9 in 10 Brits are worried that the supply chain crisis is here to stay November 9, 2021 New research reveals that over 90 per cent of Brits are worried that supply chain problems will be ongoing, throwing brand loyalty out the window.
PUP’s decision to withdraw support for Good Friday Agreement sends shockwaves through entire island November 8, 2021 Irish premier Micheal Martin has called on the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) to reconsider its decision to withdraw support for the Good Friday Agreement. The PUP said unionists should not support the peace deal because the consent principle, which is central to the 1998 accord, has been undermined by Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol. Martin said: “I [...]
EU could rip up Brexit trade deal if UK suspends NI Protocol, Simon Coveney warns November 7, 2021 Brussels could rip up the post-Brexit UK-EU trade deal if Boris Johnson suspends the Northern Ireland Protocol, Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney has warned. This would result in an effective no-deal Brexit as trade barriers would be immediately erected between the UK and the EU. Coveney today said the Brexit Withdrawal agreement, which contains the [...]
Brexit: UK drawing up plans to deny EU £15bn if there is no NI settlement : CityAM November 7, 2021 The UK is preparing to withdraw from major EU research programmes and deny Brussels £15bn if the row over the Northern Ireland Protocol is not resolved. The government is looking at alternatives to the EU’s Horizon Europe, Copernicus and Euratom programmes, which Brussels has blocked the UK from joining despite assurances in the post-Brexit divorce [...]
Brexit: UK to deny EU £15bn of funding if there is no Northern Ireland settlement November 7, 2021 The UK is preparing to withdraw from major EU research programmes and deny Brussels £15bn if the row over the Northern Ireland Protocol is not resolved. The government is looking at alternatives to the EU’s Horizon Europe, Copernicus and Euratom programmes, which Brussels has blocked the UK from joining despite assurances in the post-Brexit divorce [...]
Sir John Major slams government’s “shameful” handling of Paterson case November 6, 2021 Former Conservative Prime Minister John Major has criticised the government’s attempts to block the suspension of Owen Paterson for breaking lobbying rules. Speaking to BBC Radio 4, Major said: “I think the way the Government handled that was shameful, wrong and unworthy of this or indeed any government. It also had the effect of trashing [...]
Brexit stalemate: Frost calls for ‘intensive’ talks with EU on Northern Ireland November 5, 2021 Lord Frost has warned of “limited” progress on Northern Ireland at a Brussels meeting with the EU Commission sparking fears the UK will trigger Article 16. Brexit minister Frost is attempting to renegotiate an agreement which requires goods sent between Britain and Northern Ireland to undergo customs checks to avoid a hard border between Northern [...]
Brexit trade slump: Gov should cut burden on traders before full border arrives November 5, 2021 The government needs to cut the burden on traders at the UK-EU border to ease a post-Brexit trade slump, a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has said today. While the Government’s handling of the new border with the EU was “largely successful”, it has relied on temporary measures that are “not sustainable”, the [...]
How finance can help forge a cleaner future for all November 5, 2021 This article first appeared in ICAS’ CA magazine. Finance can help forge a cleaner future for all, and the contribution of accountants will prove essential, says James Alexander, CEO of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association Earlier this year, the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) celebrated its 30th birthday by publishing its policy [...]
David Frost ‘sets out concerns’ in crunch talks over post-Brexit fishing row with France November 4, 2021 UK Brexit minister Lord David Frost has today outlined the UK’s “position and concerns” over the post-Brexit fishing row with France in a crunch meeting with a senior French minister today. A Number 10 press release said Frost and European minister Clément Beaune met in Paris this morning where they “discussed the range of difficulties [...]