Freedom of movement and customs woes to blame, says campaign body.

Our Economics Correspondent @HeliaEbrahimi explains how no-deal Brexit preparations are impacting the UK economy.

Scottish fishing representative made renewed plea for a 'grace period' and for EU customs posts in Scotland to reduce bureaucratic delays being faced by exporters.

Northern Ireland committee members criticise Julian Smith over plans to require paperwork to move goods.

The circle that is still impossible to square. Either there is a border in the Irish Sea, or the UK remains in the Customs Union. Fin.

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.

'It doesn’t look like the basis of an agreement, that’s for sure'.

Ireland's deputy prime minister has said his country "cannot possibly" support Boris Johnson's Brexit plan, and encouraged the UK to come back with something "fit for purpose".

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.

Approximately 1,000 new veterinary and customs inspectors are set to be hired to deal with Brexit, An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has announced this evening.

Collapsed trade deals, rising food prices, more border checks and not enough flowers for Valentine’s Day – thanks a bunch.

As the EU finally ratifies the Brexit trade deal, attention shifts to some major loose ends.

As we pass 60 days of Brexit entering the final month of the first quarter of 2021, let’s take a deeper look at the impact of Brexit on UK businesses and especially e-commerce businesses. Before authoring this article, I had numerous conversations with independent e-commerce business founders. I have based this article on those discussions to bring forward first-hand experiences.

The survey from Encore musicians indicates that current Brexit travel restrictions will stop them performing in Europe

One month after Britain made a New Year split from the European Union’s economic embrace, businesses that once traded freely are getting used to frustrating checks, delays and red tape.

IoD warns a lack of preparedness will exacerbate port congestion when grace period ends in January.

U.K. companies exporting into the European Union will have to wait for permission from tax authorities before they can move their goods under plans being drawn up by the government.

A "safety and security" agreement removing the need for post-Brexit entry and exit declarations between Britain and the north of Ireland is needed, the freight industry said.

A crucial part of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)’s IT system that will monitor import and export goods after Brexit, will not be ready to operate independently of the system it is been designed to replace, MPs warned this week.

Amazon has stopped selling wines, beers and spirits to its customers in Northern Ireland as it wrestles with new customs rules post-Brexit.

Amazon has told its marketplace sellers that parcels going from GB to Northern Ireland will need a customs declaration from April.

The renewed tension in Northern Ireland could have far-reaching implications for the future of the United Kingdom - and post-Brexit relations with the EU.

For the past two years now, British poultry businesses that trade with the EU have faced a double standard.

Government taking days to respond to queries, say stuggling businesses.

Ann Summers discontinued its direct selling business in Ireland last year because “higher operating costs” associated with Brexit made it “uneconomical”, according to recently filed company documents.

It appears HM Treasury has realised bringing in a measure that will so obviously lead to higher food prices is not a good idea when the country is in the grip of an inflation spiral.

Another great Raab clip, this one from 2016. It appears he and and other senior Brexiters took us out of the customs union without understanding any of the ramifications of that - or even seemingly what the customs union is.

DUP leader says customs officials told her there would have to be checks at Irish Sea, contrary to Boris Johnson's promises.

A post-Brexit customs centre for up to 10,000 lorries has been earmarked for a 27-acre site in Kent, in a plan the local MP says came "out of the blue".

Many restrictions apply equally to trips from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.

The government's own impact assessment of the Brexit deal confirms firms will have to pay fees, fill out forms and face border inspections when sending goods within the UK.

The construction of the inspection facilities was ordered by Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Minister Thérèse Coffey following the signing of the Windsor Framework.

Unnamed EU officials claim ‘penny dropped’ for PM during talks over future of Irish border. / Opponents of Brexit have accused Boris Johnson of being “out of his depth” after claims emerged of a “penny dropping moment” during his meeting with EU boss Jean-Claude Juncker earlier this week.

Prime minister directly contradicts the Brexit secretary and NI secretary over post-Brexit checks.

‘He told a lie to the British public. Again he tells allies the UK word cannot be trusted,’ Labour MP alleges.

PM says checks will exist on goods travelling through Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic.

After days of intensive negotiations, the Prime Minister said he had reached a 'great' new deal with EU leaders.

'This is going to hit us in January....customers are really going to see the problems on supermarket shelves'

Boris Johnson is demanding complete secrecy from the European Union as the Government dispatches its “take it or leave” Brexit blueprint to Brussels.

PM repeats discredited claim "there will be no checks" between NI and GB.

Boris Johnson's Brexit Bill has major consequences for the UK and our future prosperity. MPs would be failing in their duty if they did not scrutinise it line-by-line.

The Prime Minister has been directly contradicting senior ministers who admit there will be the need for checks on goods passing into GB.

Johnson and prominent members of his ruling Conservative Party have publicly called for the scrapping or radical overhaul of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

Boris Johnson's #Brexit deal would require checks on goods travelling from Britain to Northern Ireland, with much more limited checks in the other direction, says Ireland's Deputy PM @simoncoveney.

Report cites leaked proposals for clearance areas 5-10 miles from border and real-time tracking of goods.

Hard-fought EU withdrawal legislation now needs only Royal Assent to become law, clearing path for Brexit on 31 January.

The European Union is "open but not convinced" by the UK PM's new proposals for a Brexit deal with the EU, the president of the European Council says.

