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Toolkit: Understanding the UK’s relationship with the EU

Use this toolkit to access the exclusive advice, guidance, and good practice the CBI has developed with members to support your business.

08 Jun 2022, 1 min read
Understanding the UK’s new relationship with the EU

The case for business

The Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) between the UK and the EU offers a markedly different basis for market access. This means that there are a number of extra processes and considerations business must now take into account when trading between the UK and the EU.

The trading relationship between the UK and EU affects every business in the UK in different ways – whether you’re part of a pan-European supply chain, stock European products or rely on the skills of EU nationals.

  • 5.8 million EU jobs are linked to UK-EU trade

  • The EU is the single largest destination for UK services: worth £120bn annually to the UK economy

  • Over 75% of UK data flows are with the EU, underlining our close links and digital interdependency

The CBI has created this toolkit, in partnership with our members, to help firms trade with the EU. 

  • NEED TO KNOW

    Key resources to help your business trade with the EU

    READ

    Discover how the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) impacts the key rules and regulations that your business operates under.

    Learn about how the UK-EU TCA impacts your current staff, your business’ future recruitment of EU nationals, and your ability to move citizens between the UK and the EU for work.

    Find out how the UK-EU TCA impacts the regulation of goods and services, for your business.

    Learn how the way you sell goods, works or services to public bodies has been impacted post-transition, and what your business can do to respond.

    Find out how the UK-EU TCA impacts the flow of personal data.

    Understand how the UK-EU TCA impacts access to banking, insurance and financial services.

    Find out how the UK-EU TCA impacts the funding your business receives from the EU.

  • BE INSPIRED

    Learn from other businesses and take the next step on your journey

    READ

    Find out how Pricecheck, an international distributor of fast moving consumer goods, have beat the Brexit challenge

    Read Geo’s Simon Anderson vision of an enterprise economy post Brexit.

    Learn how increasing your overseas sales can keep your business growing and protect you from uncertainty at home

    Discover how Ward Hadaway made sure their export arrangements were Brexit proof.

    WATCH 

    SME webinar: Brexit - unpacking supply chain challenges

    CBI @10am: Trade in services: where next for the UK's relationship with the EU?

    CBI @10am: Brexit stocktake spotlight on goods and customs

    CBI @10am: One month on: what's next for our future relationship with the EU?

    CBI @10am CBI @10am: Preparing for the end of transition: goods and customs

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