Thanks to the HGV driver shortage, many refuse collectors are quitting to earn up to £30,000 more driving lorries. But what does this mean for our streets, as the rubbish and recycling piles ever higher?
Close to 59 per cent fashion brands have said that Brexit has impacted their business since the end of the transition, as per a recent report. About 25 per cent of the brands surveyed said they have considered relocating all or part of their businesses and 91 per cent of them want a visa that allows creative access to EU countries cheaply and quickly.
‘Era of being a UK-based concert artist is pretty much over’ – musicians share their Brexit realities
18/05/2021
Musicians and music businesses warn of ‘time up’ for UK grassroots acts, and European orchestras being resistant to booking UK artists because of ‘paperwork and expense’.
Manchester United are set to name Ralf Rangnick as the club's new manager on an interim basis, with the experience German coach signing a six-month deal at Old Trafford.
A new study has reported that 94% of music industry workers have been negatively affected by the post-Brexit deal,
British ex-pats forced to abandon Spanish retirement say they’ve been 'screwed over' by Brexit
04/10/2021
This is mainly due to changes to immigration rules, but other components like increase healthcare costs are contributing factors.
A British couple's retirement plans have fallen apart leaving them without a home of their own to live in thanks to post-Brexit visa rules.
Developers and publishers discuss the challenges they face in securing talent from the Continent
Warning that crisis will ‘get worse as businesses see that there is not much going on in UK-EU negotiations’.
Lawyers expose 'false claims' made by ministers over visa-free music tours of EU after Brexit
14/05/2021
Lawyers have revealed five 'false claims' made by ministers they say prove the government refused to strike a deal to rescue visa-free touring in the EU.
Despite repeated assurances that the government understood the need for frictionless travel after Brexit, hugely increased bureaucracy and costs look set to devastate the present – and the future – of musicians and music-making in the UK
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.
McDonalds joins restaurants, farmers and the meat processing industry with concerns that ‘reduced access to overseas labour would present a challenge to our business,’ reports Sian Norris.
The fashion industry has warned it faces severe talent shortages after a government advisory body rejected its plea to offer more visas to foreign workers.
For 2021, national tourist board Visit Britain has forecast that visitor numbers will be lower even than in 2020, when travel restrictions were at their highest.
The main reason for the drop is the knock-on effects of Brexit, which include significantly higher tuition fees and far more bureaucracy.
Representatives from the live music industry, and Elton John, have sharply criticised the Government’s handling of the post-Brexit crisis for the touring industry resulting from a lack of agreement with the EU over visa issues and movement of equipment.
Senior Tory MP warns Brexit ‘destroying’ British agriculture and condemns government failure to act
14/12/2021
Minister under fire for rejecting moves to bring in EU farm workers – as vegetable planting plunges 25%.
‘I’ve lost £40,000 already’ – survey finds Brexit red tape is crippling touring musicians
26/05/2021
Faced with the titanic costs of post-Brexit visas and carnets, UK musicians warn they are being left with no option but to relocate to Europe or quit the music industry altogether.
A Norfolk firm which has already been struggling with recruiting staff has faced extra pressures with absences due to Covid.
Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Patrick Stewart and Dame Julie Walters have joined some of the biggest names in British theatre to urge Boris Johnson to secure visa-free EU travel for artists.
The number of seasonal workers applying to work at one Kent-based company is down 90% in the last two years and there are fears for the future.
Elton John 'On The Warpath' As He Requests Meeting With PM Over Post-Brexit Touring Rules
17/09/2021
The singer said it is currently "financially impossible" for burgeoning British stars to tour in the European Union. / "The Rocket Hour has a special theme this week. Every artist that I’m going to play is a young British artist who at the moment is not able to tour because of what happened with the Brexit situation."
Alarm raised over business ‘barriers’ which ‘cost jobs and money in the UK’ – as public unhappiness confirmed. / “no appetite for widespread deregulation or divergence from EU rules” – UK Trade and Business Commission
‘Don’t let Brexit obliterate us’: Pig farmers protest at Tory conference amid cull warning
04/10/2021
Farmers dressed in pig costumes have protested outside the Conservative Party conference amid warnings that more than 100,000 pigs could be culled.