Brussels rules out 'mutual recognition' of regulations between EU and UK ahead of talks.

Senior Brexiteers endorsed the Prime Minister’s deal but some have now turned against it and want to see it replaced.

Downing Street beats a hasty retreat after leak shows backsliding on Good Friday Agreement pledges. / There is near-unanimous political outrage in Ireland over a leaked British government plan to throw up a “buffer zone” with customs posts on the Irish border. Parties across the political spectrum branded it “out of the question”.

Contingency plans are being worked out for several sectors of the British industry as the deadline to leave the European Union looms.

Another Brexit advertising campaign. They've replaced sporting events as signs of the changing seasons. Instead of Wimbledon or the Olympics, we get Michael Gove talking gibberish on television and further millions poured into preparedness exercises for an outcome with no tangible benefits.

Industry figures said the government had so far done little to help ailing musicians.

'There are no benefits to our fishing communities even if everything goes to plan.'

Shipping wine to the UK is now a "bloody nightmare" and it's only likely to get worse.

Lull in traffic means delays haven’t hit major U.K. ports, yet. / Trucks delayed at pick-up points as customs agents struggle.

Internal market bill would endanger future trade deals, says Kim Darroch, the former British ambassador to the US.

New customs rules also a factor in 41% drop in value of goods moving from UK to the EU.

‘Covid is not the problem – Brexit is the problem’, says British Beauty Council boss on sales slump.

People employed to deal with new border checks in Hull which were subsequently shelved by the government have been made redundant, it has been revealed.

The Government has delayed plans for a fourth time to impose further checks on EU goods entering the UK as Jacob Rees-Mogg admitted the move would cost £1bn.

A Brexit border control post in Holyhead is set to shrink under plans for a lighter touch system using more data and technology. In May, the UK Government delayed introducing more checks on EU goods entering the UK for the fourth time over fears it will impact supply chains and add to rising inflation.

Essential post-Brexit freight software is unlikely to be ready on time for 1 January, those building it have warned.

A key U.K. government customs system has been overwhelmed within weeks of Brexit and threatens to trigger more disruption as freight traffic rebounds.

Trade with Great Britain has been severely disrupted since the Brexit agreement came into force. Fish traders and clothing sellers are struggling to cope with new customs and health regulations. Companies often bear the burden of the extra costs.

A new report claims leaving the EU has created a £850m drop in the industry’s exports to Europe.

Make UK says two-thirds of companies fear customs delays and red tape from new rules will further hamper supply chains.

Unite says customs paperwork causing delays – despite government’s denial Brexit to blame.

Full customs controls on imports from the EU to Britain will finally begin on New Year's Day after being delayed three times - and business groups can't guarantee it'll all go smoothly.

While the picture’s hardly pretty and certainly not what advocates of Brexit envisioned, none of it surprises economists. As a former Bank of England official observed: “You run a trade war against yourself, bad things happen.”

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that the Cabinet’s Brexit sub-committee met on Monday to “essentially dust down and restart contingency preparations” in case a trade war develops with the UK.

Goods moving between the UK and EU will be subject to new customs controls & checks when the Brexit transition period ends in January.

Figures from the Irish statistics service reveal the scale of challenges as traders grappled with new customs requirements, covid-19 restrictions and pre-Brexit stockpiling.

Government warned some businesses will collapse from extra red tape in 2022.

Customs expert warns that open border between tariff regimes was an invitation to smuggle.

Foreign minister challenges Johnson’s claim about goods moving from Northern Ireland to Britain.

Donald Tusk has warned a no-deal Brexit is‘more likely than ever.’ But if it happens it could be chaotic.

Even the keenest Brexiteer must feel that the process has been tortuously long. / That has been, in large part, because successive British governments have refused to accept the trade-off between untrammelled sovereignty and friction-free access to the EU’s single market, a refusal that shapes today’s increasingly testy relationship.

UK clothing and lifestyle brand Joules is terminating some of its wholesale agreements with stockists in the European Union. Drapers explores who else is following suit, and what the implications are.

This week, the practical realities of what Brexit is going to mean came into central focus for perhaps the first time, with a new government information campaign.

The UK Public Accounts Committee has said that Brexit and the issues surrounding their new borders have added costs to business in Britain.

In reality, Brexit has hobbled the UK economy, which remains the only member of the G7 — the group of advanced economies that also includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States — with an economy smaller than it was before the pandemic.

A leading customs expert who predicted the truck driver shortage and issues causes by the sea border in the Irish Sea believe delayed bureaucratic customs laws will lead to meats, fruit and vegetables from the EU being too costly to import.

The full impact of Brexit on both businesses and consumers will not be felt until next year with shortages set to worsen in sectors ranging from food to building materials, a leading customs expert has claimed, writes David Parsley.

Goods and services exported to bloc affected by return of customs border, EU commissioner says.

The government has paid the owner of land being used as a Brexit lorry park in Ashford almost £6m in rent, it has emerged.

British government’s lack of clarity on EU trade deal ‘could limit fish, dairy and meat range’.

The former prime minister’s hollow catchphrase captured a fundamental truth—just not the one she thought it did.

Customs officers, border police, plant and veterinary inspectors, offices, carparks and IT systems are among the 'unheard of' expenses of reestablishing full border controls.

