High street retailer says border controls are leading to gaps on the shelves and tons of food being spoiled.
Closure fears for Beautiful Beers in Bury St Edmunds after Brexit red tape depletes stock
17/03/2021
The owner of a popular Bury St Edmunds shop which specialises in European beers fears he may have to close after Brexit related red tape depleted his stock.
The retail chain says trading conditions following the UK’s departure from the European Union make continuing the cross-Channel venture impossible.
Got No Beef announced that they have closed their doors for the final time.
The artisan brewing business based in Kinloss, Morayshire, founded by Heather McDonald, has suffered “unsustainable cash flow problems” arising from the rapid contraction of the global hospitality and licensed trade industry and problems and costs for exporters arising from Brexit.
Government has not been straight with fishing industry, says Sam Baron of Baron Shellfish, Bridlington
A SEAFOOD firm based on the Isle of Mull has blamed Brexit as it announced it is closing down for good.
A pioneering exporter who sold lobsters to Europe from the Yorkshire coast has been forced to wind up his 40-year-old family business – because of Brexit red tape.
The Ethical Shellfish Company (TESC), based on the Isle of Mull, claimed they had been left with no choice after a period of poor trading.
We spoke to the director of Geoffrey’s in Antibes about how the store started and the problems after Brexit. / Geoffrey’s of London, thought to have been the largest independently owned UK food shop in France, has closed, a casualty of Brexit.
A Fisherman In Yorkshire Says He is Closing His 40-Year-Old Business Due To Brexit Red Tape
08/02/2021
A decades-old fishing business in a major British shellfish port has said that it has been forced to close due to new paperwork brought about by the UK's exit from the European Union.
A local newspaper has blamed a combination of Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic for its decision to cease print publication.
A pig farmer from Suffolk is set to quit his profession after more than two decades, saying that the shortage of butchers which may lead to a mass cull of pigs is the final straw.
Food industry bosses have condemned Brexit as an “unmitigated disaster” and claimed the cost of disruption has caused some firms to shut for good.
According to the Bank of England, higher borrowing during the pandemic is to blame for putting more businesses at risk.
Closures in 2020/21 follow 856 restaurants shutting down the year before.
The loss of Honda in Swindon is not just bad news for the 3,000 people who work there, but will send ripples out through the local economy, with about 1,800 jobs ending at two local firms that supply the plant. As 35 years of manufacturing history comes to an end, staff have been sharing their feelings about the end of an era.
A GLASGOW restaurant has said that Brexit is one of the reasons it has been forced to close.
British car factories will be forced to close with the loss of thousands of jobs if the UK government does not renegotiate its Brexit deal immediately, automaker Stellantis has warned.
Brexit red tape causes UK exporter to open EU base - as paperwork costs put some out of business
25/02/2021
The UK’s biggest shellfish exporter says it’s opening an EU base to avoid paying up to £1 million a year in Brexit-related red tape.
A number of local food businesses in the city have closed their doors at a time of spiralling costs and tightening budgets for households.
"I can't believe as a life-long Conservative voter, I stand at the moment thinking I would be very, very unlikely to vote Conservative again at the moment," one Brexit-voting farmer bemoaned.
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.
Hundreds of workers at Sheffield steel firm face redundancy, with bosses blaming political uncertainty and Brexit for falling demand
09/01/2020
283 workers face redundancy at one of Sheffield’s biggest steel producers, in a crushing blow for families immediately after Christmas.