Brexit red tape puts brakes on UK innovation and EU sales

‘Many global manufacturers now regard the UK as just too difficult to do business with.’ Photograph: fStop Images/Caspar Benson/Getty Images

British inventions are being brought to market overseas because new Brexit safety certification rules mean they can’t be sold in the UK.

Trade bodies and entrepreneurs have blamed the government’s decision to stop accepting the European Union’s CE mark and instead create a new UK Conformity Assessed (UKCA) mark showing that a product is safe.