Warning over empty supermarket shelves and higher food prices as new post-Brexit charges hit
05/04/2024
The new charges are set to come into force at the end of the month and will mean higher food prices will be passed on to consumers, suppliers warn.
Higher prices and empty shelves are on the way.
Brexit border controls on certain foods imported to Britain from the European Union may push up inflation there by 0.2 percentage points, according to a report published by Allianz Trade.
Four years after the UK quit the EU, the first border controls on imports from the continent have been introduced, with more to follow.
Brexit Britain has 'significantly underperformed' compared to EU and US since 2016 referendum
14/02/2024
The UK has "significantly underperformed" compared to the European Union and the US since the referendum in 2016, new Goldman Sachs analysis shows.
Giraffe Flowers in Manchester, northern England, is preparing for the annual Valentine's Day rush but florists fear that Brexit trade barriers will increasingly spell higher costs and delays for their business.
The UK's economy is 5% smaller than it would have been if it had chosen to stay in the European Union, according to an analysis by Goldman Sachs.
Giraffe Flowers in Manchester, northern England, is preparing for the annual Valentine's Day rush but florists fear that Brexit trade barriers will increasingly spell higher costs and delays for their business.
Businesses that make sporting goods, children’s toys, jewellery and medical goods have struggled the most with the border costs imposed by the UK’s decision to leave the EU.
The UK government has delayed health and safety checks on food imports from the European Union for the fifth time in three years amid fears that the extra controls will push up food prices and disrupt vital supplies.
Everything from meat, fish, cheese to meat products will cost more in the UK due to Brexit border controls.
New Brexit regulations could mean price hikes for customers and businesses, local eateries linked to the EU have warned.
Consumers here are still concerned about the impact of Brexit on online shopping, a report from the NI Consumer Council has found. / It’s part of research by the watchdog carried over the last three years to monitor the impact of Brexit on NI consumers.
Post-Brexit food labelling rules to appease DUP will lead to higher prices, says industry
01/02/2024
Forcing all UK supermarkets to put “not for EU” labels on meat, dairy and plant products in a move to assuage the concerns of unionists in Northern Ireland will force up prices and undermine the war against inflation, ministers have been told.
Collapsed trade talks, new border checks, 14-hour queues at the border and medicine shortages... it's just another day in Brexit land.
New post-Brexit border controls coming in from Wednesday could result in higher prices and delays in fresh goods coming in from the EU. / It means significant new red tape, and more money out of our pockets on products like cheese, fish, and flowers.
Just as food inflation finally slows, new border checks will make EU produce more expensive in our shops.
Imports of chilled and frozen meat and fish, cheese and dairy products, and five common varieties of cut flowers will require an export health certificate, signed off by a European vet or plant inspector, before they can enter the UK.
Britons have been warned the price of imported food and drink could rise from today as new post-Brexit checks on come into force.
Ministers have today played down concerns that fresh post-Brexit red tape on food and drink imports will harm consumers. / The long-delayed new rules are part of the UK Government’s introduction of a series of checks that came into force today (January 31).
24 hours of Brexit failures
26/01/2024
Collapsed trade deals, rising food prices, more border checks and not enough flowers for Valentine’s Day – thanks a bunch.
Why cheese, fish and flowers could all soon cost more because of new Brexit rules [2 mins]
27/01/2024
New regulations intended to protect biosecurity by imposing controls on plant and animal products mean the UK is "going back in time," according to British importers and European suppliers.
The price of many fruits and vegetables on sale in the UK is predicted to rise again when new post-Brexit import controls are introduced later this year.
Despite the promise leaving the EU would help the UK control its borders, most people surveyed said Brexit had hampered the ability to control immigration.
Industry experts are warning that wines are ‘up £3 a bottle’ since the UK’s departure from the bloc.