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British businesses are warning of a new wave of post-Brexit trade disruption because EU exporters are not ready for UK customs changes which start this month, and Britain's port infrastructure might be unprepared too.
NFU warns blanket import checks from April could fuel long delays and damage future crops. / The UK’s fruit and flower growers face an “existential threat” from new post-Brexit border checks that could damage business and affect next year’s crops, the country’s biggest farming body has said.
A French woman has spoken about how she lost her job in Shropshire and was left “heartbroken” about life in the UK because of a mix-up over the immigration process for EU citizens launched after Brexit.
Though Johnson promised ‘no non-tariff barriers’, firms say they are struggling under ‘compliance burden’ of customs and safety checks.
Those sunlit uplands, eh? Another Brexit blow has been delivered to UK exports, and the cheese industry now faces upheaval.
Exports to the EU from Scotland slumped by up to 25% two years after Brexit as trade with the rest of the UK rose, it has been revealed. / Scottish Government estimates show that the value of Scotland's exports has slumped by nearly £2bn since the UK exited the EU from £16.950bn in 2019, to £14.970 in 2021 - a 12% drop in two years.
Keir Starmer’s party set out ‘new deal’ for sector – as figures show 6,000 farms have gone bust.
A new survey by the British Chamber of Commerce's Insights Unit of 733 businesses (97% SMEs) shows the difficulties facing British firms in using the Trade and Co-operation Agreement (TCA) have not eased.
60% of UK exporters say selling to EU has become harder over past year – with more red tape to come.
Carry on Touring campaigns to continue touring the EU as was done before the Brexit curtain came down.
Brexit, Bukhara deer and a red tape swamp
03/02/2023
Tuesday 31 January marked the third anniversary of Brexit and three years of struggle with animal transfers between zoos and aquariums across Britain and the EU, with numbers down from 1,400 transfers per year to just over 200.
On the 3-year anniversary of Brexit, zoos and aquariums across Great Britain have called on Government to end the endless red tape preventing conservation breeding. / An open letter signed by over 75 zoos and aquariums calls on British Government to negotiate with the European Commission and enable the transfer of zoo animals between Britain and the EU.
The value of goods sales from Great Britain to Northern Ireland dropped by 2.4% in 2022, official data suggests. / Meanwhile the value of goods imported from the Republic of Ireland, the wider EU and the rest of the world all increased.
More than three quarters of British companies have reported that the trade agreement between the European Union and Britain has made it difficult for them to increase sales and grow their business, a British Chambers of Commerce survey showed. / "Brexit has been the biggest ever imposition of bureaucracy on business."
Priti Patel’s prohibition on ‘insecure identity cards’ partly reversed by James Cleverly.
Industry experts are warning that wines are ‘up £3 a bottle’ since the UK’s departure from the bloc.
Trade body Make UK said 90% of businesses felt post-Brexit trading arrangements were still disrupting trade.
The Square Mile and the EU
03/12/2023
The man who speaks for the City knows the bankers can’t do without Europe.
However, international sales declined by 26 per cent in the same period, with Wiggle CRC citing the impact of Brexit reducing sales into the EU “where higher duty and fulfilment costs” necessitated higher pricing.
Wiggle and Chain Reaction Cycles to switch off international e-commerce stores, citing Brexit
30/11/2023
Administrators have today announced that the international eCommerce stores for Wiggle and Chain Reaction Cycles will be switched off. / In a move that will see the WiggleCRC business "focus its efforts solely on the UK market," the Joint Administrators in charge of the group have revealed that the transition will take place "over the coming weeks."
We need to forge alliances to continue our global health leadership, writes the director of the Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations.
Wall-mounted bicycle storage firm Cycloc is to cease production, with its founder citing the impact of Brexit as one of the principal reasons for the decision.
Nearly three-quarters of UK firms say leaving the EU has affected them “very negatively”.
Beauty exports from the UK to the European Union have fallen by more than $1 billion (£850 million) since the Brexit vote, a report has found.