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WHAT'S NEXT?: Achieving Brexit will dominate the UK's agenda up to and beyond 2020 with uncertainty rife until clear decisions are made on the form of Great Britain's future relationship with the EU and the rest of the world.

[New] Imports Intra Eu - Books, Newspapers, Pictures & Related in the United Kingdom is expected to be GBP 49.08 Million by the end of this quarter.
[New] Imports of Zinc & Related Articles in the United Kingdom is expected to be GBP 26.70 Million by the end of this quarter.
[New] Imports - Woven Fabrics, Tufted Textile, Lace & Tapestries in the United Kingdom is expected to be GBP 23.14 Million by the end of this quarter.
[New] Despite some recent vaccine concerns, the United Kingdom, United States and Canada are predicted to have two-thirds of their population vaccinated by the middle of 2021.
[New] The UK's National Health Service is on the brink of collapse as floods of patients suffering from COVID-19 overwhelm hospitals, and a recent surge in cases will likely make things work.
[New] With a new trading relationship now agreed between the UK and the EU, and the COVID-19 vaccination programme underway, we hope to see some level of optimism and positivity return in 2021.
[New] Financial support will inevitably come to an end and with the UK officially being in recession for the first time in 11 years, and Europe facing a deeper-than-expected downturn, tough times and further uncertainty lay ahead.
[New] The UK has ordered an additional 10 million doses of the mRNA vaccine developed by US company Moderna, on top of 7 million which it pre-ordered last year, but supplies for the additional doses are not expected to arrive until spring.
[New] According to ORE Catapult, tidal energy to the UK alone is estimated at £1.4 billion GVA creating 4000 jobs by 2030 (8100 jobs by 2040) and getting to net zero by 2050 (driving carbon emissions down by 1 Mt per year by 2030 and 4 Mt by 2040).
[New] The UK recently announced plans to expand offshore wind capacity by 2030 and invest in SMR development to meet net-zero carbon emissions goals by 2050.
[New] Complete satellite integration will take place at Airbus facilities in the UK followed by testing using RAL Space testing facilities at Harwell in Oxfordshire supporting the UK Space Agency initiative for sovereign UK end-to-end satellite production and support.
[New] The UK and Scottish Government's respective 2050 and 2045 net zero targets will require extensive electrification in energy generation and the UK's transport and heat sectors.
[New] Fears over the impact of the UK's new trading relationship with the EU and the attractiveness of the UK for both investment and talent are clouding the outlook for manufacturers at the start of 2021.
[New] The UK Government have confirmed that Certificates of inspection will not be required for goods entering GB from the EU and EEA for the first six months of 2021.
[New] Governments will meet later in 2021 in Scotland for crucial UN talks aimed at building upon the Paris deal, which committed countries to avoiding a disastrous global temperature rise of 1.5 C from pre-industrial levels.
[New] Under new plans devised by the UK government, London hotels are going to be used as quarantine facilities for recovering Covid patients to ease the pressure on the NHS.
[New] The Department of Health and Social Care issued guidance that Covid positive patients in England who have been in isolation in hospital for 14 days are not considered to pose an infection risk and do not have to be retested.
[New] With a greater propensity for transmission comes an increased likelihood that healthcare providers will become overwhelmed with an ever-increasing demand for their services, as is feared the case for the UK's National Health Service.
[New] Australia has long been regarded as dragging the chain on the percentage reduction of GHG emissions: in comparison, whereas the UK is committed to a reduction of 68% in GHG emissions compared to 1990 levels by 2030, Australia remains committed to a reduction of 26 to 28% of 2005 levels by 2030.
[New] The UK government is proposing to fast-track empty supermarket food lorries returning to Europe to restock, as concerns mount in Whitehall that post-Brexit port disruption threatened supermarket supply shortages (The Financial Times £).
[New] The United Kingdom will deploy 24/7 vaccination centres in a bid to meet ambitious targets to vaccinate 14 million people by mid-February as promised.
[New] Stricter COVID-19 virus restrictions in England and elsewhere in the UK point to fresh GDP losses in late-2020 and early 2021, implying the UK will endure a short-lived double-dip recession.

Last updated: 19 January 2021

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