Preparation is key for the new border reality

Brian Keegan, director of public affairs at Chartered Accountants Ireland, talks to John Daly

Brian Keegan: 'While businesses that import or export directly with the UK will be affected, the effects of this will be much wider.'

WITH the Brexit endgame fast approaching, the clock is ticking down for Irish export companies to prepare for new trading challenges on the horizon. Trading conditions between the UK and EU will change from

January 1, 2021, and while the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland will avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland, Brexit will still bring changes to trade that will impact on business.