With less that a week to go, some real information for companies needing to deal with the consequences of Brexit is available. The summary document is here: UK government ‘UK-EU trade and cooperation agreement summary’. UPDATE: The full 1,200 page document is now available: ‘Trade and cooperation agreement (including annexes and protocols)’. Less than a week’s notice after four years…. You ...
How will UK technical standards operate following the completion of Brexit? No one knows for sure, but who is better placed to read the runes than the British Standards Institution, which has watched over UK standards for more than a century. The short answer is that a number of standards used in the UK could be affected as soon as ...
Brexit is the elephant in the room that Electronics Weekly doesn’t write about, simply because no facts are available. Almost no sensible guidance can be produced by anyone, as everything is guesswork. However, companies are trying to prepare, and the government/civil service is at least maintaining a pool of information on what paperwork will be needed under various circumstances, on ...
The Prime Minister’s Brexit Deal will provide the UK’s £130 billion digital sector with the certainty it needs to continue to thrive says Jeremy Wright Secretary of State fore Digital Culture Media and Sport. “We have secured the best deal possible to protect our businesses and make sure our personal data is processed safely and securely,” says the Sec of ...
The BSI Group will remain members of two key European standards bodies, writes techUK CEO Julian David.
The UK government has published the first tranche of guidance should the UK leave the EU with ‘no deal’. They can be found here on the Department for exiting the European Union website. According to the Department in the introductory document: “This document puts the government’s technical notices in context, explaining the current progress in negotiations and the unlikely circumstances ...
Less than one third (28%), have considered relocating following the Brexit vote
Three quarters of the UK’s tech scale-up businesses are confident Brexit won’t hurt them, says a study
A CBI study called ‘ Smooth Operations’ looks at the regulatory needs of 23 industries and service sectors after Brexit. The CBI study says Brexit presents opportunities for rule changes in sectors such as agriculture, shipping and tourism that could ultimately benefit the British economy and consumers. However, the report adds that opportunities for divergence are vastly outweighed by the ...
Theresa May’s decision to take the UK out of the EU’s Digital Single Market (DSM) has sent a shockwave through the country’s digital community. The fear is that the technology sector will faces a prolonged period of commerial and trading uncertainty. The head of one the UK’s larger internet hosting firms UKFast believes leaving the DSM is unnecessary and creates ...
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