Drinks industry reiterates concerns after minister refuses to provide latest on efforts to resolve HGV driver shortage.

To mark the first anniversary of the trade deal between the UK and the EU, Downing Street issued a press release about how prime minister Boris Johnson plans to "maximise the benefits of Brexit".

"A combination of the Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit and other factors have led to unresolvable supply chain issues for critical elements of the festival infrastructure," organisers said on Twitter.

A Kent brewery says it has seen a 95% drop in export sales since the UK left the EU.

It is more than a month since the UK's new trading relationship with the European Union (EU) came into being but the transition has been far from easy for some businesses. From being told to set up operations in Europe, having goods stuck in port and facing increased costs to clear the border, three North East firms reveal the reality of adapting to the new rules.

It comes as a British wine wholesaler ‘left Brexitland for good’ over paperwork, and is flourishing by all accounts.

The Old Dairy Brewery in Tenterden, Kent, is suffering from Brexit, and is ready to pull out of exporting to EU countries. ... But now they are finding it too costly and onerous to comply with all those procedures. Brexit, they say, has reduced their exports by 95%.

A POPULAR Brighton pub has closed due to the rising cost of electricity bills and “Brexit nonsense”. / Management cited various reasons for the closure including the rise in energy costs, Brexit and “other issues” which meant they did not expect to survive.

Operators are both baffled and annoyed with the chancellor's supposed assistance. / "To conflate this with Brexit is complete nonsense. They either want to help the pubs or not. If you want a link to Brexit, the damage done is far worse than the freezing of some duty."

Leaving the EU has “massively handicapped UK companies that do business in Europe", James Watt has said.

BrewDog CEO James Watt has warned that Brexit “has been tragic for UK business”, including his own.

New changes to alcohol duty in the UK take effect today, with some drinks set to see their biggest price increase in almost 50 years.

Scotland's licensed trade sector has condemned sweeping alcohol tax changes brought in today under the Conservatives "Brexit Pub Guarantee" as "naive and fanciful".

As Brexit has created tough challenges for UK craft beer producers exporting to Europe, British companies have set up home in the mountains.

Rishi Sunak says he wants to protect the price of your pint - but membership in the EU didn’t stop him.

This week's Brexit downsides: half a billion in extra costs to import food, the collapse of trade talks with Canada and more.