“It is hard to predict the precise direction fintech businesses in the U.K. will take after Brexit. Like all parts of the financial services sector, the outcome will depend on the type of Brexit the U.K. sees. However, the impact on fintech is especially hard to predict because its ...
But it was a fait acompli, and so ultimately as of 2021 Britain is well on track to formally completing its exit from the European Union. This leaves many people scrambling to try to understand what a post-Brexit future will look like for the UK....
Another effect of the pandemic – and Brexit, for those based in the UK – was its interference with global supply chains that have affected the availability of goods, legal and illegal. Where many goods previously relied on the EU’s ease of movement, this whole bus...
One Year On: How is Brexit Affecting the Economy?Awais Ahmed
If a no-deal Brexit is reached, it could significantly impact how you fly for business between the UK and EU. Airfares could rise, and there might not be the varied choice in carrier there is currently. This could also have a knock-on effect on the routes those carriers fly, with reduc...
The 2019 General Election in the UK also led to more and more headlines around voters feeling the overwhelm of a relentless news cycle, which also came on the heels of the country voting for Brexit and leaving the European Union. A 2024 survey1 conducted in the UK by Headspace shows that...
To top things off, when socio-political events (think of Brexit in the UK, for example) threaten market stability, companies are forced to over-order for contingency purposes. When surplus property grows out of control, it can be really bad for business. Why having surplus inventory is bad...
The UK can often see a high beta (volatility) across a whole sector. House builders, for example, all saw an increased beta figure in recent years, driven in part by the fears over any Brexit impact. Mining companies, and the associated services, are another sector that can see sizeable ...
Due to uncertainties regarding Brexit and increasingly stringent FDI screening in European Union (EU) countries, the announced Chinese overseas M&A activities recorded the largest ever decline in deal value, decreasing 86.6% YoY to US$3.6 billion in H1 2019. M&A deals by Chinese companies were main...
There is currently limited transparency as to the actions of the DHSC in the UK regarding decisions affecting supply chains and it is unclear if the UK is following a similar system to the EU. In 2023, organisations representing UK pharmacists called for reforms to the systems used ...