A cheese company will be able to increase sales in Europe following its acquisition, for an undisclosed sum, by a rival North West business. / Macclesfield-based Cheshire Cheese Company (CCC) had been hit by increased admin costs due to the implementation of Brexit.

Additional paperwork and certification have cost the UK meat industry up to £120 million since the end of the transition period, a new report states.

Issues - dismissed by the prime minister as “teething problems” - show little sign of dissipating.

Small businesses and the agri-food sector have been hardest hit by changes to trade following the implementation of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) nearly a year ago, peers warn.

“I cannot think of a single red line that was not crossed.”

Almost 100,000 tree orders bound for Northern Ireland have been cancelled as a result of trade difficulties caused by the Irish Sea border.

U.K. exporters reported lower sales in the first quarter after Covid-19 and the completion of Brexit added to shipping delays, higher transport costs and more extensive paperwork.

For many sellers on Amazon, Brexit is causing significant problems. Last week my company decided to attempt our first shipment into one of Amazon’s European fulfilment centres since Britain left the European Union on 1 January 2021.

An Amble seafood firm has voiced its Brexit frustrations after a clerical error cost it thousands of pounds. / A consignment from Coquet Island Shellfish Company was rejected by French authorities because a form signed 43 times by a UK official did not include a printed name.

Brexit will never be done. Because it can never be done. Not for as long as the UK sits 50km off the European mainland and does 50% of its business with Europe. Not when the island of Ireland sits behind it – and the north east corner of that island is contested political ground.

ITV News Business and Economics Editor Joel Hills reports on how the economic impacts of Brexit continue to ripple through the UK's economy.

The drop in activity recorded in new CSO figures, including a 65 per cent hit to imports, is substantial and sobering

For the past two years now, British poultry businesses that trade with the EU have faced a double standard.

SCOTTISH Conservative MP Andrew Bowie has been called out for a “car crash” BBC interview which saw him stumble over Brexit and trade – despite his position as a trade minister. / Bowie seemed to suggest that the UK Government was trying to negotiate trade deals with individual member states of the European Union – something which is not possible under the bloc’s rules.

Speaking on The Andrew Marr Show, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Ed Miliband said "it will be disastrous for fisheries to have no deal" and clashed with Marr over the future of the UK's fishing fleet if it remained tied to the single market to get a deal.

WHAT was a simple one-step process of exporting meat to France in December is now a resource-draining 23-step marathon.

Seafood sector representatives have said exports have "slowed to a trickle" amid what is described as a Brexit "export crisis".

Government taking days to respond to queries, say stuggling businesses.

Fishing tackle and equipment retailer Angling Direct announced on Wednesday that its new European distribution centre was now fully operational, and shipping to customers across the European Union.

A live animal border control post needed due to Brexit will not be built at Portsmouth International Port.

Ann Summers discontinued its direct selling business in Ireland last year because “higher operating costs” associated with Brexit made it “uneconomical”, according to recently filed company documents.

It appears HM Treasury has realised bringing in a measure that will so obviously lead to higher food prices is not a good idea when the country is in the grip of an inflation spiral.

UK firms may struggle to get vital parts from the EU as new laws will force businesses across the channel to set up a presence in the UK.

A trade collapse with the EU shows that the damage will linger on far longer than Liz Truss did.