SMEs are facing a disproportionate impact from the UK’s new trading relationship with the EU, leaving many to evaluate whether cross-Channel trade is “worth it”.

Although there were expectations of a far more explosive start to post-Brexit life, the absence of truck queues on the motorway ...

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  • Paul Murphy

    March 19, 2021 at 12:16 pm

    Nothing will work without somehow getting back to a Customs Union. For SME’s this is the killer. It’s not just the VAT charge, it’s the admin charges on top for your customers. Remove those charges and there are no trade barriers. It’s a fallacy that you can somehow make up all those lost sales on the other side of the planet. Transport costs, Import taxes and Delivery Time. I’m not even hoping anymore, I’ve moved EU sales to the EU.