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BBC Scotland has broken its silence as the questions around its policy of reporting on Brexit mount. / The broadcaster has come under fire in recent days after it aired an interview with the president of the National Farmers Union (NFU) Scotland, Martin Kennedy.
Food body warns of ‘post-Brexit perception problem’ over recurring traffic gridlock.
Further delays to Brexit Border Checks will not resolve issues for trade, says Logistics UK
01/04/2022
Any additional delays to the introduction of post-Brexit border checks on imports will simply postpone the inevitable, and send mixed signals to businesses that have been urged for months to get ready for the additional formalities involved with moving goods across the UK’s borders, according to business group Logistics UK.
The latest Food and Drink Federation (FDF) trade snapshot in the UK has made for sobering reading, revealing that export trade with our nearest neighbours across market segments was down by 13.1% against figures from three years ago, at £20.2 billion.
Shippers are “sleepwalking” towards the changeover of the UK’s customs infrastructure and need to “wake up” rather than seek to saddle HMRC with the blame for their failings, say freight specialists.
Exports of British gin have fallen for the second year running, according to the latest HMRC figures released yesterday.
'Urgent action' needed as Brexit leads to extra costs and hold-ups for West Midlands firms
10/02/2022
Businesses across the West Midlands are facing higher costs, a big increase in paperwork and hold-ups at ports.
Modelling projects 29-mile queues from potential delays caused by new digital controls, says trade body.
“The whole thing is stupid and pointless," one business owner at London's Borough Market has said.
Many Scottish food and drink suppliers plan to decrease or stop exports to the EU amid the regulatory fallout from Brexit, an industry survey suggests.
Negotiations have removed the need for additional visas, but unviable restrictions for British artists touring Europe are still in place.
‘What the government once called teething problems have now become a chronic condition’
The hurdles arising from the UK’s exit from the European Union and single market are highlighted by Scottish Engineering in the industry body’s commentary on its latest survey findings.
Covid and Brexit shrink Christmas markets
24/11/2021
Traditional continental Christmas markets that fill town squares and city centres across the UK will be smaller and less European this year.
The well known logistics company, chaired by German billionaire Klaus-Michael Kühne, has been tasked with delivering “medicines and medical goods which are at risk of shortage” into the UK “within days”.
The latest IHS Markit / CIPS survey for October saw the sector grow but bosses said they are being held back by job shortages and supply chain delays.
UK drug distributors and those involved in the parallel importing of drugs have told the parliamentary Health Select Committee that they want to see the UK remain in the customs union and the single market.
Next, one of Britain’s biggest clothing retailers, warned it may struggle to deliver its normal service in the run up to Christmas unless the government relaxes post-Brexit immigration rules to allow more workers into the country.
Industry warning of further festive store shelf shortages over Brexit supply chain concerns
02/09/2021
An industry warning has been issued that the UK faces further potential supermarket shelf shortages – including confectionery, snacks and bakery aisles, amid Brexit-related supply chain complications, reports Neill Barston.
Why are there not enough people? What has suddenly happened that South Holland’s farmers cannot get the harvest in?
June 2021 saw 31 haulage firm insolvencies, the highest in a single month since January 2019 as Brexit and driver shortages bite, according to data from Tower Bridge-based audit firm Mazars that was shared exclusively with City A.M. this afternoon.
Britain's government has rejected calls from retail and logistics companies to temporarily ease post-Brexit immigration rules which they say are contributing to a shortage of truck drivers and acute supply chain disruption.
Nearly all small British manufacturers are struggling with rising costs, according to a survey on Thursday that showed widespread worries over recruitment and logistics caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit.
Brexit has hit UK's position as a gateway to Europe for imports, say freight firms [3 mins]
06/08/2021
Brexit has damaged the UK's position as a gateway to Europe for imported goods and increased red tape.
‘A Convenient Scapegoat’: Empty Shelves are due to Brexit Not the Pingdemic - Here’s the Evidence
22/07/2021
With supply chain problems being blamed on workers self-isolating, Caolan Robertson reports on what business owners, managers and labourers have been telling him across the country about the consequences of Brexit.