If you run a business that employers workers from outside of the UK but within the EU then you may be on tender hooks at the moment, unsure of how and when the Brexit deal will affect you.

Many businesses are currently feeling very vulnerable and not only from a workforce planning perspective, but the impact this will have from an administrative point of view. Lots of people from the EU are currently employed in the UK mostly in jobs in the agricultural, health care or services industry. If they were suddenly not allowed to work here, this could cause a massive disruption for them and their employers. Currently, people who are citizens of a country within the EU are allowed to work throughout the EU unrestricted. Following Brexit, it may be that this is not the case and a lot more restrictions are put in place making it harder to fill these job vacancies. It may be that the new laws that come in to place after the UK leaves the EU only affects people who are currently not working here (anyone new looking to work in the UK). But no one knows the full effect this will have until a deal can be reached.