive cheer says MD Clarkson
Wendy Clarkson, managing director of West Midlands-based Christmas decoration supplier and installer Fizzco, says Brexit is just another obstacle that her small business has had to work around
