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Today marks 100 days since Brexit properly happened in the UK - with seamless trade and EU rules replaced by a weighty trade deal.
Firms across four different sectors share their stories of rising costs, extra paperwork and packages that never arrive.
Red tape and a labour shortage leave retailers and millions of lockdown gardeners with scant pickings.
A major daffodil grower in the fens say they only have a fifth of their usual number of pickers this year because of Brexit.
A Lincolnshire farming business has blamed Brexit for a lack of flower pickers.
Brexit has contributed to a shortage of flower pickers in the UK, a bulb grower has said.
Cornwall’s Varfell Farms doesn’t have enough pickers as Cornish workers don’t last.
The price of importing flowers into the UK is estimated to cost an additional £100 million due to new customs rules and tariffs brought on by Brexit.
Flower and bulb growers say uncertainty around any Brexit deal is their "biggest issue" at the moment.
Infrastructure work has taken nearly a year in the past, but just six months will be available - even if the cash is there
As Britain prepares to leave the European Union, workers in Kenya's flower industry are closely monitoring developments.