Brexit: Employers with staff going abroad 'must prepare for no deal'

The Health Insurance Group warns

Adam Saville
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UK passports which expire in less than six months 'could be problematic'

Staff with less than six months left on their passports travelling to Europe for work may run into difficulties in the event of a no deal Brexit, Sarah Dennis, head of international for The Health Insurance Group, has warned. Efforts should be made to ensure passports are renewed in time for the 29 March deadline to avoid the possibility of long delays due to the processing of large numbers of applications. According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS), it is estimated that 4.8 million people within the UK travelled to the EU for business in 2017, while The Independent has repo...

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