Brexit

Merger, Acquisition Activity Booming In UK After Brexit Vote

Deal-making involving UK companies has picked up in the two years since the country's decision to leave the European Union, defying worries that Brexit wou...

Irish Food And Drink Firms Wary Of Customs Compliance With UK Post Brexit

More than four fifths (89%) of Irish food and drink firms are wary of the impact that customs compliance with the UK and Northern Ireland will have on thei...

UK Food & Farming Sector Unites To Set Brexit Objectives For Government

Leaders of over 100 organisations across the UK’s food supply chain have signed a manifesto outlining key principles they believe can help ensure tha...

Brexit Jitters Hit UK Food And Drink Sector Confidence, But Investment Plans Continue

UK food and drink manufacturers are feeling the pinch of Brexit uncertainty, but they are moving forward with investment plans to boost productivity, autom...

EU Launches Battle For Bigger Post-Brexit Budget

The European Commission met on Wednesday to agree proposals for a bigger, new multi-year budget that will trigger battles among member states over how to f...

Tax Cut Was ‘Decisive' For Unilever's HQ Choice, Say Dutch Gov't Memos

The scrapping of a Dutch tax on dividends was "decisive" for Unilever in deciding whether it would choose the Netherlands or Britain as its base,...

Dairy Firm Arla Launches Cost-Cutting After Brexit Hit

Arla Foods, one of the world's biggest dairy companies, said a weaker pound after Britain's vote to leave the European Union prompted it to start a cost-cu...

UK Firms More Optimistic After Brexit Transition Deal: Deloitte

Britain's Brexit transition deal last month has boosted confidence among finance chiefs at some of the country's leading companies, a survey published on M...