Collapsed trade talks, new border checks, 14-hour queues at the border and medicine shortages... it's just another day in Brexit land.
Why cheese, fish and flowers could all soon cost more because of new Brexit rules [2 mins]
27/01/2024
New regulations intended to protect biosecurity by imposing controls on plant and animal products mean the UK is "going back in time," according to British importers and European suppliers.
Prices for a dozen red roses range from €30 to €100 with florists saying they face losses.
Firms across four different sectors share their stories of rising costs, extra paperwork and packages that never arrive.
The price of importing flowers into the UK is estimated to cost an additional £100 million due to new customs rules and tariffs brought on by Brexit.
Everything from meat, fish, cheese to meat products will cost more in the UK due to Brexit border controls.
The Fresh Produce Consortium said the April draft proposals would have had a “devastating financial impact”.
Supermarket prices will rise more than is necessary unless there is greater collaboration with European suppliers on post-Brexit trade frictions, a Dutch business has warned.
TORY MP Andrea Leadsom has been criticised for her comments as new fresh food and flower imports from the European Union are to be subject to next Brexit customs controls.
Rees-Mogg warnings over post-Brexit border charges gets slapped with a glorious community note
12/04/2024
According to reports, Britain faces a £2 billion post-Brexit bill on European food imports from the end of the month.
Labour shortages caused by Brexit and accentuated by the COVID pandemic have badly affected businesses across the food and farming sector and could cause ‘permanent’ damage, UK lawmakers stated in a report published on Wednesday (6 April).
Brexit has contributed to a shortage of flower pickers in the UK, a bulb grower has said.
Port chiefs warn £200m for upgrades is nowhere near enough and time running out to start work
16/11/2020
Infrastructure work has taken nearly a year in the past, but just six months will be available - even if the cash is there
New post-Brexit customs rules explained as consumers warned they could lead to some shortages
01/01/2021
A UK business spoke about having no choice but to raise the prices of its goods as trade between the UK and the EU becomes increasingly difficult, ITV News Reporter Martha Fairlie reports on New Year's Day 2022.
NFU warns blanket import checks from April could fuel long delays and damage future crops. / The UK’s fruit and flower growers face an “existential threat” from new post-Brexit border checks that could damage business and affect next year’s crops, the country’s biggest farming body has said.
Flower growers fear end of the UK’s £100m industry as Covid and border restrictions lead to lack of seasonal workers.
A major daffodil grower in the fens say they only have a fifth of their usual number of pickers this year because of Brexit.
A Lincolnshire farming business has blamed Brexit for a lack of flower pickers.
Getting married? Couples face wedding disappointment with wrong flowers and food due to Brexit
10/02/2023
Venues, florists, caterers and cake makers said clients are having to manage their expectations.
Extra charges for flowers after Britain's EU exit still harming him.
Flower and bulb growers say uncertainty around any Brexit deal is their "biggest issue" at the moment.
"It's not us putting the prices up, it's Brexit." / Rosa shared some staggering statistics. Between the referendum result in 2016 and May 2018, 1900 florists shut up shop. Between May to October 2018 more floristry businesses closed.
New post-Brexit border controls coming in from Wednesday could result in higher prices and delays in fresh goods coming in from the EU. / It means significant new red tape, and more money out of our pockets on products like cheese, fish, and flowers.
Britain's turkey farmers will do their best to ensure Christmas "is as normal as it can be" but shortages are likely, an industry representative has warned.
Many Brits will be forced to go without a Christmas turkey this year because of Brexit labour shortages, MPs were told this afternoon.