Combat staff shortages by relaxing Brexit immigration rules, says CBI
Business lobby group warns failure to act will put UK's economic recovery from Covid crisis at risk Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The UK's biggest business lobby group has called on the government to relax post-Brexit immigration rules to help companies struggling with staff shortages to ...
Richard Partington Economics correspondent / Guardian | Mon, 28 Jun 2021 21:30:52
Lorry driver shortage: UK government and retailers in emergency talks
Defra looks for solutions as Covid and Brexit problems threaten to leave gaps on supermarket shelves The UK government has held emergency talks with retailers, logistics groups and wholesalers as a shortage of lorry drivers threatens to leave gaps on supermarket shelves. Officials from the Department for Environment, Food and ...
Sarah Butler / Guardian | Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:19:31
Nissan expected to announce plans to build battery 'gigafactory' in Sunderland
Japanese carmaker understood to be preparing to build 200,000 batteries for electric vehicles every year in the UK Japanese carmaker Nissan is set to confirm plans to build a battery in Sunderland this week, handing a significant post-Brexit jobs and investment boost to the UK's under-pressure automotive sector. Nissan is ...
Rob Davies and Richard Partington / Guardian | Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:09:08
EU Accepts UK Data Protection Regime Equivalency
The European Commission (EC) has ruled that the UK's data protection laws are secure enough to allow personal data to continue flowing freely between the UK and the EU for at least another four years. Another Brexit myth busted, then... Despite repeated scaremongering from the Twitterati that the EC wouldn't ...
Adam Cherry / Guido Fawkes' blog | Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:52:45
Jersey agrees last-minute extension of post-Brexit fishing transition arrangement
Jersey has agreed a last-minute extension to post-Brexit transition arrangements allowing some French vessels to keep fishing in its waters.
Sky | Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:38:00
How Britain's Channel ports avoided Brexit meltdown
Stockpiling, Covid and French pragmatism all helped to avert gridlock - but experts warn it could still materialise
FT | Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:36:38
Event: Queen's Policy Engagement June Post-Brexit Clinic Wednesday 30 June 2021 at 12.30pm...
Following on from our long-running series of Brexit Clinics at Queen's, this new series of public engagement events look at the latest developments in the UK's post-Brexit relationship with the EU and at the implementation of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland. Since our last Clinic, the two main Unionist party ...
Queen's Policy Engagement / Slugger O'Toole | Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:01:39