Swift action is needed to minimise the disruption many Lancashire businesses are experiencing as a result of Brexit, according to one of the county’s top exporters.
Marmite falls victim to Brexit red tape
04/07/2021
“I have been trying to find Marmite for days at various supermarkets, but everywhere I’ve been told it’s out of stock, it’s never happened before,” Stephanie Wilson, who moved to Cyprus from Milton Keynes in 1998, told the Sunday Mail.
The Economic and Social Research Institute estimates that Brexit has led to a 45% reduction in goods imports coming from the UK to Ireland.
Close to 59 per cent fashion brands have said that Brexit has impacted their business since the end of the transition, as per a recent report. About 25 per cent of the brands surveyed said they have considered relocating all or part of their businesses and 91 per cent of them want a visa that allows creative access to EU countries cheaply and quickly.
Trading difficulties are behind the 38% fall.
Up to £9.5bn-worth of UK exports to the EU between January and July have had tariffs placed on them despite “tariff-free” trade deal, analysis for Channel 4’s Dispatches shows.
The number of UK businesses exporting to the EU fell by a third in 2021, new figures revealed.
Brexit will lead to permanent loss of trade in meat, says BMPA’s new Brexit Impact Report
29/03/2021
The British Meat Processors Association has published a Brexit Impact Report which draws on the experiences of meat exporters to date and says problems with new rules at the border are not going away and predicts a permanent reduction in trade.
Cycloc says ‘Kafkaesque’ rules have cost it £100,000 in latest tale of how EU exit is harming small firms.
Government accused of ‘failure and broken promises’, as exports set to slump next year.
In the months after Boris Johnson signed his post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union, the coronavirus masked the economic damage of leaving the bloc. As the pandemic drags on, the cost is becoming clearer -- and voters are noticing.
ONS figures could be a sign that the UK is losing its overall competitiveness, say experts.
But the UK’s departure means far-reaching changes for the Irish economy. We are already seeing signs of how things may shake out and the really fundamental changes it means for many businesses, for consumers and for trade.
The ONS revealed that total trade in goods with EU countries tumbled by 23.1% in the first quarter compared with three years ago.
UTTER CAR CRASH by Andrew Bowie [3 mins]
07/12/2022
'UTTER CAR CRASH by Andrew Bowie. Doesn't accept Brexit has hurt exports / Promises to grow EU trade, but can't say how / Promises simplified processes, but can't say how / Thinks he can negotiate customs with EU members state-by-state.'
Exports to the EU plunged massively last month compared with January 2020.
It would be wrong to focus too much on 2021 when looking at the effects of Brexit on UK trade. We have just published a new paper looking at how it affected UK trade between 2015 and 2018. It shows for the first time that fears about Brexit weakened the UK’s trading position long before the vote to leave the EU even took place.
Volume of Irish-British freight traffic has been ‘significantly altered’ by Brexit, survey suggests
13/08/2021
Post-Brexit trade frictions have led to ferry freight flows between Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland dropping by 29% in the first half of 2021.
Business leaders say the second anniversary of Brexit today has been marked by continuing difficulties for exporters trying to trade with the EU.
The United Kingdom lost market share in the United States, Germany and China during the COVID-19 pandemic due to global trade chaos, Brexit and poor productivity, according to new research published on Monday.
Exports to the EU have plummeted by 68% since Brexit
The trade impact of Brexit is laid bare in the latest Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, which shows a huge surge in imports to Ireland of goods from Europe and a sharp fall in goods bought from Britain, as Irish companies opened up new supply chains to avoid tariffs and delivery delays on goods from the UK.
Business grew to the extent that the company began exporting successfully to Europe, where its products were becoming increasingly popular. That was, until Brexit.
Current charges, which have remained unchanged since the UK severed ties with the EU, are roughly 0.5 per cent.
“This shows how the post-Brexit increase in custom costs to UK consumers is really biting," a senior manager at an accountancy firm has said.