'Sadness' for one of Cork's most famous food brands as they take 'last orders' from Brexit UK
15/09/2021
One of Cork's most celebrated food producers - Frank Hederman of smoked fish fame - has spoken of his 'sadness' at having to fill what could be his last orders for UK customers due to Brexit changes.
A couple of points are worth observing already. Nearly six years on from the Leave vote, the supposed opportunities of Brexit remain entirely conspicuous by their absence. And ramping up the rhetoric by claiming “immense opportunity” does not change this reality.
Brexit hits UK food and drink exports to EU
23/03/2021
Salmon, beef, and whisky sales from the UK to the EU plummeted in January.
Salmon farmers are, like all of us, anticipating the arrival of the United Nation’s COP26 conference in Glasgow later this year and are actively engaging with the Scottish Government’s target of net-zero emissions of all greenhouse gases by 2045.
The UK’s export market suffered a total fall of £750 million - a 75.5 per cent decline from the previous January, the FDF said.
SCOTLAND's salmon industry is facing "acute" labour shortages due to Brexit despite average salaries of £36,000, business leaders have warned.
Brexit: despatches from the downside – No 24
01/03/2024
In this week's Brexit downsides, extra food labelling costing up to £250mn, a huge drop in overseas students, veterinary shortages in NI, and more.
“Clotted cream from Cornwall, Cornish pasties, Cumberland sausage, Welsh lamb and beef, Stilton and Cheddar cheeses - all of which the Prime Minister and Liz Truss were fond to cite - are no longer protected for our trade."
Exports of Scottish salmon fell sharply last year after being hit by the Covid pandemic, according to new figures.
HMRC figures reveal huge year-on-year falls in trade, with whisky, cheese and chocolate worst hit.
SCOTLAND'S salmon industry has called for urgent action to tackle Brexit-related delays at Dover, with concerns over fresh fish being left to “rot in lorries”.
Fish farm pollution rules relaxed for Brexit
03/02/2021
Fish farming companies are being allowed to breach environmental limits and pollute lochs because of export problems caused by Brexit.
Fish farmers call for cut in Brexit red tape
05/04/2022
Salmon farmers in Scotland are calling for action to ease the burden of export paperwork following the UK’s exit from the European Union.
Historic Aberdeen smokehouse says Westminster ‘incompetence’ has created seafood export chaos
08/01/2021
Bosses at one of Scotland’s oldest smokehouses have accused the UK Government of “gross incompetence” in a furore over post-Brexit exports of Scottish seafood.
Irish smoked salmon producer says it’s now cheaper to send fish to America than the UK due to Brexit costs
16/09/2021
‘It would be such a shame to lose a whole market and lose relationships with people in the UK’
Taxes cut on birds’ eggs, raw hides, fur skins and ultra-strong spirits – but UK does not export them anyway.
Tavish Scott, chief executive of the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (SSPO), has again urged the UK Government to fix post-Brexit export problems which farmers say have caused reputational damage due to unreliable delivery times.
Bureaucracy, paperwork, delays and confusion leaves Scottish producers counting the cost.
Scotland’s salmon sector has expressed frustration over the "painfully slow" implementation of measures to smooth trade flow and open new markets since Brexit.
Pro-Brexit salmon smoker Lance Forman wants industry compensated for Brexit-related costs
29/01/2021
Lance Forman, a former Brexit Party member of the European Parliament, said that the UK government should compensate the seafood industry for Brexit-related disruption.
While the challenges of post-Brexit trade continue to impact businesses what will shape the culinary landscape of the North Highlands – and can the spirit of love endure?
Industry hit with a blow as government halts trial of a system designed to limit paperwork.
Aberdeen-based exporter John Ross says the last few months have been the company's hardest in 30 years.
Scotland’s salmon farmers have written to Conservative Party leadership contenders Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak ahead of tomorrow’s Perth hustings to highlight government action needed to support growth of the sector.
A Scottish seafood processing firm, which supplies fish to the Queen, says it is losing business because of labour shortages blamed on Brexit.