HALF of manufacturers fear Brexit customs costs will harm their businesses this year, according to a leading industry body.
Company leaders said Brexit is one of their biggest concerns – with key issues being a lack of access to EU migrants.
One year after the UK completed its exit of the EU, two-thirds of British manufacturers have said that Brexit has hampered their business ‘moderately or significantly’.
Heinz's announcement that it was to start making ketchup in the UK again was widely hailed, but the UK's post-Brexit food and drink manufacturing sector still faces stern challenges.
"It’s very difficult to date for manufacturers to see any benefit from leaving," an organisation representing thousands of businesses has said.
Manufacturing organisation Make UK said the sector is battling to fill 95,000 vacancies.
Government to allow businesses to continue using European CE certification for another year.
January deadline is scuppering UK supply chains as they reel from the pandemic.
Make UK says two-thirds of companies fear customs delays and red tape from new rules will further hamper supply chains.
Failure to agree post-Brexit safety rules will disrupt British supply chains, industry warns
06/08/2021
UK-based manufacturers and supply chains could face a fresh wave of disruption because of a failure to agree crucial safety standards with the European Union, industry leaders are warning.
Ease of trading is key measure of success, say cross-channel businesses, not lack of lorry traffic.
Nimisha Raja did all she could to prepare her business for 1 January but the upheaval is already taking its toll.
Food and drink firms are seeing "terrifying" price rises, a sector trade body has said, warning of a knock-on effect for consumers.
The OBR forecast that Brexit would cost the UK economy 4% of GDP now looks ridiculously optimistic as the damage mounts.
Industry draws link between politicians’ talk of crashing out of EU and firms losing clients. / A no-deal Brexit will be “commercial suicide” with tens of thousands of jobs already lost in the UK because of the political uncertainty, manufacturing representatives have said.
Stop trying to link Brexit to coronavirus – politics has nothing to do with a global pandemic. Oh, wait...
26/06/2020
Nobody ever said that a no-deal Brexit would badly affect our ability to deal with the global outbreak of a viral illness. Well, apart from the British Medical Association in 2018. And the Faculty of Public Health, in 2016 before the referendum was held.
The EU’s share of Wales’ export market has risen from 58% to 60%, despite a reduced dependence on the EU and opening up export markets with the rest of the world being a stated objective of the Brexit project.
Three out of every four British manufacturers have experienced Brexit-related delays during the past three months and the government must sort out problems that are still affecting ports, industry group Make UK said on Thursday.
What does no-deal Brexit mean? Consequences of UK leaving the EU without deal after Boris Johnson’s warning
16/10/2020
Britain has been told to prepare for a no-deal Brexit when the transition period ends on 1 January 2021, after trade deal talks reached an impasse.
Research also reveals EU remains ‘overwhelmingly dominant’ destination for UK manufacturing exports.
The UK regions and Nations which voted for Brexit have increased their dependence on the EU for manufacturing exports, while the European market remains the overwhelming favoured destination for the sector.
Revoke Article 50 if deal fails, Theresa May urged: Manufacturers seek end to ‘damaging short-term decisions’
06/04/2019
Manufacturers are calling on Theresa May to revoke article 50 if she can’t strike a Brexit agreement next week, in the latest sign that the looming possibility of Britain leaving the EU without a deal is hammering confidence in the sector.
Letter says government needs to act quickly to resolve customs issues faced by exporters following Brexit
Manufacturers say fears over red tape and political chaos are creating more uncertainty.