Trade and Investment in the UK Finance Sector

Critical Issues in Business Management

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1
Q1 Explaining the key trends in trade of goods and services between Commonwealth
countries...........................................................................................................................................2
Q2 Analysing the impact of Brexit on trade and investment within the finance sector of UK.......6
Q3 Evaluating possible challenges and opportunities of multinational enterprise in finance
sector on post Brexit........................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION 8
REFERENCES 10

INTRODUCTION
Trading of goods, services and manpower are not new to the world as the history of
trading is as old as the humans exist in the world. In simple terms trading is the exchange of
goods and service between two countries in return of money. In the present report all the
critical issues regarding the business management and trading are to be included. It will also
include Commonwealth countries of the world and the mode of trading between them.
Commonwealth countries is a group of nations of inter-governmental organisations of 53
members states that are mostly former territories of British Empire. All the Commonwealth
countries are generally forming a voluntary association of 53 sovereign states. The report will
also cover Brexit Britain's decision to withdraw its name from the European Union in a
referendum 23th June 2016 with about 51.9% vote. This decision of Britain to leave EU has
greatly impacted trade and investment within finance sector in UK. The report will further
cover the effect of Brexit on the multinational enterprise of UK and how their growth are
stagnated or evolved after Brexit. At the end the report will conclude with the impact of
Brexit on trade and investment within the finance sector of UK.

Illustration 1: Commonwealth Trade review 2015
[Source: Commonwealth Trade review. 2015]
Q1 Explaining the key trends in trade of goods and services between Commonwealth
countries.
Initially the word globalization was only confirmed to developed or powerful
countries of world but now the door of technology is also opened for small and developing
countries of the world as well. There are number of small enterprise in these small countries
of Commonwealth nations like that of Jamaica and Kenya which are giving opportunities to
them. Then they in future develop to more large scale industries by adopting the way of
digital marketing or e-commerce website like that of eBay. The individual in these small
nations are using digital platform in learning, finding work and then they show their talent by
building personal network.