The delay in getting the damaged trams back into service has been in part, according to a source at TfL, because of Brexit. Essential parts that are being sourced from the EU are taking longer to ship to south London because of post-Brexit customs procedures.

A week ago the UK fully left the EU. The moment we all campaigned against, warned about and feared the consequences of became reality – and it’s every bit as bad as forecast.

Unexpected hold-ups in EU destinations have hit baggage delivery services where travellers send luggage ahead to avoid airport queues.

A businessman who says Brexit is destroying his business thanks to red tape has challenged the Prime Minister to try filling in the necessary customs forms.

The next big money-making opportunity of Brexit has emerged: selling customs services.

Exporters forced to fill in 48 million customs declarations and 140,000 health certificates over eight-month period.

“This shows how the post-Brexit increase in custom costs to UK consumers is really biting," a senior manager at an accountancy firm has said.

The UK’s decision to leave the EU trading bloc has left many small- and medium-sized farm businesses struggling to cope with extra customs checks and red tape.

What's the latest on the backstop post-Salzburg? What type of custom checks are the European Commission proposing? Take us to the (Irish) Whiskey Bar post-Brexit? From geographical indicators to being grouped in with pornography and the arms trade, William Lavelle, head of the Irish Whiskey Association, outlines the challenges ahead for the industry.

As the Conservative Party in the UK enters the final phase of its leadership race, the contenders were encouraged by European leaders to be realistic about what they could expect to achieve on Brexit when they enter No. 10 Downing Street.

Brexit Republic is back, to delve into the unprecedented convulsions wracking the British political system. In his first tangle with parliament, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suffered a sequence of embarrassing defeats.

UK PM Boris Johnson went to Manchester to address his party conference for the first time as leader proposing a new UK alternative to the backstop - the Northern Ireland/Ireland protocol.

The backstop is dead, long live a new solution for the island of Ireland. Tony Connelly, Sean Whelan and Colm Ó Mongáin will bring you through how the deal was done, and depending on when you're listening to this, what are the chances of, to quote Boris Johnson, Getting Brexit Done and getting it through the House of Commons.

New Brexit rules are coming into force today which have caused concerns over possible food shortages and increasing costs for businesses.

Trade barriers erected in Boris Johnson’s deal have cost exporters more than £1.1 billion since the start of the year, the Food and Drink Federation said.

The latest Brexit snafu has seen the Amazon Partnered Carrier Programme UPS service hitting problems with customs clearance due to paperwork not being correct. This has led to the temporary suspension of all UK EU shipments until further notice.

From confused carriers to mind-boggling bureaucracy, Lucy Reece Raybould, CEO of British Footwear Association (BFA), tells Drapers how Brexit is still impacting trade for UK businesses.

For many suppliers and logistics specialists, it was obvious that Brexit would disrupt the continuity of trade, and its negative effects would affect both the United Kingdom and the countries of the European Union.

Disruption at Dover blamed for hit to UK supply chains.

'Food exports to EU have declined by 50 to 60 per cent in January,' one leader says.

Customs duties rose to record £2.2bn in first six months since trade deal came into effect on 1 January.

The post-Brexit trade deal between the UK and EU is a "thin deal' for Wales, says the first minister.

UK and European negotiators are meeting later today for yet another round of Brexit trade talks.

The House of Lords European Affairs Committee heard that whilst technology infrastructure and digital tools could help, more clarity and support is needed.

Irish consumers are planning on buying Irish after Brexit and many have already switched from UK websites due to concerns around consumer rights.

British companies have filled in 48 million customs declarations and 140,000 export health certificates since Britain left the EU.

One of the UK’s leading commercial nurseries has had to stop supplying plants to Northern Ireland after new Brexit restrictions came into force in January.

Those expecting the deal meant trade could carry on in the same friction-free, tariff-free manner as before were in for something of a shock on 1 January 2021 when shipments were stuck at borders due to incorrect paperwork.

Over 6,000 checks have now been carried out on British goods by Belgium’s Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) since January 2021.

Two of London's major summer art fairs have been cancelled this year, with organisers saying Brexit is partly to blame.

Legal experts at Walker Morris discuss what food businesses need to know about phases 2 and 3 of implementing checks at the Great Britain/EU border now the Brexit transition period has ended.

It may have been over three years since the UK formally left the European Union but UK brands and retailers continue to face a slew of challenges in navigating post-Brexit trade. Drapers identifies the persistent pain points and how they are being managed.

PORTSMOUTH’S newly built £25m, two-acre border control post has been dubbed a ‘white elephant’ by port bosses following an ‘appalling’ government U-turn.

The loss of frictionless trade due to Brexit is leaving meat processors and exporters facing cost increases of up to 40 per cent, an Oireachtas committee has been told.

On 7 October last year, there was a defining phone call between Boris Johnson and Angel Merkel.

Trade disruption could deliver a sizeable hit to UK manufacturing output this quarter, while lingering uncertainty and potential instability surrounding the future of the UK-EU trade deal will keep a lid on investment during the post-Covid recovery.

The United Kingdom will delay the introduction of border checks on imports from the European Union by as much as six months in a bid to avoid piling on the pain for British business and choking off vital food supplies.

