Fashion Roundtable's Briefing: The Impact Of Brexit On Fashion

Following an industry-wide roundtable meeting, Fashion Roundtable have highlighted the key issues, impacts and unforeseen consequences of Brexit in our ​open letter​, with a call to action. This letter will be presented to the Government asking that we can sit at a roundtable meeting with the relevant Ministers for the fashion industry in the coming weeks, to help them create solutions which will help save our industry. Read our concise roundup of the key areas threatening the UK fashion industry:

Key Points

• Ending tax-free shopping will place the UK luxury fashion sector at a competitive disadvantage given the EU27 offer tax-free shopping to international visitors.

• Not including garment manufacturers on the Shortage Occupation List for Visas puts British garment manufacturing at risk of losing skilled EEA workers.

• The Craft & Design T-Level course should be brought forward to mitigate against the thousands of vacancies currently unfilled in our UK factories.

• UK brands/designers should not be disadvantaged by a lack of clarity concerning unregistered design rights and simultaneous disclosure.

• The so-called “Percy Pig” problem concerning rules of origin is significant, as some goods sold will still be subject to substantial tariffs even if manufactured within the EU, imported to the UK and then re-exported to the EU.