Global UK - charting challenges and opportunities in life after Brexit

The future for Global UK is fraught with opportunity.

This report looks at some of the remaining short-term challenges that are likely to be material in shaping the longer-term post-COVID and post-Brexit future.

Client Insights Lead Andy Hartwill to take the possibility of an early general election (before 2024) as defining the boundary between the two time-frames: the outcome could bring important changes on the path towards at least the foothills of a longer-term post-Brexit landscape.

Its sunny uplands may still be shrouded in mist but while there are many unknowns, the inevitable rebalancing of the UK economy, both domestically and overseas, will create opportunities for some.

Topics covered in the report include:

• the next UK general election
• the direction of travel of the UK in a post-EU world based on its political leanings
• pandemic response, job scheme tapering,
• remaining issues in the implementation of the Withdrawal Act and the Northern Ireland Protocol
• economic recovery since the COVID recession
• new trade deals
• where the greatest opportunities for the UK overseas lie
• what the challenges for service sectors overseas are
• thoughts on the blueprint for the future of the UK economy