Britain has delayed imposing its full post-Brexit import controls on goods from the European Union again, pushing it back until the end of next year, saying it did not want to add more fuel to fast-rising inflation.

The idea that Britain can leave the European Union and maintain frictionless trade with the bloc of 27 countries is officially dead.

Britain is on course to lose its status as one of Germany's top ten trading partners this year for the first time since 1950, as Brexit-related trade barriers drive firms in Europe's largest economy to look for business elsewhere.

Jacob Rees-Mogg announced checks on imports to the UK, that were finally set to enter force in July, will now not happen as planned and instead be 'reviewed' before being introduced in a different form.

Letter says government needs to act quickly to resolve customs issues faced by exporters following Brexit

Years after Britain quit the European Union, its businesses are still suffering from lower sales as red tape makes it harder to export to the 27-nation bloc.

Hauliers carrying goods to Europe have warned they face more damaging restrictions as the latest figures show exports dropped by two-fifths in January as the Brexit transition period came to an end.

British meat processors are registering businesses in the European Union in order to bypass post-Brexit export delays, with flows just 50% of normal levels and costs soaring, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) said on Tuesday.

The EU has gone to the limits of what it can do to resolve the problems of post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland, the bloc’s ambassador to the UK has said.

Inflation is rising, worker shortages are grinding us down and consumers are hurting, but No.10 is introducing measures which will make the situation worse

Companies in the ITV Anglia region say new customs controls are causing delays and could lead to problems with supply.

Senior ministers expected to sign off on the UK’s negotiating blueprint on Tuesday.

Northern Ireland businesses have told MPs they need an extension of "grace periods" for Irish Sea border checks.

Northern Ireland traders call for an extension to Brexit deal grace periods amid warnings they’re drowning in paperwork.

There are mounting concerns over the lack of preparedness of businesses as the end of the final phase of the UK’s departure from the EU nears.

Around 10 to 12 inland posts, five of which will be in Kent, are expected to be required to process goods coming in and out of Great Britain.

SCOTTISH fishing businesses have bemoaned the “unnecessary hassle” of bureaucratic changes to exporting goods to the continent under Brexit rules.

Leaving EU without a deal will result in 'significant new and ongoing administrative burden' of firms filling out 215 million customs forms a year, assessment finds.

SCOTTISH ministers have halted the construction of a customs checkpoint started as a consequence of Brexit because they say Westminster has so far declined to pay for it.

A Scottish customs clearance house that would allow seafood and fish exports to flow faster into Europe should be established at ports, MSPs have been told.

UK trade volumes have been “suppressed” by the impact of Brexit and Covid-19 and the impact of new customs agreements on businesses is “concerning”, according to MPs.

Mr Foord criticised the current trading arrangements and called for a smoother process with less paperwork.

Government confirms no delay, despite demands from businesses and farmers in Northern Ireland.

Staff from Stormont's agriculture department are to return to work at Northern Ireland's ports after they were stood down over safety concerns.

Confusion over ability to sell to Northern Ireland after 31 December hits farmers hard.

From October, consignments carrying some meats, dairy and fish will require vet-signed export health certificates.

Many businesses are unprepared for the new rules which will come into effect from October 31.

Government announces three-month grace period on customs declarations hours before transition period ends, leaving businesses scrambling to change plans.

Britain 'fortunate' it had not crashed out of bloc when coronavirus struck, Commission says – even as Boris Johnson vows to do just that if necessary.

Irish exports of food stuffs, live animals, animal products, plants, and plant products to Britain face checks at British ports for the first time at the end of October under the long delayed Brexit accords, and many traders may likely be ill-prepared, a leading expert has warned.

This follows Britain’s move to postpone customs checks on goods entering the North from Britain. / Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney and EU commissioner Maros Sefcovic are scheduled to brief the Friends of Ireland caucus on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, amid concern in Washington about Britain’s decision to delay the implementation of a key part of the Brexit agreement.

Theresa May’s former deputy says public and business realise coronavirus should be the priority.

The UK left the EU on January 31, 2020, and this began the complex process of de-coupling the UK regulatory regime from that of the EU. This has not been straightforward, particularly where goods move into and out of Northern Ireland (NI), where the EU rules continue to apply, from Great Britain (England, Wales, and Scotland (GB)), where they do not.

Without pass, exporter’s goods could be held up at UK ports and airports after 31 October.

MPs will soon table amendments to the Brexit legislation and Labour said it wants to include plans for a customs union arrangement.

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.

"The next time some Brexit grandee dials it in from Provence to assure the Today Programme that all is well, report them to the Excise, for not doing the paperwork for their phone, that'll reverse Brexit."

Further delays to introducing post-Brexit border controls on fresh farm produce from the EU 'seriously disregards' the interests of British farmers, NFU Scotland has warned.

‘Everyone is panicking,’ says Freight UK manager – despite Michael Gove’s attempts to reassure logistics industry.

European vice-president Maroš Šefčovič says claim about Brussels trying to erect barrier down Irish Sea undermines UK’s reputation

'In 2016, Dominic Raab was "jarred" and "bemused" by the idea that leaving the customs union could increase the burden of bureaucracy, despite @SimonFraser00's clear explanations.'

Haulage bosses say plans for customs ‘dire’ and government in denial over scale of issue

A customs clearance manager explains why lorries are piling up around the port, and the mood among those working on the frontline.

