Tamara Cincik CEO and Founder of Fashion Roundtable said: "The work we do as the secretariat of the APPG for Textiles and Fashion goes to the heart of the work that Fashion Roundtable set out to achieve when we launched last November. It brings the worlds of fashion and politics into the Houses of Parliament, to better understand and work together. The meeting on the 16th May will be a fantastic opportunity for us to highlight the opportunities for the UK to trade across the Commonwealth, where growth and consumer demand for Made in Britain fashion has never been greater." 

Eszter Kantor, Fashion Roundtable's EU Politics Expert said: "For me, one of the interesting things is that there are no texts in brackets; meaning that there are no counter proposals for certain paragraphs. They are either accepted, not accepted or being clarified on a technical level. Normally parties bring their own solutions and suggestions and I am missing the suggestions from the UK`s side. I can see that citizens` rights has been agreed upon; so everyone can come and go and take residence until the end of 2020. Goods traded without tariffs, IP rights already earned stay as now, access to public procurement except for the non-discrimination part is agreed, UK payment to the EU is agreed."

UK fashion talent are the global leaders in this market: go to any fashion house or high street brand HQ across the world and you will meet Creative Directors, designers and CEOs from the UK. At the freelance end of the spectrum – itself a growing and vital part of our economy – many of our UK domicile talent travel weekly across numerous territories, but pay their tax here. Make their lives or international reputation in anyway lessened by poorly conceived Brexit and transition plans, and many of those talents will relocated, taking their taxes and creative brilliance with them.