British GDP contracted by 2.9 percent in January. - reported the National Statistical Office of the ONS. However, this is a much smaller decline than analysts feared. Meanwhile, British exports to the EU dropped sharply - by 40.7 percent and imports from it - by 28.8 percent.more
The British government has delayed plans to introduce full border checks with the EU for another six months as businesses warned that customs systems and port infrastructure were still not ready.more
The European Commission announced the completion of negotiations with the United States on the division of WTO tariff quotas in trade in agricultural products. The agreement had to be renegotiated after Great Britain left the Community. The EU will keep part of the current quotas. The agreement concerns, inter alia, trade in beef, poultry, rice, dairy products, fruit, vegetables and wine.more
The first two months of Great Britain's full independence from the European Union, as well as the previous 11 months of the transition period, indicate that both the concerns raised before the referendum by the opponents of Brexit and the promises made by supporters were greatly exaggerated.more
Foreign workers are leaving Britain at the fastest pace since World War II, presenting a challenge to an economy already roiled by Brexit and the coronavirus.more
The value of Polish export of goods to Great Britain increased by 11.9 percent at the end of 2020 compared to the same period last year, the Polish Economic Institute (PIE) reported.more
Already over 660,000 Poles in Great Britain have obtained the status of a settled person, the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Paweł Jabłoński announced. He added that over 160,000 compatriots had been granted temporary settlement status. Over 903,000 Poles applied in total.more
The numerous returns to their homeland of Poles living in Great Britain in recent months are not caused by Brexit or the loss of job. The main reason are the parents left behind in Poland, who have no one to look after - the Polish finance website Money.pl reports.more
Amsterdam overtook London in January as the largest stock trading center in Europe, the Financial Times reported, quoted by Dutch media. The British daily estimates that Amsterdam is one of the first beneficiaries of Brexit.more
After serious perturbations, the situation on the islands border with the EU has basically returned to normal. Despite this, the number of people willing to transport goods there is falling - indicates the weekend edition of "Puls Biznesu".more
The coronavirus crisis and Brexit show just how vulnerable global supply chains are. Will the production of important goods be moved back to Germany? - wonders the German weekly "Spiegel".more
The UK and the European Union confirmed their commitment to resolve issues related to the implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol yesterday, but a statement released after the meeting between Michael Gove and Marosz Szefczovicz suggests that divergences remain.more
The Home Office has today (11 February 2021) announced it has hit the milestone of five million applications to the EU Settlement Scheme with four months still to go before the deadline of 30 June 2021.more
Cornish fishermen struggling with post-Brexit export problems intend to rename one species of fish and one species of crab to attract British consumers who have so far been rejected by their English names, the BBC said.more
Britain's relationship with the European Union following the end of the post-Brexit transition period is "more than bumpy," said David Frost, former UK chief negotiator in talks with the EU and now Prime Minister Boris Johnson's EU advisor.more
Exports from Britain to the European Union fell by 68% in January as trade was disrupted after the end of a transition period following Britain’s departure from the European Union, according to a trade body representing hauliers.more
Great Britain left the EU and there were no regulations that we could invoke to persuade the British to do something about the Pole in coma in Plymouth hospital - explains the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Piotr Wawrzyk in "Nasz Dziennik". He adds that the ministry is working on regulations to facilitate action in such a situation.more
The Brexit agreement’s Northern Ireland protocol will not be scrapped, the Irish government and the EU have said in an escalating row over the new trade barriers down the Irish Sea.more
Despite Brexit, more and more Portuguese citizens link their future with the UK. Since 2016, the number of Portuguese emigrating to England, Scotland and Wales, as well as people acquiring British citizenship, has also been growing significantly.more
The economic costs of independence for Scotland will be two to three times higher than Brexit, and in the event of secession, GDP per capita in Scotland will fall by as much as £ 2,000-2,800 per year, according to a report published yesterday by the London School of Economics.more