Queues of lorries backed up waiting to be processed at the Port of Dover have become so long the huge tailbacks can be seen on images taken from space.

TRADERS hoping to pass goods through the UK’s busiest port have been hit by further trouble after the Government's post-Brexit IT system went down.

Downing Street has said the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol cannot continue in its current form and that it should be “urgently” changed.

More than a year on from Brexit Welsh companies say they are feeling the pinch from making fewer sales to Europe.

Dublin Port has emerged as a major bottleneck for NI businesses trying to operate under new Brexit rules.

Dublin Port chief executive Eamonn O’Reilly has said that Brexit has spelled the end of the British “landbridge” transit route, as new figures show a dramatic fall in lorry traffic with British ports, reports The Irish Times.

MPs told of how Brexit bureaucracy leaves lorries stranded for hours without right paperwork.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson said his party will seek to block checks at Northern Ireland's ports under the Brexit deal - and if his demands aren't met, the unionists will walk away from Stormont.

The timetable for the major new controls that have already been imposed and those that have been delayed

In the corner of Britain known as the Garden of England, Brexit is literally taking concrete form.

The Economic and Social Research Institute estimates that Brexit has led to a 45% reduction in goods imports coming from the UK to Ireland.

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen pointed out that even Australia wants a better trading relationship with the bloc than the one it currently has.

The EU will later set out a range of proposals, including removing up to half of custom checks, in a bid to resolve the political stand-off over trade in Northern Ireland.

As the EU and UK continue to prepare for the trade negotiations, there are clear signs that all is not well when it comes to implementing the divorce part of Brexit, in particular the Irish Protocol.

Maroš Šefčovič says Brussels will launch fresh legal action against UK over treaty obligations.

Michel Barnier says 'we're not really in a position where we're able to find an agreement'.

There will be border checks on trade inside the UK under the Brexit deal negotiated by Boris Johnson, the EU’s chief negotiator has said.

The European Union is demanding £2.5bn in compensation from Britain for failing to apply customs rules to Chinese imports.

Sources say PM’s insistence on Ireland customs border means there is no basis for discussions

The transition period ended on 31 December 2020. Since that date, trade volumes have been suppressed by the impact of COVID-19, EU exit, and wider global pressures. It may not be possible to separate out the impact of these individual elements on the UK’s trade with the EU, but it is clear that EU exit has had an impact, and that new border arrangements have added costs to business.

GOODS coming to Britain from the EU will face import controls from January 1 next year, Michael Gove has warned.

For some weeks the British government has been planning a “shock and awe” campaign to warn British businesses that they have less than six months to prepare for Brexit; but the EU has beaten them to it.

The European Union has said it is weighing its "next steps" after Britain formally responded to Brussels over the launch of legal proceedings alleging London broke the Brexit protocol covering Northern Ireland.

EU countries have backed a proposal to launch legal action against the UK for unilaterally deciding to delay introducing post-Brexit customs checks in Northern Ireland in what will be an escalation of an ongoing row.

‘Grace period’ to exempt British food supplies from costly export health certificates to last only three months.

The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator says the bloc is ready to act “firmly and resolutely” if the U.K. fails to honor its commitments under the divorce deal that was supposed to keep trade flowing after the Britain left the EU.

UK Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove has opposed a previous request by the EU to maintain an office in Belfast to oversee the NI Protocol.

The EU is expected to launch legal action against the UK government on Wednesday over its decision to scrap some post-Brexit trade arrangements.

European Commission says failure to apply customs rules in Northern Ireland “significantly increases the risk of smuggling”.

The European Union sued Britain on Wednesday (local time) over its move to rewrite the trade rules agreed to when the country left the EU two years ago, ratcheting up tensions between the major economic partners.

The European Union’s envoy to the UK Joao Vale de Almeida has said this Tuesday that the Northern Ireland protocol negotiated between Britain and the EU in December is the solution to paving a way to allow for the free movement of goods between the two jurisdictions, and not the problem.

EU Commission warns time is running out after first committee meeting on NI protocol.

UK could be fined by the European Court of Justice which - to the likely fury of Tory MPs – will retain the power if there is 'any backsliding'.

Michel Barnier tells EU ministers that British proposals so far aren't good enough.

Michel Barnier adviser Stefaan De Rynck warns that EU "will not tolerate any backsliding or half measures" on PM's Brexit deal.

Barnier pours scorn on PM’s Irish border proposal as it would not avoid customs and VAT checks post-Brexit.

"Brexit is a historic mistake. It was pushed through by irresponsible nationalism, based on false promises and shortsightedness," declared Austrian MEP Andreas Schieder who helped prepare the vote. / "Brexit is bad for Britain and Brexit is bad for Europe," he said.

39th Report of Session 2017-19 - published 21 May 2019 - HL Paper 355

A former senior civil servant in charge of Brexit planning has warned some British businesses may “give up importing” as a result of new rules implemented in the new year.

A few clips from this morning's @CommonsEUexit.

A Scottish fisherman says it's "cheaper and quicker" to export his shellfish to Asia than it is to France under post-Brexit rules. / Because the UK is out of the single market, British fish exports to Europe are now subject to new customs and veterinary checks.

