Irish firms ‘still have no Brexit plan’

Most firms on both sides of the border have no plan to deal with the fallout from Brexit even though 40% of businesses have already been affected in some way, according to trade promotions body InterTradeIreland’s Business Monitor survey.

The quarterly survey based on 750 managers in the North and the Republic also found a large majority of businesses have no plans to recruit more staff because they are already working at full capacity, and are possibly coming up against problems in finding staff with the right skills.

Some 95% of businesses have no active plan for Brexit, which said InterTradeIreland was “a real concern” because significant numbers of firms trading across both jurisdictions, as well as those who don’t, have been affected.