Business owners who have struggled since Brexit have high hopes for plans to negotiate a partnership with Germany
Small business owners, from left, Summer Obaid, Steph Douglas and Carolina Fransen are hoping Keir Starmer will give small businesses like theirs a boost after his discussions with the German Chancellor Olaf ScholzArt gallery owner Summer Obaid said that pre-Brexit, Germany was her business’s third biggest customer. Since the UK left the EU on 31 January, 2020, she says interest from the country has almost dropped off entirely.
She added: “Any positive news in this area will really help drive our business. It will open up those doors once again and make things cheaper for the customer too. Carolina Fransen, co-founder of UK based HealthTech startup Alvica, said Brexit hit her business hard The entrepreneur continued: “Keir Starmer’s efforts to engage in partnership talks with Germany is a very positive sign.
The 43-year-old, from Richmond, south-west London, said: “Once all the tariffs and paperwork came in after Brexit, it was made too complicated.
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