John Cole explores the government's response to a petition calling for an enquiry into the impact of Brexit before it's debated in parliament.

Customs experts and leading supermarkets warn produce such as meat, fruit and vegetables could be in short supply in Northern Ireland.

Food and drink supplies in the UK face more disruption after the end of the Brexit transition period than they did from Covid, the industry has said.

A vast Brexit customs clearance centre catering for thousands of lorries on the outskirts of Ashford will result in huge disruption, fears the town's MP.

MPs claim failure to implement a robust customs regime in Northern Ireland will lead to international criminals, including drug traffickers, making plans to target a soft border.

Checks and controls on all UK exports to EU whether or not trade deal struck, says Brussels negotiator.

Brexit as an ideological project has stripped the government of any sense of basic pragmatism.

Just as firms wrestle with a global supply chain crisis and fresh pandemic restrictions, companies in the U.K. and European Union face another looming headache: More post-Brexit red tape.

Two in five firms that trade with the EU expect to see a fall in business compared to before the coronavirus crisis, a new study suggests.

HMRC document shows firms in Great Britain will be obliged to complete three types of electronic paperwork.

British fishing businesses could go bust or move to Europe because of post-Brexit trading disruption, industry figures have warned, writes the BBC.

Seafood firms have seen export costs “treble” in the six months following Brexit, leading MPs to warn that the industry now faces an “existential threat”.

[This post will] provide a detailed analysis of an article written by David (now Lord) Frost in this week’s Sunday Telegraph.

An EU-UK free trade agreement will result in new barriers to trade and border friction even if the UK chooses to unilaterally align itself with EU rules and regulations.

Food and drink companies are set to quit Northern Ireland en masse because of "the added cost, complexity and trade friction" of doing business after Brexit, Boris Johnson's government has been told.

Lord Frost, Boris Johnson’s Brexit minister, is reportedly considering allowing “lighter touch” controls on imports from 1 April.

Scotland's food and drink industry is warning of price rises and potential shortages when new Brexit rules on imports come into force in April.

Freight forwarding association Clecat has urged the UK government not to further postpone introduction of post-Brexit import controls, despite polls suggesting a lack of preparedness.

Brexit survey by Food and Drink Federation confirms fears of retailers and DUP.

Lorry loads of items donated by people across south Wales to help those fleeing the war in Ukraine are being delayed from getting through to those who need them 'because of red tape at customs'.

Eurostar has also warned passengers of post-Brexit requirements.

France has threatened to impose increased customs checks on goods coming from the United Kingdom from November 2 over an ongoing fishing row.

FREIGHT companies have expressed “dismay” over new customs controls at the UK border which will begin in the new year, MSPs have been told.

The government is exploring a controversial further delay to post-Brexit checks on imports from the EU because of growing alarm that they will exacerbate the cost of living crisis.

The two perishable products have been exempted from rules on how to manage traffic approaching the port of Dover.

Export firms point to post-Brexit delays around health certificates, IT systems and missing customs papers.

Almost three years after the United Kingdom's formal departure from the European Union, voters are turning sour on the 2016 decision to leave. A recent poll showed that 57% of voters view the departure from the EU as a mistake compared to the 52% who voted for the original Brexit referendum. So what changed?

Two years since Britain left the EU, Brexit is still very much at the top of the news agenda with lorry queues lengthening at Dover as exporting firms struggle with red tape.

Heinz's announcement that it was to start making ketchup in the UK again was widely hailed, but the UK's post-Brexit food and drink manufacturing sector still faces stern challenges.

The price of many fruits and vegetables on sale in the UK is predicted to rise again when new post-Brexit import controls are introduced later this year.

Flagging trade talks have seen little progress.

Even if the European Union and the United Kingdom conclude a highly ambitious partnership covering all areas agreed in the Political Declaration by the end of 2020, the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU acquis, the internal market and the Customs Union, at the end of the transition period will inevitably create barriers to trade and cross-border exchanges that do not exist today.

Boris Johnson’s team isn’t going to let economic models get in the way of a political revolution.

The vision of post-Brexit Britain was one of international trade deals that would propel the country into a new era of prosperity. That vision of “Global Britain” is now dead. Thomas Sampson argues that the only viable alternative is a closer trade relationship with the EU.

End-of-life patients being cared for at home are having to wait for bedsore-relieving equipment, one family member has said.

British Prime Minister claimed over the weekend such checks would not be necessary.

Minister says checks on animals and food products will be necessary to maintain island of Ireland’s ‘disease-free status’

Cabinet Minister Michael Gove has defended his plans for new post-Brexit border infrastructure after Labour said the government was unprepared.

British minister says North’s businesses won’t need exit summary declarations when they send goods to rest of the UK.

Gove says NI now have the best of both worlds as they’ve unfettered access to EU Single Market & UK Single Market. / Hold on. This “best of both worlds” scenario is exactly what we had in 2016. So WTF have we just burned £200bn on Brexit for? Some fish??

The government is “in denial” about the size of disruption to the UK’s fishing industry post-Brexit, according to Scottish industry leaders.

MINISTERS must do 'all they can’ to hack away the bureaucratic red tape plaguing post-Brexit trade talks with the EU, a Hampshire business boss has warned.

Industry leaders fail to see the ‘streamlined and simplified’ customs paperwork hailed by UK government.

