"Brexit effects more negative than expected" / KPMG/BCCG survey: Companies draw conclusions
28/04/2021
Around 100 days after Brexit, most companies are experiencing Brexit effects that are more negative than they expected at the beginning of the year.
Another year should give enough time to amend Northern Ireland's medicines supply chain after Brexit, an industry expert said.
A significant amount of the UK’s meat production may become non-compliant for export to the EU if proposed changes are implemented, the sheep sector has warned.
'Harrods of the Highlands' House of Bruar eyes post-Covid rebound but warns of Brexit pricing fallout
02/11/2021
House of Bruar, the Perthshire clothing, food and tourism emporium, has warned that the “true effects of Brexit” are still to be felt despite predicting a return to pre-Covid trading.
Deal or no deal, British companies will have to confront a wall of bureaucracy that threatens chaos at the border if they want to sell into the world’s biggest trading bloc when life after Brexit begins on January 1.
Businesses cite higher costs, customs delays and paperwork as among the problems they face.
A no-deal Brexit threatens to have a major impact on the European economy. Companies have long since begun making concrete preparations for an eventuality that is looking increasingly likely.
Ralf Speth is concerned delays in the supply chain could halt production and repeats warnings a hard Brexit could cost £1.2bn.
'Rishi Sunak told me Brexit would be amazing - now four independent businesses in our home town are closing'
13/08/2023
Jo Foster has asked her MP, Rishi Sunak, three times for help with her businesses struggling after Brexit. She told Politics Editor Ralph Blackburn he needs to face up to reality.
'Trade in goods significantly harder under Brexit deal' says EU Goods Sub-Committee report
25/03/2021
The EU Goods Sub-Committee has published its report, Beyond Brexit: trade in goods, examining what the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) means for trade in goods.
Pharmacists say minor delays at ports could have knock-on effects in lean supply chain.
GKN is planning to shut an automotive factory in Birmingham with the loss of 500 jobs.
52 people in Cork and Kerry waiting for wheelchairs due to Brexit and supply chain delays
13/12/2021
MORE than 50 people are on waiting lists for wheelchairs across Cork and Kerry amid calls for greater funding and resourcing to ensure people are not left facing major delays.
With Britain out of the European Union, companies that trade with the continent are contending with expensive disruptions to their businesses and a plunge in exports.
A Harrogate district horticultural business has estimated that Brexit-related bureaucracy cost it £210,000 last year
12/01/2022
Johnsons of Whixley, which sells over 5 million plants per year, said in a press release yesterday that the “bureaucratic burden” of Brexit had reduced revenue, increased cost and slowed its supply chain.
IoD warns a lack of preparedness will exacerbate port congestion when grace period ends in January.
Issues - dismissed by the prime minister as “teething problems” - show little sign of dissipating.
With Brexit done, many industries including construction are anxious about any future disruption at ports.
Getting things to and from mainland UK has affected everyone living in Northern Ireland.
Airbus SE, one of the most outspoken companies about the risk of a no-deal Brexit, is telling European countries to prepare for a worst-case scenario so they aren’t caught flat-footed when the next deadline on Oct. 31 approaches.
Red tape and a labour shortage leave retailers and millions of lockdown gardeners with scant pickings.
ANGUS Robertson has said that Brexit is the "biggest single factor" in the UK's supply chain crisis.