Get ready for Brexit, because this time it’s for real BBCSimonJack on the daunting checklists facing UK business
What the government makes clear here is that there will be no last minute reprieve this time. Businesses used to hearing how they should rush to get ready only to have the reality postponed will get a nasty shock if they adopt that attitude this time around.
HMRC estimates that the cost to UK business of having to fill out 200 million additional annual customs declarations alone will be £6.5bn a year. Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove, speaking in the Commons on Monday, insists that our departure from the EU heralds a host of new opportunities for increased trade with the rest of the world.
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