Brexiteers promised that the benefits to Britain of leaving the EU would outweigh any short-term costs. That will depend to a large extent on the outcome of our exit negotiations. What is already clear, however, is that uncertainty over our future ties with Europe is taking a toll on the economy. InFacts is keeping a tally of the main repercussions of Brexit so far. Most of them are negative but a few are positive.
Thursday 25 August
UK retailers see best sales in six months as Brexit slump fades – CBI
Wednesday 24 August
UK mortgage approvals lowest in 18 months
Commercial property market hit by Brexit vote
Tuesday 23 August
UK investment funds suffered £5.7bn outflows after Brexit
UK banks seen losing customers after Brexit – study
UK manufacturing exports orders highest in two years after Brexit vote
Monday 22 August
May under pressure as big project spending slumps after Brexit vote
Friday 19 August
Brexit impact may hold back Co-op bank’s recovery plans, company warns
Thursday 18 August
Treasury document reveals every major bank expects post-Brexit recession
Norway writes down EU properties
Airports start exchanging less than one Euro for each Pound Sterling
Brexit concerns behind Federal Reserve decision not to raise interest rates in July
Wednesday 17 August
UK jobless falls to 1.64 million
World’s biggest banks already planning mass exodus from London after Brexit
Price of farmland falls as concerns over future of EU payments stifles the market
Doctors are leaving for EU already, health chiefs warn
Brexit decision diminishes migrant workers’ wages sent home
Tuesday 16 August
Fuel prices push up UK inflation rate to 0.6%
UK factory gate prices see biggest rise since 2014 after Brexit slump in sterling
Monday 15 August
Employers ‘more cautious’ on hiring post Brexit, survey says
Staycations on rise as Brexit hits the pound
Brexit threatens English language schools
Prices of UK homes for sale see biggest fall in nine months in August
UK space sector fears Brexit will hinder EU contract bids
Thursday 11 August
MoD facing ‘extra £700m costs post Brexit’
UK housing market ebbs after EU referendum – RICS survey
British charities urged to live with loss of EU funding
Peugeot raises UK prices to weather Brexit fallout
Wednesday 10 August
Brexit cost warning sounded by IFS
UK membership of single market worth 4% more in GDP
Brexit fears drive fall in land prices
UK borrowing costs at record lows amid jitters over Bank’s post-Brexit plan
Tuesday 9 August
Brexit will raise borrowing by £60bn
Retail sales rose in July despite Brexit slump fears, report finds
Friday 5 August
UK job market in ‘freefall’ after Brexit vote
UK house prices fall 1% after Brexit vote, says Halifax
Nissan warns future of UK car plant hinges on Brexit exit
Bank of England predicts UK will avoid short-term recession after Brexit vote
Wednesday 3 August
Brexit could herald the end of British fruit and veg sales, producers warn
Charities fear Brexit will lead to increased demand but put funding at risk
Brexit blamed for fall in crowdfunding deals
Farmer and rural business in limbo amid Brexit cash freeze
UK shoppers feel bite as grocery prices rise
Tuesday 2 August
UK construction activity deteriorates further after Brexit vote
Brexit fears prompt City workers to seek redundancy cover
Monday 1 August
UK manufacturing shrinks at fastest pace in over three years after Brexit vote
Week of 25-31 July
Ford considers closing factories and raising prices in Europe in the wake of Brexit
Third of foreign students less likely to come to UK after Brexit
Brexit shockwaves hit consumers, wages and construction
ITV to cut costs as Brexit uncertainty threatens revenue
Reducing immigration could strain Britain’s public services further
No US-UK trade deal ‘until Britain’s EU relationship clearer’
UK suspended payments from £3bn EU development fund days after Brexit vote
Ryanair to ‘pivot’ away from UK amid post-Brexit uncertainty
Manchester warns funding for ‘wonder material’ graphene at risk after Brexit
Erasmus exchange scheme may ban British students after Brexit
Brexit heightens global economic risks, says G20
Week of 18-24 July
Brexit causes dramatic drop in UK economy, data suggests
Funding concerns for UK’s northern business after Brexit vote
Brexit could force multibillion-pound projects to be scrapped, says NAO chief
Unilever warns shoppers of rising prices after Brexit vote
British strawberries could be wiped out by Brexit, farming leaders warn
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Former fisheries chief brands UK’s post-Brexit plan an ‘illusion’
WizzAir to cut planned UK routes due to Brexit vote
Hiring Brexit experts will ‘cost billions’
Brexit vote knocks UK manufacturers’ confidence to two-year low
Week of 11-17 July
Brexit blow to family finances will be significant, says Bank
Housing market ‘falters amid Brexit campaign and vote’
Brexit will force EU countries to make ‘deeper, costlier carbon cuts’
Brexit has added £245 to the price of a family holiday
Cost of fuel increases since EU referendum
UK scientists dropped from EU projects because of post-Brexit funding fears
Some buyers using “Brexit clause” to drop UK commercial property deals
Week of 4-10 July
Post-Brexit sterling decline will cost poor countries $4bn, claims study
France overtakes Britain as world’s fifth-largest economy as Brexit fears hit markets
More property funds suspended as Brexit tremors continue in the City
Universities already feeling post-Brexit pain
Week of 24 June – 3 July
Carney prepares for ‘economic post-traumatic stress’
EasyJet opens talks over post-Brexit HQ move
Government bond yields fall to fresh record lows led by UK Gilts
Osborne abandons 2020 UK surplus target
Vodafone among firms that may move HQs from post-Brexit Britain
Chaos ahead after Brexit vote, says UK’s food and drink industry body
Many companies plan to implement Brexit hiring freeze
NFU president: Food prices set to rise
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