Former No 10 chief of staff says it is ‘dishonest’ to pretend Brexit deal has not added costs to trade.
‘The kingdom of empty shelves’: European newspapers blame Brexit for UK supply chain crisis
24/09/2021
Continent’s press liken situation to 1970s Winter of Discontent and ‘boycotted Cuba’.
‘A Convenient Scapegoat’: Empty Shelves are due to Brexit Not the Pingdemic - Here’s the Evidence
22/07/2021
With supply chain problems being blamed on workers self-isolating, Caolan Robertson reports on what business owners, managers and labourers have been telling him across the country about the consequences of Brexit.
Lines of cars snake from gasoline stations. Fights break out among angry motorists trying to get fuel. Grocery staples are out of stock on store shelves. A charity warns that doubling heating bills will force a million households to rely on extra blankets to stay warm.
Three big retailers are placing limits on shoppers on some produce lines. What is behind the rationing?
New Brexit arrangements have caused disruption to fresh produce reaching supermarket shelves in Northern Ireland, some of the leading shops have confirmed.
Warnings of food price hikes and shortages after no-deal are ‘bumps along the road’, Raab says
10/12/2020
'There will be some bumps along the road if we don't get the free trade deal – that's the inevitable consequence of change’
Warning over empty supermarket shelves and higher food prices as new post-Brexit charges hit
05/04/2024
The new charges are set to come into force at the end of the month and will mean higher food prices will be passed on to consumers, suppliers warn.
Veg shortage crisis: Is Brexit to blame and how can supermarkets make supply chains more resilient?
02/03/2023
Many industry experts have also pointed at Brexit – claiming the UK’s current position has left it vulnerable as trade links have become less secure than they once were. / Thanks to new post-Brexit administrative checks, the farming industry has also seen seasonal labour shortages, leaving gaps in a workforce...
Supermarkets have begun removing product ranges and lowering their standards when it comes to fresh produce in preparation for Brexit, and British customers are already showing recessionary behaviours, according to new research from Kantar.
UK food shortages: Rural areas and summer holiday favourites at ‘back of queue’ for deliveries
22/07/2021
As supermarket giants pile pressure on suppliers to serve cities and bigger towns, shops in rural areas and tourist hotspots such as Cornwall, Norfolk and the Highlands stand to be overlooked.
The UK failed to secure the Brexit agreement it wanted for Northern Ireland, its negotiator has admitted – despite Boris Johnson hailing it as “a great deal” at the time.
A food manufacturer dubbed ‘the chicken king’ has warned Covid-19 and Brexit could result in the worst food shortages since the war.
Loss of 100,000 hauliers due to Covid and Brexit will cause food ‘rolling power cuts’, experts warn
The UK is facing a “winter of discontent” after the Tories pushed ahead with Brexit taking Britain out of the European Union, Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has warned.
Export health certificates on food from the EU will now only be needed from July 1 next year - instead of October 1 under previous plans - after a crisis of lost lorry drivers and empty shelves.
UK announces it will unilaterally change Brexit deal with EU, risking new confrontation with Brussels
04/03/2021
UK to extend grace periods for supermarkets without EU approval.
JAMES BALL examines the areas where Britain is now feeling the painful consequences of its departure from the EU.
UK meat exporters have warned the government that post-Brexit changes at the border have caused disruption to meat shipments crossing the channel.
A post-Brexit deal should make it easier to build supermarkets, avoid tax and sue the UK, US business lobbyists say.
New checks coming into effect from 1st October look to make food shortages worsen and increase prices.
Thanks to higher costs, increased red tape and supply chain damage, we must get used to living in a country with empty shelves.
From one end of the supply chain to the other, the UK's food producers have endured a summer of trouble.