“Brexit, for our industry, there’s not a single positive about it” / @ChefTomKerridge describes the huge staffing shortage in the hospitality industry, telling @Peston that there are many hospitality businesses closing 2-3 days a week due to a lack of workers.
'I hoped we would go for a sensible version of Brexit. It’s forcing businesses to comply with two sets of regulations.' - Former Siemens CEO [2 mins]
26/07/2022
Former Siemens CEO - “I hoped we would go for a sensible version of Brexit. It’s forcing businesses to comply with two sets of regulations. It’s a double cost. What we’re learning is that our so-called sovereignty is turning out to be rather expensive.”
This week we laid off most of the rest of our staff.
TL/DR: It's down to Brexit. Not Covid. Not the war in Ukraine. We've got the figures. We know our business. Brexit did this.
Adam Posen shows how Brexit has curtailed UK trade, FDI inflows, & immigration growth in a series of charts
27/04/2022
@AdamPosen shows how Brexit has curtailed UK trade, FDI inflows, & immigration growth in a series of charts presented at @UKandEU's The Economics of Brexit conference 2022. #PIIECharts
“You’re running a natural experiment in what happens when you run a trade war on yourself” - Adam Posen
27/04/2022
@AdamPosen is speaking with @lizzzburden about food prices and inflation at #EconafterBrexit
James O'Brien's ... response to a caller whose business cannot sell to the EU anymore due to Brexit.
09/02/2020
'If Brexit was a second-hand car, you've got it home, there's no engine under the bonnet and they've just made Jacob Rees-Mogg chief mechanic.'
The Government say massive delays at Dover this week are nothing to do with Brexit, while banning staff from giving interviews. / One customs agent took us inside to speak to drivers who had been waiting up to 24 hours. / Every single one of them blamed Brexit.
We don't want to become a musical Galapagos, with our musicians locked out of the cultural partnership which is so important for creative development."
18/11/2021
"We don't want to become a musical Galapagos, with our musicians locked out of the cultural partnership which is so important for creative development." - @HarrietHarman at today's Westminster Hall debate on visas for musicians touring in the EU.
Kelemen Archive: 'So many stories coming out revealing ... Brexit is turning out - just as experts had warned - to be a fiasco and an enormous act of economic self-harm for UK'
12/01/2021
So many stories coming out revealing that Brexiteers sold Brexit on lies and that reality of Brexit is turning out - just as experts had warned - to be a fiasco and an enormous act of economic self-harm for UK. I’ll keep track of some in this Brexit reality thread.
'I’ve led a cross-party group to tell Liz that sticking her head in the sand is just not good enough.'
15/02/2021
Liz Truss has told six MPs she will not answer their questions in Parliament next week because they want to ask about the problems facing British exporters trading with Europe. I’ve led a cross-party group to tell Liz that sticking her head in the sand is just not good enough.
"We’re in fits of despair" - Alistair Sinclair, of the Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation, says his industry is struggling after Brexit
05/02/2021
“We’re in fits of despair.”
Alistair Sinclair, of the Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation, says his industry is struggling after the Brexit transition period came to an end and Boris Johnson needs to act.
'We need to suspend accepting orders... to NI... just don’t have the resources to undertake the paperwork' - The Ethical Dairy
25/01/2021
'Sadly we need to suspend accepting orders for delivery to Northern Ireland with immediate effect. We know this will be disappointing for our NI customers. We just don’t have the resources to undertake the paperwork required. We are so sorry.'
'Owner of Cheshire Cheese Co was planning to invest £1 million... he’ll be investing in France instead' [2 mins]
24/01/2021
Before Brexit, the owner of Cheshire Cheese Co was planning to invest £1 million and dozens of jobs in a Northern town. Because of Boris’ Brexit deal, he’ll be investing in France instead. So much for a ‘Brexit boom’.
'Vote Leave promised to “cut red tape” ... Oyster farmer ... can no longer export to Spain because of extra bureaucracy caused by Brexit.' [2 mins]
19/01/2021
Vote Leave promised to “cut red tape” for the fishing industries. Now, one Oyster farmer tells @mikegalsworthy he can no longer export to Spain because of extra bureaucracy caused by Brexit.
“Shelves were full before Christmas and there are some issues now in terms of supply chains… that’s clearly a Brexit issue” - Simon Coveney
20/01/2021
Irish Foreign Minister @simoncoveney tells @Peston that checks required on goods coming into N.Ireland are causing disruption.
"We're stuffed" - Brixham fish merchant Ian Perkes says he's unable to export his fish to France
04/01/2021
"We're stuffed" - Brixham fish merchant Ian Perkes says he's unable to export his fish to France now the new post-Brexit rules and regulation have come into force.