Five years ago today, a vote took place which sent shockwaves around the world. I’m talking, of course, about the Brexit referendum.
The food industry is predicting a nightmare for British customers, with price rises and empty shelves caused by Brexit.
The UK hospitality industry’s labour shortage is set to get ‘significantly worse’ after the cut-off for EU settled status on 30 June, a London law firm has warned.
A Michelin-star restaurant will stop serving lunch because of a lack of staff, its founder has announced.
There is no such thing as lunch for Pied a Terre and Le Gavroche as Brexit bites.
Driver shortages remain the single biggest crisis in the haulage industry in the wake of Brexit, with a shortfall of nearly 70,000, according to courier firm Speedy Freight – which also cites the ongoing impact of red tape.
'We're weeks away from gaps on the shelves': Business leaders issue stark warning to PM over food shortages
23/06/2021
Food producers and road hauliers have warned the government that the supply of food and drink to supermarkets is “failing” due to a chronic shortage of HGV drivers.
Owners of a Liverpool restaurant have spoken out about the 'perfect storm' of Brexit and Covid-19 that is currently 'washing over' the hospitality industry.
Five years after the Brexit referendum, many British companies now complain about higher transport costs and more bureaucracy. But the biggest problem is a labor shortage.
Loss of 100,000 hauliers due to Covid and Brexit will cause food ‘rolling power cuts’, experts warn
Driver shortage crisis: Bring back EU workers to get food to supermarket shelves, industry bosses plead
25/06/2021
‘There has never been a more challenging time’ for the UK’s food supply chain, according to industry leaders, who are pressing the Prime Minister to grant them access to EU and EEA labour.
So five years after the referendum, and six months from leaving the single market, what's the slogan from businesses most affected? Bureaucracy, delay, cost.
A shortage of skilled trade workers has developed as European Union migrants leave the UK and demand for home improvements rises, the founder of Homeserve has said.
A number of hospitality businesses in Eastbourne have said they are struggling to recruit new employees following a ‘perfect storm’ of lockdown and Brexit.
The Hotel Inspector: ‘I voted Leave – but Brexit has caused us enormous problems with recruitment’
28/06/2021
This is all highly ironic as Polizzi was a prominent Leave supporter during the 2016 EU referendum. “I’m like the turkey who voted for Christmas,” she concedes now.
Business lobby group warns failure to act will put UK’s economic recovery from Covid crisis at risk.
Shortage caused by Brexit and the pandemic, Road Haulage Association says.
Call in army to get goods to shops after driver shortage sparked by Brexit and Covid, government told [1 min]
03/07/2021
Fears of ‘unimaginable’ supply chain collapse triggered by 60,000-strong shortfall of HGV drivers.
Somerset binmen and Brexit: a story of waste
02/07/2021
The context is a national shortage of drivers made worse by Brexit and the unwelcoming environment for foreign nationals now fostered by government.
Vegetables discarded in field due to Brexit and Covid as divorce bill £5bn higher than expected
09/07/2021
It comes as the Brexit "divorce bill" negotiated by the PM is up to £5 billion higher than the UK government expected.
“The main problem was the lack of information we had prior to this, as it just made forward planning impossible," one takeaway manager complained.
“Brexit has caused us enormous problems with recruitment,” the TV presenter bemoaned after facing a lack of EU staff for her own hotel.
Lidl has blamed empty shelves at some of its stores on "disruptions to supply chain networks".