'Brexit scaremongering was fact', ex-French Ambassador to UK tells Rachel Johnson [2 mins]
10/05/2021
France's former ambassador to the UK Sylvie Bermann tells LBC that Brexit had "no advantages" and that facts were presented as "scaremongering".
'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.”
'I was an idiot': Exporter who 'bought' Brexit slams 'staggering and obscene' costs [4 mins]
09/02/2022
This exporter tells James O'Brien that "filling in commodity codes" and "getting test certificates" for his products because of Brexit has caused "staggering and obscene" costs and delays for his business.
'Nigel Farage is far too left-wing for my dad': Caller blames pro-Brexit father for failure of his business [5 mins]
07/02/2023
This caller blames his pro-Brexit father for the "crash" of his business after leaving the single market. / "After Brexit, my contacts gradually dried up, dried up, and dried up so I wasn't getting any more work in Europe."
This was James O'Brien's powerful reaction to UK firms saying they are being advised by the Government to set up in the EU to avoid trade disruption.
Five years after the Brexit referendum, many British companies now complain about higher transport costs and more bureaucracy. But the biggest problem is a labor shortage.
Brexit crippled the UK economy – Liz Truss just made it worse | Economics | New Statesman [5 mins]
22/10/2022
Economist Duncan Weldon and the New Statesman’s polling expert explore how Brexit and austerity have damaged the UK economy and set the stage for Liz Truss’s “mismanagement.”
Brexit has made Brits 'suffer' and been 'catastrophic' for the UK economy, says ASDA chairman Stuart Rose [1 min]
17/01/2023
Brexit has been "catastrophic" for British businesses and the country has "suffered" as a result, the chairman of Asda has said.
The post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and EU is a "thin deal' for Wales, says the first minister.
Companies in the ITV Anglia region say new customs controls are causing delays and could lead to problems with supply.
An Ipsos poll suggests that most people think Brexit is going worse than expected.
Speaking to Sky News, a former British ambassador to Japan noted the impact of Brexit, saying many companies are maintaining a presence in the UK, but moving the bulk of their operations to Europe. / Asked about the former ambassador's assertion, Labour's shadow environment secretary Jim McMahon told Kay Burley: "To some degree, it's a natural consequence of leaving the single market."
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.
East Anglia's small businesses adapting to survive and thrive in post-Brexit world [4 mins]
05/04/2022
ITV News Anglia has been catching up with small businesses across the region to find out more about what the end of the UK's membership of the European Union has meant for their fortunes.
Frustrated caller brands Boris Johnson a 'liar' after Brexit forced the closure his business [6 mins]
12/04/2023
As President Biden's visit to Belfast reignites Brexit talks, this defeated caller labels Boris Johnson a "liar" after he promised "frictionless trading" post-Brexit.
Why do so many people talk about a 'hard Brexit' and a 'soft Brexit'? And what do they mean?
It’s been four years since we formally left the EU - and its been eight years of trying to square an impossible circle. How do you keep Brexiteers happy, the EU on board and Northern Ireland’s government up and running, all at once?
Marr: "Are you really prepared to look those people in the eye and say you're going to lose your job because I am going for a no deal?"
Inverness SNP MP Drew Hendry highlights crippling post-Brexit import costs faced by retailer Oil and Vinegar during exchange with UK Trade Minister Andrew Griffith at Westminster [3 mins]
26/07/2022
Crippling import costs faced by an Inverness retailer were raised during an exchange at Westminster. / Inverness SNP MP Drew Hendry highlighted the costs faced by Oil and Vinegar importing goods from the EU during the exchange with UK Trade Minister Andrew Griffith.
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.'
Only half of UK firms that trade internationally have considered the impact of Brexit on their business, says the British Chambers of Commerce.
Market traders in Bath struggling due to 'astronomical' shipping costs post-Brexit [2 mins]
20/11/2022
The manager of one of Bath's best-known markets has complained that 'Brexit red tape' is making it too tough to import goods from Europe.
Firms face “crippling uncertainly” and there is a “real threat “of food and medicine shortages in the new year, Ian Blackford has said. / The SNP Westminster leader called for an economic impact assessment to be released on the costs of the PM's “extreme Tory Brexit plans”.