British milk sours amid labour crisis
06/10/2021
Some British dairy farmers have been forced to destroy tens of thousands of litres of milk due to rising costs, labour shortages and an acute deficit of truck drivers which has strained supply chains to breaking point, farmers said.
Scotland farmers say the festive tradition could be the latest casualty of supply issues caused by Brexit currently plaguing the nation.
Exports to the EU plunged massively last month compared with January 2020.
The government has paid the owner of land being used as a Brexit lorry park in Ashford almost £6m in rent, it has emerged.
Business leaders say the second anniversary of Brexit today has been marked by continuing difficulties for exporters trying to trade with the EU.
I’m having to drive from Glasgow to Dover to pick up food from EU: Industry leaders warn over empty shelves due to Brexit
19/09/2021
Hotel and restaurant staff are travelling hundreds of miles to pick up produce as Britain’s lorry driver shortage leaves supplies stranded in warehouses, industry leaders say.
Some lorries bringing goods from the EU to the UK have been stuck at the border for four days, as logistics bosses blamed disruption on “terrible” new Brexit red tape.
Exports to the EU have plummeted by 68% since Brexit
Shoppers said basic fruit and vegetables were missing in supermarkets across the country.
Lorry drivers will be required to leave their cabs to undergo biometric checks in order to cross the Channel from next year.
lmost a third of U.K. logistics companies expect to face trucker shortages this year, and a 10th say recruitment issues will pose an “extreme barrier” to the recovery of their business from the pandemic.
HGV driver shortage: The Government can’t fix the lorry crisis until it admits it was caused by Brexit
10/09/2021
They know that Brexit lies at the heart of what is happening, and that what’s happening must therefore be ignored.
New figures reveal exports from Britain to the EU have plummeted by nearly 70%, as Michael Gove faced hauliers’ fury for ‘ignoring warnings’ on trade after Brexit.
Irish Ferries revenues weighed as freight takes direct route to France to avoid Brexit delays
24/11/2021
Hauliers have shifted both exports and imports to sea routes to reach EU markets directly, and avoid lengthy delays at UK ports.
The Government is denying visas to vital EU drivers and refusing to acknowledge the continued challenges facing companies who do business with Europe. As retailers start to stock up for Christmas, they face a severe shortage of products and drivers, claims ParcelHero.
Covid, Brexit and a shortage of lorry drivers has been blamed for delays in collecting people's household rubbish. Ceredigion, Powys, Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan councils said they were already facing delays or expected further delays. Residents said their household or garden waste had been left on the kerbside for weeks.
"Let's be clear, shortages right across the country, shortages of fruit pickers, shortages of builders, shortages in terms of lorry drivers: all of that is down to Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Priti Patel, Dominic Raab and the promises they made to the British people," David Lammy said.
UK eases customs rules for Ukraine aid after Brexit confusion leaves lorries stuck in Dover for days
10/03/2022
Donations now exempt from new border bureaucracy.
The Government say massive delays at Dover this week are nothing to do with Brexit, while banning staff from giving interviews. / One customs agent took us inside to speak to drivers who had been waiting up to 24 hours. / Every single one of them blamed Brexit.
Mass culling of 35,000 pigs and tonnes of crops being left to rot 'caused by Brexit', committee finds
06/04/2022
A lack of food and farm workers “caused by Brexit and accentuated by the pandemic” meant at least 35,000 pigs were culled and tonnes of crops left to rot in the fields last year, a damning report has revealed.
The Welsh government has warned that post-Brexit trading patterns threaten the viability of the country's Irish Sea ports.
Data from one of the world's leading supply chain visibility companies shows that Felixstowe is currently Europe's most congested port.
NICOLA Sturgeon has insisted that the HGV driver and fuel shortage crisis is a result of Boris Johnson’s “reckless” Brexit policy – and has called for the UK Government to “urgently revisit their entire post-Brexit immigration policy”.
Labour said the revelations "blow apart" the "myth" that UK-EU trade disruption is a temporary problem.