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Brexit burdens still a headwind says Bentley
16/03/2023
It’s not the additional costs themselves, but more about the time and hassle for extra admin.
Three years after Brexit, we asked designers, design entrepreneurs and representatives of British design organisations how the withdrawal from the European Union has affected the design industry.
Business group Logistics UK is urging government to prioritise the needs of the logistics industry, as Parliament continues to debate the Retained EU Law bill.
Brexodus: Where have all the workers gone?
26/01/2023
The consequences of ending the free movement of people between Britain and the EU are becoming painfully clear.
Trade Consultation: Give Your Evidence - UK Trade and Business Commission [Deadline: 17/03/2023]
23/01/2023
The UK Trade and Business Commission is gathering evidence to understand the main challenges facing businesses, organisations and economic sectors to establish which policies and trading arrangements will help overcome the economic and trading barriers facing the UK today.
A growing tech company in Peterborough has opened an office in Holland in a bid to get round Brexit red tape.
Supply-chain pain caused by the UK’s split from the European Union still lingers for British manufacturers and retailers trying trade with the rest of Europe and beyond.
MacDuff 1890 were supplying customers on the continent with 'Rolls Royce of Scottish Beef'.
An error in the UK’s post-Brexit IT border system disrupted companies bringing goods in from the European Union, raising costs, adding bureaucracy and snarling deliveries.
Ramsden International has fallen to its first-ever loss as new Brexit rules hit revenues at the wholesale exporter.
As the cost of Brexit is counted in wrecked livelihoods, ordinary people are starting to call it out. Loudly. Peter Corr is a lorry driver in Derbyshire.
Supply chain issues, skills shortages, increased costs and red tape among the issues cited.
Supply chain issues set to last throughout 2022, warns Logistics UK; trade could also be hit by fresh Brexit issues
14/06/2022
Pressure on supply chains is set to last throughout 2022, according to Logistics UK in a report that comes at the same time as fresh issues related to trade with Europe appear, with the government proposing unilateral action on Brexit.
A RECORD 78 per cent of UK firms attempting to recruit faced difficulties in finding staff in the first quarter, a survey by British Chambers of Commerce shows.
No surprise at rumours of a further delay to the introduction of post-Brexit border checks, says UK freight association
25/04/2022
Commenting on the spate of recent media reports that the government is considering another delay to the introduction of post-Brexit border checks on goods entering Britain from the EU, the freight sector says that it comes as no great surprise.
BBC Scotland has broken its silence as the questions around its policy of reporting on Brexit mount. / The broadcaster has come under fire in recent days after it aired an interview with the president of the National Farmers Union (NFU) Scotland, Martin Kennedy.
Food body warns of ‘post-Brexit perception problem’ over recurring traffic gridlock.
Further delays to Brexit Border Checks will not resolve issues for trade, says Logistics UK
01/04/2022
Any additional delays to the introduction of post-Brexit border checks on imports will simply postpone the inevitable, and send mixed signals to businesses that have been urged for months to get ready for the additional formalities involved with moving goods across the UK’s borders, according to business group Logistics UK.
The latest Food and Drink Federation (FDF) trade snapshot in the UK has made for sobering reading, revealing that export trade with our nearest neighbours across market segments was down by 13.1% against figures from three years ago, at £20.2 billion.
Shippers are “sleepwalking” towards the changeover of the UK’s customs infrastructure and need to “wake up” rather than seek to saddle HMRC with the blame for their failings, say freight specialists.
Exports of British gin have fallen for the second year running, according to the latest HMRC figures released yesterday.
'Urgent action' needed as Brexit leads to extra costs and hold-ups for West Midlands firms
10/02/2022
Businesses across the West Midlands are facing higher costs, a big increase in paperwork and hold-ups at ports.
Modelling projects 29-mile queues from potential delays caused by new digital controls, says trade body.
“The whole thing is stupid and pointless," one business owner at London's Borough Market has said.
Many Scottish food and drink suppliers plan to decrease or stop exports to the EU amid the regulatory fallout from Brexit, an industry survey suggests.