Centers do not have the staff needed to look after the plants.
British growers and sellers fear government measures starting on 30 April could result in delays and plants being damaged.
Brexit is predictably causing delays and shortages. Phytosanitary regulations for the rest of the world are now imposed on seeds and plants from the EU. Products that were harmonised with UK standards till December 2020 may no longer be acceptable.
Horticulture businesses are experiencing "incredible frustration" at the new Irish Sea border arrangements, a trade body has said.
More ferries are to sail directly from Ireland to the European mainland in a move to circumvent the traditional trade route over mainland England and Wales.
A major daffodil grower in the fens say they only have a fifth of their usual number of pickers this year because of Brexit.
The UK’s milk and cream exports to the EU have dropped by 96% ‘because of the post-Brexit trade deal’s red tape’, new figures show.
Costs finally revealed, as Northern Ireland secretary claims too much ‘doom and gloom’ around Brexit. / New post-Brexit border checks set to come into force in 2024 will cost UK companies at least £330m a year, Rishi Sunak’s government has admitted.
New APHA plant health fees of up to £183 could damage UK nurseries.
Many plants and seeds can no longer be shipped from Great Britain to Northern Ireland under the terms of the Brexit withdrawal deal.
For Beth Lunney the impact of Brexit and the Irish Sea border started to become clear in late November.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to the CBI about a visit to Peppa Pig World at Paultons Park in Hampshire this week, which led Agrumi to update on its fight to have its exports of ligustrum topiary sculptures be allowed to be exported again.
EU said agreement on common rules ‘on the table’ - but UK would probably have to drop prized right to diverge
Plant export deal in jeopardy post-Brexit
07/10/2021
UK-grown Ligustrum topiary plant sculptures cannot be exported to EU markets under current rules post-Brexit and Defra says there are no steps being taken to remedy this.
Plant exports fall post-Brexit
11/08/2021
Increased costs and restrictions on the UK horticulture industry to export to the EU have seen a 39% drop in the value of trade in the first six months of the year.
Johnsons of Whixley group MD Graham Richardson is seeing a prolonged season but Brexit plant inspection costs - as well as the peat issue - are causing disquiet.
The NI agriculture minister has asked his counterparts in London and Dublin to take a joint approach to post-Brexit problems in the horticulture sector.
Post-Brexit food labelling rules to appease DUP will lead to higher prices, says industry
01/02/2024
Forcing all UK supermarkets to put “not for EU” labels on meat, dairy and plant products in a move to assuage the concerns of unionists in Northern Ireland will force up prices and undermine the war against inflation, ministers have been told.
Plant imports are up 11.5% and exports down 39% since Brexit according to new Defra Plant Health – international trade and controlled consignments statistics.
Plant and seed importers are asking why they are bothering with additional post-Brexit paperwork and expense when their plants are not always being inspected under new import controls.
After a Horticulture Week Freedom of Information request to Defra, the Government has disclosed the proportion of plant and seed imports that have been inspected since Brexit.
Minister expected to frame move as a use of UK’s independent powers despite industry reports of unreadiness.
Rees-Mogg warnings over post-Brexit border charges gets slapped with a glorious community note
12/04/2024
According to reports, Britain faces a £2 billion post-Brexit bill on European food imports from the end of the month.