Global Britain

Trade with Singapore was worth £17.6bn to the UK in 2019. Once finalised, this agreement should create opportunities to increase that figure through long-standing UK exporters and fast-growing small and medium sized businesses.

In terms of imports in goods, it is striking that non-EU imports have been higher than EU imports for nine months in a row.

The announcement of a deal between the US, the UK, France, Austria, Italy and Spain on digital services taxes, and transitioning unilateral measures taken beforehand, will be strongly welcomed by business in the UK

The BCC looks forward to engaging with the UK Government and the New Zealand Ambassador in the final stages of these negotiations and to giving our views on the draft text at the earliest

Business voices need to be heard loud and clear in the dialogue between the UK Government and the European Commission over the next few weeks.

Labour shortages across the economy, in particular HGV drivers, are identified as a factor in relatively weak imports and exports performance. This further makes the case for Government’s new supply chain task force to

An agreed solution between the United Kingdom and the EU on how the Protocol should work and businesses comply with it, is by far the best outcome. It offers clarity for businesses and certainty

BCC looks forward to working with the Europe Export Support Service and hope it will prove complementary to the unrivalled support the Chamber Network provides to exporting UK companies

Announcement of a delay is sensible given the ongoing issues with ensuring trader readiness, the need to build more border control posts and the skills shortages crisis.