Brexit: 'Low take-up of no-deal fund concerning'
Government funding to help UK companies cope with a possible no-deal Brexit customs system has had a"concerningly low" take-up, BBC News has learned.
An estimated 240,000 UK businesses currently trade with the EU. Many of these would be expected to need training if the customs system changed. As the UK is in the EU single market and customs union - which help trade between EU members by eliminating checks and tariffs - these businesses currently face no customs barriers at all.And that would include leaving the single market and customs union, so the way in which companies trade with the EU would change.
Nicole Sykes, head of EU Negotiations at the Confederation of British Industry , said the government had failed to adequately publicise the scheme.
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