Cabinet ministers sending “urgent message” to businesses about being ready for post Brexit trade changes, deal or not, acknowledging “challenging times” but saying that failing to do so risks business interruptions... https://www.gov.uk/government/news/are-you-ready-for-our-new-relationship-with-the-eu
NEW: Cabinet office/Treasury minister Lord Agnew tells MPs traders “not as ready as should be” and criticised a “head in the sand” attitude to biz preps for new post Brexit customs and regulatory border on January 1st warning them to “wake up” and that “their businesses at stake”
The minister accepted to the Treasury Select Committee that businesses were facing a “quadruple whammy” of Covid/ recession as well as repeated Brexit deadlines...
Some business groups deeply unhappy - food and drink foundation say comments “outrageous” https://twitter.com/david_fdfscot/status/1315968365157122054?s=21
IoD point to a lack of complete information... https://twitter.com/allierenison/status/1315959012970639360?s=21
Recruiters say “it’s your own fault” re post Brexit preparedness “won’t wash in a pandemic” https://twitter.com/recneil/status/1315977355836391424
You can follow @faisalislam.
Tip: mention @twtextapp on a Twitter thread with the keyword “unroll” to get a link to it.

Latest Threads Unrolled: