It reported that in 2021 business was hit by Covid and Brexit, which damaged consumer confidence, global supply chains, and inflation. And it stressed: “Our outlook for 2023 remains challenging.”

Even though fishing is a tiny part of the UK economy, it was a key issue in the Brexit campaign with promises to "take back control" of British waters. / At the end of 2020, Boris Johnson announced his new Brexit trade agreement with the EU, promising that "[we will] be able to catch and eat quite prodigious quantities of extra fish".

Organised crime gangs are preparing to exploit the eight freeports that are being opened across England as part of the Government’s ‘levelling up’ strategy, experts have warned.

Simone James, who moved to Britain 20 years ago, said she was 'following instructions' and moving back to the European Union

Brittany Ferries has seen a huge fall in the number of people travelling between Plymouth and France with Brexit being blamed.

"I think the taxi trade, particularly in Plymouth, and also nationwide, has suffered through the pandemic, it has suffered because of Brexit."

A Devon garden centre company has blamed Brexit for a staff shortage as it gives away £100,000 worth of plants for free.

Centers do not have the staff needed to look after the plants.

The sea of opportunity that Brexit was supposed to deliver has certainly dried up for Yorkshire’s fishermen. News that the UK and Norway have failed to reach a fishing deal for this year means boats like the Hull-based Kirkella remain tied up, possibly for good.

A freeport expert said the concern is that they "suck business in to the freeport area which is not necessarily good for the rest of the local region".

Plymouth City Council will ask the Government to extend financial support until at least April 2022 for fishing businesses hit by Brexit.

Ferry company will ship lorries from Millbay to France in dry-run to check measures are in place to avoid Brexit chaos.

Schaeffler says Brexit uncertainty is a factor in its decision to trim UK operations at a time of global pressures.

1,500 students could also lose opportunity to study abroad.

Barden's German owner is to shut the Estover plant and shift all production overseas amid 'Brexit uncertainty'.