Getting things to and from mainland UK has affected everyone living in Northern Ireland.
Brexit impact ‘will get worse’ with supermarket shop to cost more and some EU products vanishing from shelves
21/09/2021
A leading customs expert who predicted the truck driver shortage and issues causes by the sea border in the Irish Sea believe delayed bureaucratic customs laws will lead to meats, fruit and vegetables from the EU being too costly to import.
Brexit red tape is costing Fenland firm
04/02/2021
A businessman who says Brexit is destroying his business thanks to red tape has challenged the Prime Minister to try filling in the necessary customs forms.
The NFU warned Britain had been left for years without proper checks and balances on food imports from EU.
It comes after a former environment secretary criticised the treatment of farmers in the UK-Australia trade pact.
New EU food safety regulation – coming into force next March – is ‘concerning’ exporters, MPs told.
The egg industry has raised concern over difficulties faced by those exporting 'seconds' to the EU following the end of the Brexit transition period.
Don't scrap EU rules, firms and unions say
24/11/2022
Business groups and unions are urging the government not to go ahead with plans to ditch a wide range of EU laws, warning the move could cause "confusion and disruption" in the UK.
Express goes bananas over EU
03/06/2016
The staunchly eurosceptic Daily Express has published a listicle about the “amazing things we get back if we leave EU”. / “From powerful vacuums to straight banana’s (sic), here are all the things we’ll get back if we vote out,” the paper says. / The piece has been getting widely shared online. But does it pass the FactCheck test?
Union and consumer groups warn post-Brexit trade policy must hold food imports to same standards as UK.
Ministers considering ‘lighter touch’ regime to avoid disruption to supplies from bloc.
The British government appears to have no political will to resolve its festering trade dispute with the European Union and risks endangering the hard-won peace in Northern Ireland, Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said Wednesday.
Taxes cut on birds’ eggs, raw hides, fur skins and ultra-strong spirits – but UK does not export them anyway.
Concerns grow that post-Brexit trade deals could lead to further decline in quality as battery farm eggs are reintroduced.
Marks & Spencer has warned that up to 15% of its food product lines could be unavailable in its Northern Ireland shops in January.
Could take ‘decades’ to shift away from reliance on overseas staff, say food sector leaders attending Downing Street summit.
EU and UK locked in talks about food safety.
New post-Brexit customs rules explained as consumers warned they could lead to some shortages
01/01/2021
A UK business spoke about having no choice but to raise the prices of its goods as trade between the UK and the EU becomes increasingly difficult, ITV News Reporter Martha Fairlie reports on New Year's Day 2022.
Supermarkets bringing meat products from Great Britain to Northern Ireland face new bureaucracy from Monday.
Farming and industry groups seek government assurances for consumers and UK farmers.
The UK egg industry has reacted with disbelief that import tariffs on eggs and egg products are to be phased out following the government announcement that the UK is set to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Remain-supporting couple’s house ‘targeted’ with eggs after putting up anti-Boris Johnson poster
06/08/2019
A Remain-supporting couple have had their house vandalised after they put up an anti-Boris Johnson poster.
Sutton St Edmund farmer is cutting free range egg production due to shortage of livestock workers following Brexit
16/12/2022
A free range egg farmer says he is having to cut production due to a skills vacuum in the industry. / Tony Gent says he is scaling back his production due to a shortage of skilled livestock workers following Brexit.