Brexit’s sunlit uplands are proving difficult to access and, for one sector at least, the blame for this problem cannot be pinned on one year of lockdown.

Chemical companies, facing costly new regulations and extra tariffs, are looking to the continent.

A chemical expert from one of the major manufacturers has said chemicals readily available in the UK will "disappear" after Brexit.

Inquiry hears of massive extra costs, a mountain of red tape, shrinking investment and chemicals ‘disappearing’ from UK market.