Boris Johnson falsely claimed during the election that his Brexit deal didn't include new controls.

The government has confirmed there will be new checks on some goods entering Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK as part of the Brexit deal.

The Government faces a growing revolt from carmakers in Britain unhappy at the slow pace of clarity over post-Brexit customs arrangements crucial to their business model.

Businesses will discover details of customs regime after Brexit on Monday.

The government spent £21 million buying farmland near Dover for a post-Brexit customs checkpoint which has now been axed.

ITV News Europe Editor James Mates visited Greece, where traders and businesses tell him that cost and paperwork is making them turn to other countries to do business.

With Britain’s businesses having to declare imports of all EU goods as of 1 January, experts have told City A.M. UK firms lack the skills and expertise to handle the increase in declarations.

Why do so many people talk about a 'hard Brexit' and a 'soft Brexit'? And what do they mean?

Transport and logistics experts attempting to navigate customs changes brought about by Brexit have criticised a support scheme managed under a £200m contract awarded to a consortium led by a multinational IT firm.

The Road Haulage Association has described its meeting with Michael Gove about post-Brexit arrangements as "a washout".

Costs will apply regardless of outcome of Brexit trade negotiations.

Thompson says that it is incumbent on civil servants to tell truth to power after speaking of personal impact of comments on Brexit.

CHIEF is expected to be closed down on 30 September 2022 after almost three decades in operation.

A show jumping trainer has said that Brexit has stopped her taking horses to Europe to compete in events.

People moving house from GB to Northern Ireland now need, in some circumstances, a customs declaration for their possessions.

In the months after Boris Johnson signed his post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union, the coronavirus masked the economic damage of leaving the bloc. As the pandemic drags on, the cost is becoming clearer -- and voters are noticing.

Producers in Great Britain could once sell meat to EU customers as easily as they could at home. Since Brexit, exporters face a process of up to 26 steps, with every shipment logged in multiple databases and certified by reams of red tape. Here are all the hoops exporters must jump through

The UK and European Union are poised to enter the final stretch of negotiations over post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland. After years of distrust and tension both sides are optimistic that a settlement is within reach.

Since the new year, the impact of Brexit has had a clear effect on every stage of the logistics process... According to new research, 50% of UK business decision makers felt that Brexit uncertainty had negatively impacted their supply chain in the last five years, with this only set to increase as the full effect of Brexit becomes clear.

What has changed in the 31 days since the UK left and how has it impacted consumers and businesses?

Huge 15km queues piling up at the Port of Dover have been blamed ‘entirely’ on extra controls brought in after Brexit.

Some online retailers are suspending delivery to Northern Ireland.

Repeated delays in implementing Brexit border controls mean that the state-of-the-art facility at Hull is standing empty, at great expense. / It cost £15.3mn to build and should have started being used earlier this month. Instead, the new state-of-the-art border control post (BCP) at Hull’s King George Dock stands empty...

The cost of new regulations means we’ve had to pause sales to the EU, losses are mounting and the government isn’t listening.

An industry warning has been issued that the UK faces further potential supermarket shelf shortages – including confectionery, snacks and bakery aisles, amid Brexit-related supply chain complications, reports Neill Barston.

Not all retailers will automatically add VAT or customs charges at the online checkout.

Irish agri-food products being shipped to Great Britain are unlikely to face physical checks until next year, the Welsh government has said.

The Irish Government believes the office would be a reflection of the EU's 'ongoing support' for the peace process.

At 23:00 on New Year's Eve a new EU trade border was effectively created in Northern Ireland's ports. / The first of these grace periods is set to expire at the end of March and businesses are already anxious about what comes next.

Guernsey has seen a huge increase in customs declarations and immigration applications since Brexit took effect, and the idea of GST will create more work demanding additional resources on top of that, the Head of Law Enforcement has warned. / “Brexit really has, to a small jurisdiction, brought a disproportionate amount of additional pressure.”

Michael Gove has endorsed claims that up to 50,000 people will be recruited to carry out customs paperwork under the government's preferred trade deal with the EU. This is after his promise in 2017 that a vote for Brexit would mean cutting the costs of EU red tape.

A van driver whose job is at risk because of Brexit called James O'Brien to reveal all - and it was one of James's most popular clips ever.

U.K. sportswear chain JD Sports Fashion Plc said Brexit red tape has severely tested its operations and it’s opening new warehouses in the European Union to avoid the hassles of customs checks.

This Treasury document sets out things that trade experts have been saying pretty clearly, but that the government has refused to accept.

Boris Johnson agreed in the final hours of the Northern Ireland Protocol negotiations that there would be customs declarations on goods exiting Northern Ireland to Britain, despite the fact that just three weeks later he told businesses in the North there would be "no forms, no checks, no barriers of any kind…," according to a detailed new account of the protocol negotiations.

Move threatens to collapse talks that PM has said must be completed within weeks.

EU gives go-ahead to weekend meetings after PM appears to backtrack on customs stance.

DUP isolated in backing plan, which could ‘destroy economy and Good Friday agreement’

European Commssion demands urgent meeting, as John Major warns of risk to UK’s reputation.

DfT has bought site that will be used for customs clearance and holding pen for lorries, Rachel Maclean confirms.

