News / Survey of UK exporters finds 71% suffer in post-Brexit EU trade deal

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Research undertaken by advocacy group the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) on 1,000 businesses, mostly SMEs, shows only 12% of UK exporters believed the trade and co-operation agreement (TCA), the post-Brexit trade deal with Europe, was enabling them to grow or increase sales, while 71% did not.

The survey results from respondents, many exporters and almost all SMEs of 250 employees or fewer were published yesterday.

“These smaller firms are feeling most of the pain of the new burdens in the TCA,” ...