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About 1,000 EU Finance Firms, Such as Insurers, Eye Post-Brexit Outposts in UK
Feb 22 2021 // Around 1,000 European Union finance firms are expected to open their first offices in the UK after losing their passporting rights because of Brexit. Roughly two-thirds of the 1,500 money managers, payment firms and...
Brexit Boosts Amsterdam Ahead of London as Europe’s Top Stock Trading Center
Feb 11 2021 // Amsterdam has displaced London as Europe’s biggest share trading center after Britain left the European Union’s single market, and picked up a chunk of UK derivatives business along the way, according to data...
UK Insurers Not Likely to See Cuts in Capital Requirements After Brexit: Bank of England
Feb 10 2021 // The Bank of England told insurers on Wednesday not to expect any big reduction in capital requirements after Brexit, adding that more capital could be “part of the answer” to meeting a 1.7 billion pound bill...
Many UK Companies Report Difficulties with Post-Brexit Trade Arrangements: HSBC
Feb 5 2021 // LONDON – Around 40% of British companies that import and export said the shift to a new trading arrangement with the European Union had made trade more cumbersome last month, a survey showed on Thursday. The report from...
UK Businesses Are Being Hit with Post-Brexit Delays, Bureaucracy – And Higher Costs
Feb 1 2021 // Truckloads of British pig meat waiting to be shipped to Germany and stuffed into bratwursts perished at UK ports this month while stuck in line for customs clearance. It’s a story that barely made a ripple in the UK,...
UK Businesses Face Miles of Red Tape with New Brexit Border Rules
Jan 12 2021 // While the mile-long lines of trucks have dissipated at ports, UK businesses are waking up to less visible forms of friction at the border with the European Union that may cause more enduring damage. From health...
Brexit Ends Britons’ Right to Live and Work in EU – And Travel Insurance Is Essential
Dec 30 2020 // LONDON (AP) – So far, the large majority of British and EU citizens have not felt the realities of Brexit. Though the UK left the European Union on Jan. 31, it follows the bloc’s rules until the end of this year as...
European Freight Forwarders Reject UK Deliveries on Fears of Post-Brexit Border Chaos
Dec 30 2020 // European freight forwarders are rejecting contracts to take loads into the UK due to fears the chaos at Dover could be repeated post-Brexit. Transporeon, a German software company that monitors real-time data on freight...
Cross-Border Workers in Gibraltar to Retain Free Movement with Spain After Brexit
Dec 29 2020 // MADRID – Cross-border workers who commute between Gibraltar and Spain will be exempt from border controls after Brexit even if no agreement on free movement is reached with Britain, Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha...
What Will Brexit Trade Deal Mean for City of London?
Dec 28 2020 // LONDON – Britain, which left the European Union in January, loses full access to the bloc under transition arrangements that end at 2300 GMT on Dec. 31. The 27-nation EU is Britain’s biggest financial services...
EU and UK Clinch Narrow Brexit Deal, Just Days Before Transition Period Expires
Dec 24 2020 // Britain clinched a narrow Brexit trade deal with the European Union on Thursday, just seven days before it exits one of the world’s biggest trading blocs in its most significant global shift since the loss of...
Brexit Trade Deal Talks Enter ‘Final Stages’
Dec 23 2020 // BRUSSELS – Britain and the European Union are close to clinching a Brexit trade deal, diplomats said on Wednesday and, while it could still be days away, it appears that the estranged allies will avoid a turbulent...
Brexit Trade Talks in ‘Final Push’ to Resolve Rift over Fishing Rights
Dec 22 2020 // BRUSSELS/LONDON — The European Union is giving a “final push” in a bid to strike a Brexit trade deal with Britain, the bloc’s chief negotiator said on Tuesday. Britain is set to complete its...
PM Johnson Faces Deal-Or-No-Deal Choice as EU Balks at UK’s Brexit Demands
Dec 21 2020 // Boris Johnson faces a choice in the next few hours that will define his premiership: accept a trade deal with the European Union or go it alone. It could scarcely have come at a more difficult time for him. As he faces a...
Brexit Trade Talks Reach Impasse with Both UK and EU Demanding Compromise
Dec 18 2020 // BRUSSELS/LONDON – The European Union said on Friday there were just hours left to strike a Brexit trade deal while Britain called on the bloc to see sense as the two sides race to prevent a turbulent finale to the Brexit...
Brexit Trade Negotiations Make Progress but Success Still Isn’t Certain: EU Chief
Dec 16 2020 // BRUSSELS – Britain and the European Union have moved closer to sealing a new trade deal but it was still unclear if they would succeed, the bloc’s chief executive said on Wednesday. Britain and the EU are in the...
UK Insurtech Zego Gets Dutch Broking License, Enabling Post-Brexit Growth in EU
Dec 16 2020 // Zego, the London-based fleet and mobility insurance provider, has received a broking license from the Dutch regulator AFM. The license provides a foundation for the company’s continued expansion across Europe,...
Tortuous Brexit Trade Talks Get New Breath of Life but Next Few Days Are Critical
Dec 14 2020 // BRUSSELS/LONDON – European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Monday that sealing a trade pact with Britain was still possible before the country’s final break with the 27-nation bloc on Dec. 31 but the...
No-Deal Brexit Grows More Likely as UK-EU Trade Talks Remain Deadlocked
Dec 11 2020 // Britain is likely to complete its journey out of the European Union in three weeks without a trade deal, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday. Britain quit...
Fears Grow of No-Deal-Brexit Chaos as EU-UK Standoff Continues
Dec 7 2020 // BRUSSELS/LONDON – Post-Brexit trade talks hung in the balance on Monday as Britain and the European Union made a last-ditch attempt to bridge significant differences and reach a deal that would avoid a disorderly exit in...
