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Artic blast: Why Dover chaos could be like losing Britain’s biggest truck fleets
Read the new blog on truck chaos, and how a 70 second delay for each truck could mean a 6 day queue at Dover.
A return to the Corn Laws in the 21st Century - lessons from the past on keeping food affordable.
Although the story of the Corn Laws is a complex one, it holds valuable lessons for the world we now find ourselves in – especially, of course, with regards to the risks of interfering with the price or availability of food.
Grate expectations: Why Truss is right to champion cheese in trade talks
We need Liz Truss and her team to land a Japanese trade deal, one that covers cars and cheese just like the EU arrangement we’re walking away from.
Our EU divorce: Checking in from across the Channel
While Parliament goes on recess for the Summer, Best for Britain's Flora Hutchings takes stock of where we are in terms of the progress being (or not being) made in terms of Britain’s divorce from Europe.
Carbs, Cummings and the coming storm: What do you expect?
CEO Naomi Smith looks at the Government's major mismanagement of expectations. New blog from @BestforBritain
Tokyo Story: in Japan, adoption is a business decision, one that holds valuable trade lessons for the UK
Campaigns Officer Laura Savage looks at what an unusual Japanese tradition can tell the UK about international negotiation.
You can’t kill half a cow: why getting an EU trade deal is a big deal
Our Head of Press, Ludo Sappa Cohen, looks at why landing a trade deal is not the end of a process, merely one step in a complex series of processes, albeit an extremely important step.
Tim Tams, sheep slashing and a $1m Trump donation: Some things Johnson didn’t tell you in that Aussie trade deal speech
Scratch the surface of this Flim Flam Tim Tam stunt, and some genuine issues become immediately apparent; issues relevant far beyond the walls of chocolate biscuit factories, be they in Stockport or Sydney.
Let's talk about the F-word
Best for Britain polled more than a thousand SME owners and asked them to express their feelings on Brexit and the coronavirus recession in 5 words. Which one came up the most? It wasn't fudge
Northern Ireland: a political Schrödinger’s cat?
Northern Ireland finds itself the innocent subject of a huge geo-economic experiment as UK-EU negotiations continue. NI must be in Europe, but not of Europe. Or vice-versa. No one is really sure.
We must adjust the sails
Naomi Smith, CEO of Best for Britain, explains why we must adjust our sails in the face of a new political reality.
New political balls please: What Wimbledon can teach us about taking tricky decisions in the age of Covid-19 and Brexit
Flora Hutchings, Best for Britain's Head of External Affairs, examines what preparation is still needed if the UK ends Brexit transition at the end of this year. And what the process is to extend transition to allow more preparation time.
We must extend transition beyond 31 Dec 2020
Naomi Smith, CEO of Best for Britain, explains why she thinks we must extend Brexit transition beyond 31 Dec 2020