A seafood restaurant in Portstewart says the rising cost of fuel, combined with Brexit complications means it cannot get fish.
NI seafood restaurant set for menu change after running out of fish due to ‘Brexit and rising costs’
24/06/2022
A seafood restaurant in Portstewart has announced it will be changing its menu after running out of fish this week.
Battle to stabilise hospitality and tourism in the Ribble Valley after blows of Brexit and pandemic
16/06/2022
Tourism and hospitality activity in the Ribble Valley and work to stabilise the constantly-changing visitor economy following Brexit and the pandemic is being discussed by borough councillors this week.
UKHospitality estimates that shortages are suppressing economic activity in hospitality alone by £22bn - with the pandemic hangover and Brexit adding to an existing problem of finding skilled - and even unskilled - staff.
A small Cambridgeshire firm claimed business has "never been so good" since Brexit - but not everything is as it seems. / An article proclaiming how small businesses have “adapted to survive and thrive after Brexit” has been widely mocked on social media.
East Anglia small businesses still reeling from Brexit one year on as red tape and import costs soar
05/04/2022
A restaurant owner has warned businesses are still feeling the impact of higher import costs after Brexit - and says it could force him to the wall.
The past two years have been the hardest ever for restaurants. Amid critical shortages of staff, food supplies and even customers, can a new venture from the man behind Polpo survive?
One year after Brexit, Scotland’s fishing industry is still mired in chaos, leaving many businesses fearing for their future as deliveries to Europe continue to be snarled in costly red tape and delays.
'My restaurant used to make £2 million a year but thanks to Covid and Brexit we lost it all'
21/01/2022
Sarastro owner Murad Magden says his business is 'on its knees'.
"Brexit remains an important event for the market and has created risks for the sector, principally around the supply and cost of products and workforce shortages."
MasterChef’s Marcus Wareing: School cooking classes needed to fill ‘scary’ Brexit hospitality vacancies
24/11/2021
‘I’ve never, ever seen a staff shortage like I’m seeing right now. We’ve closed the door on our friends next door and they’re not coming over here any more’
The ripple effects are being felt across a wide range of sectors, from farming and construction to retail.
Brexit and the pandemic have been blamed and some businesses have had to change their opening hours, while others have thrown in the towel.
Neale Richmond: Boris' Brexit is the real cause of the haulage and energy crisis in Britain
30/09/2021
EMPTY SUPERMARKET SHELVES, queues at petrol stations and pumps running dry is far from what one would expect from Britain in 2021.
'Not a single boot on ground until November': Businesses say government visa scheme is unworkable
29/09/2021
Lord Wolfson is a highly successful businessman, a prominent supporter of Brexit and a Conservative peer. He is, in short, the sort of man who should be in perfect alignment with a government led by Boris Johnson. He isn’t.
With inflation set to rise, alongside the cost of shopping and transport, the economic fallout will squeeze Britons’ budgets.
‘The kingdom of empty shelves’: European newspapers blame Brexit for UK supply chain crisis
24/09/2021
Continent’s press liken situation to 1970s Winter of Discontent and ‘boycotted Cuba’.
I’m having to drive from Glasgow to Dover to pick up food from EU: Industry leaders warn over empty shelves due to Brexit
19/09/2021
Hotel and restaurant staff are travelling hundreds of miles to pick up produce as Britain’s lorry driver shortage leaves supplies stranded in warehouses, industry leaders say.
Edinburgh restaurateur announces closure of Maison Bleue Morningside restaurant and blames Brexit and Covid impact
19/09/2021
An Edinburgh restaurateur has blamed Brexit and lockdown struggles for the “heart-breaking” decision to permanently shut a popular Morningside restaurant.
RESTAURATEURS say it is becoming ‘incredibly difficult’ to run their businesses due to supply failures caused by a perfect storm of problems caused by Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Every now and then there are weeks when Brexit issues surge back to the foreground, and this has been one of them.
How cocktail of Brexit and Covid is causing mounting problems in Folkestone - and across the country
08/09/2021
But over the course of the year, a crisis, fuelled by the decision to leave the European Union, has been steadily, stealthily, stretching its tentacles around many of the services and products we expect and rely on.
The end of the holiday season heralds the return to centre stage of a number of burning Brexit-related issues this autumn.
The noodle and katsu chain’s boss Thomas Heier said he was struggling to fill chef vacancies in around 30 sites.