Traffic hell getting to the county's ports has been exacerbated after it emerged a major post-Brexit customs system crashed - adding extra time for lorries heading to the Continent.

Kidswear independents across the UK are receiving unexpected bills for import VAT and customs declarations, as post-Brexit trading rules bite.

Michael Gove told numbers trained falls far short of 50,000 promised last year

Irish PM says preparations for checks at ports and airports are being ramped up.

The Welsh Liberal Democrat have called on the the UK Government to “get a grip” and accused them of “failing to address the problems they have caused” with new post-Brexit customs regulations.

The government has ordered a 27-acre site be transformed into a customs clearance centre

The government is being urged to quickly get a grip of teething problems with a new post-Brexit IT system that has left lorries unable to get into the UK.

Lorries are continuing to face tailbacks at Dover, which have been 'sparked by new Brexit checks'.

One haulier said the long queues seen last week were "entirely [because of] Brexit".

Michael Gove has insisted that there will be no ‘new customs infrastructure in Northern Ireland after Brexit before claiming there would be ‘some expansion of existing infrastructure’, sparking accusations of “double speak” from one Lib Dem MP.

Realities of leaving single market and customs union revealed to businesses - after controversy ducked during election campaign.

MICHAEL Gove has suggested that EU officials may need to cross the border into the north in order to oversee checks on goods.

De facto deputy PM says nearly all EU imports will be subject to checks from next year.

Cabinet office minister says EU’s ‘maximalist’ approach to implementing the withdrawal agreement would endanger deal.

EU chief negotiator responds to PM’s claim that UK will now be free from Brussels regulations.

One of Boris Johnson’s business ministers has insisted the prime minister was correct in arguing that businesses in Northern Ireland will not have to fill in forms to export goods to the rest of the UK after Brexit, despite this being an apparent part of the departure deal.

'This is all so pointless. We are creating a vast customs bureaucracy, with costs passed on to the consumer'

Ministers are planning new legislation that would override a key part of last year's EU withdrawal agreement.

Pro-British loyalist militants in Northern Ireland said on Friday there had been a "spectacular collective failure" to understand their anger over Brexit and other issues as there was some respite in street clashes following a week of riots.

Spare capacity at Hull's port is being used to avoid the type of congestion seen on roads leading to some Channel ports caused by new customs controls after Brexit.

The news comes despite PM Boris Johnson pledging last year "there won't be checks" created as a result of his tweaked deal.

Importers must now make full customs declarations on goods entering the UK from the EU and other countries. Traders can no longer delay completing full import customs declarations for up to 175 days.

A new trade border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK began operating at 23:00 GMT on Thursday.

Lorry drivers will be required to leave their cabs to undergo biometric checks in order to cross the Channel from next year.

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.

The British Frozen Food Federation said new border controls on animal and plant products from the EU could see major delays at ports from January 1.

A NEW report has revealed a huge fall in Irish imports from Britain in the wake of Brexit.

Small businesses can expect trade with the European Union to be “permanently damaged” from 1 January, a supply chain trade body has said.

NFU Scotland has told the government to prioritise the paperwork and physical inspections associated with agri-food trade to the EU that has resulted in delay and losses.

Northern Ireland businesses will not be ready for the new Irish Sea border in January and need a further transition period, industry leaders have said.

NI businesses are facing a "very, very difficult" time in January when the Brexit transition period ends, a senior civil servant has warned.

Representative body warns firms would simply not fill out forms moving goods to Britain.

Firms in Northern Ireland will have to submit declaration forms for goods heading to the rest of the UK, under the government's Brexit deal.

Hauliers in Northern Ireland have raised concerns about the competence of newly-trained customs agents offering advice to businesses.

A letter from the UK government to Stormont's Agriculture Department instructs it to start work on check-points at NI's sea ports without delay.

Brexit checks on animal and food products coming into Belfast and Larne ports have been suspended over fears for the safety of staff working there, according to Northern Ireland’s agriculture ministry.

Specialist retailers across the EU have stopped selling goods to the UK due to the tax rules involved in delivering to Britain after Brexit.

Commenting on the spate of recent media reports that the government is considering another delay to the introduction of post-Brexit border checks on goods entering Britain from the EU, the freight sector says that it comes as no great surprise.

A no-deal Brexit could cost the farming industry £850m a year in lost profits, new research seen by the BBC suggests.

October worst time to stockpile as warehouses full of Christmas goods, says retail body. / Retailers have warned that there will be shortages of fresh food coupled with potential price rises if there is a no-deal Brexit.

Some 45,000 dairy cows could be culled in Northern Ireland, in the event of a no-deal Brexit if new higher tariffs are applied to British milk, senior industry figures have warned.

A leaked cross-government study warning of the impact of a no-deal Brexit outlines a "worst-case scenario", cabinet minister Michael Gove has said.

Northern Ireland minister say government cannot be expected to provide businesses with all information 'from day one'.

The relocation of the Port of Larne worker and his family is believed to be the first following a death threat from terrorists since 2011

The UK government has told Stormont officials that post-Brexit custom checks will now be imposed in ports across the region.

Lords committee warns uncertainty over trading rules may add to economic damage of crisis.

Trucks arriving at GB ports lack paperwork needed to enter region, business leaders say.

Boris Johnson makes climbdown a year after saying companies could throw paperwork in the bin.