Wrexham Lager can’t deliver to the Republic of Ireland because of Brexit, the firm has announced.

Heineken said strike action was actually cancelled – and that wider supply chain problems were the cause of the delays.

"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.

Heineken and Carlsberg follow makers of Carling and Budweiser in hiking cost of their beers in face of weak pound

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."

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.