Around 100 days after Brexit, most companies are experiencing Brexit effects that are more negative than they expected at the beginning of the year.

The latest opinion piece from the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) notes postponing import checks from the EU leaves UK meat exporters at a significant disadvantage.

Daniel Lambert blasts government and on Twitter castigates bureaucratic procedures.

Hospitality, retail and farming leaders all highlighted that Brexit had delivered more challenges than opportunities for the Island. They said it had created ‘more red tape’ and meant fewer European employees staying to work in Jersey.

From her busy shop on Pollokshaws Road, owner Rachna Dheer has grown a loyal customer base eager to sample the continent's finest produce. / But she fears her business may be "eradicated" when post-Brexit import fees are introduced this month.

Bologna Children’s Book Fair got off to a “vibrant” start yesterday, with publishers feeling positive and reporting full schedules for their rights teams, despite Brexit complications and the absence of some international publishers.

Two years after Britain’s departure from the European Union, bosses of UK businesses are reeling from the cost of Brexit, including some who voted to cut ties with Brussels.

Deal or no-deal, the cost of food is going to rise for businesses and very possibly consumers. Our business correspondent @pkelso explains why ingredients we take for granted today may become a little harder to come by if there is no #Brexit deal.

A Tory minister was left squirming over the extra costs being suffered by small businesses because of post-Brexit border checks.

'I'm not opposed to tariff cuts, but this article which pretends tariffs are levied on the RETAIL price of a good and that consumers will see a 10% saving at the shops from a 10% tariff cut. / Flatly misleading. Trade illiterate.'

'We are not the envy of the world anymore, we are the crackpot aunty in the corner that everyone laughs at.'

Business groups in the UK and Europe have raised concerns about the costs and disruption likely to flow as a consequence of new regulations intended to protect biosecurity and prevent pests and diseases from being imported.

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.

One of Cork's most celebrated food producers - Frank Hederman of smoked fish fame - has spoken of his 'sadness' at having to fill what could be his last orders for UK customers due to Brexit changes.

Businesses across the West Midlands are facing higher costs, a big increase in paperwork and hold-ups at ports.

From queues in Dover to rising food prices, Brexit has been blamed for a number of things impacting families. But it has given us Rishi Sunak's 'Brexit pub guarantee' - here we look at the good, the bad and the ugly consequences.

British beekeeper told his order of baby Italian bees would be ‘destroyed’ if he tries to import them

The Italian bees will be used to help farmers pollinate valuable crops amid declining UK bee populations.

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

Five years ago Wednesday, Britons voted in a referendum that was meant to bring certainty to the U.K.’s unsettled relationship with its European neighbors, but it most certainly did not

New poll shows 79% think trade deals with Australia and New Zealand are bad. / Just over half (52%) of farmers said Britain should join the EU and 70% of thought we should at least rejoin the single European market, rising to 85% in the case of those working in the ancillary industries.

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.

Thanks to Brexit, France has become the third-largest market for goods from Poland, after Germany and the Czech Republic, said the Polish Economic Institute (PIE). Analysts pointed out that Great Britain's exit from the EU single market resulted in a decrease in its share in Polish exports.

The most important piece of farming legislation to come before parliament in decades included an amendment tabled by Neil Parish, Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton, which sought to protect UK farmers from low-standard food imports.

For many sellers on Amazon, Brexit is causing significant problems. Last week my company decided to attempt our first shipment into one of Amazon’s European fulfilment centres since Britain left the European Union on 1 January 2021.

Brexit will never be done. Because it can never be done. Not for as long as the UK sits 50km off the European mainland and does 50% of its business with Europe. Not when the island of Ireland sits behind it – and the north east corner of that island is contested political ground.

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.

A live animal border control post needed due to Brexit will not be built at Portsmouth International Port.

Claim that UK farming at risk if ‘soft’ approach pursued with countries with ‘less qualms’ about quality.

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.

The UK has identified nearly 4,000 EU laws and regulations which we are now “free from”. What have we done with these newfound freedoms?

A trade collapse with the EU shows that the damage will linger on far longer than Liz Truss did.

THE UK Government has been accused of treating Scotland’s farmers as “expendable” as the trade deal with Australia comes into effect.

Farmers fear that deal will mean they risk being undercut by cheap imports made to lower animal welfare standards.

If Britain ends up in the recession expected by the Bank of England, public anger will be looking for an outlet. / I asked Albrecht Ritschl, professor of economic history at the LSE, what single move the UK government could make to alleviate the pain. “Suspend Brexit for 20 years.”

Patrick Murfet says he tried to import bees via Northern Ireland but was told they would be destroyed.

EU-Mercosur deal in trouble, following Wallonia’s previous rejection of EU-Canada deal.

The BBC has spoken to three companies that trade heavily with the UK, to find out what changes consumers can expect after Brexit.

Belgian customs authority advises export before 29 March or pause operations to avoid chaos.

The Bicycle Association (BA) has published a series of guides which offer information on matters of interest to the cycling industry and the public. More detailed guidance is available to BA member companies.

Truckers claim they are not to blame for “any pending disaster” at UK borders as the grace period for customs declarations comes to an end with the year.

Brexiteers promised to “take back control.” But the decision has instead delivered recession, gloom, and despair.

Prices of fireworks are predicted to rise as supply shortages start to bite.

Many firms took the direct route to continental Europe, while bigger companies looked to Asia, to diversify.

"The UK government’s decision to further delay the introduction of border controls on imports from the EU is a bitter blow to Scottish farmers and the Scottish food and drink industry."

Join experts from the BRC for a look at how things are progressing in Ireland/Northern Ireland with implementing the protocol, and how things are faring in the UK and Brussels following Brexit and the application of the new Trade agreement with the EU. We also cover our take on the new head of the WTO and more.

Brexit has been an “economic disaster” for trade and investment ties between the United Kingdom and Germany, leading to a fall in German direct investment and seeing the UK decline in importance as a trading partner, German economists said.

In what follows, a group of leading social scientists explore these themes, explaining what has happened in the past, the situation the UK finds itself in now, and the issues that might confront us going forward. The collection is intended as a guide to the big questions confronting the country in the years to come.

With the NHS under such exceptional pressure during the coronavirus crisis, it’s easy to overlook the fact that the UK’s Brexit transition period ends on December 31. Mark Dayan takes a closer look at how these two challenges for the health service might collide, and says there is a case to err on the side of caution.

At the very time when government wants to be less dependent on food imports, it’s becoming impossible for some farmers to survive.

Four years after the UK quit the EU, the first border controls on imports from the continent have been introduced, with more to follow.

Latest data shows surge in trade between North and Republic.

Pound’s slump and rising production costs mean consumers are feeling the pinch as they stock up for the festive season.

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.

The government confirmed the SPS (sanitary and phytosanitary) import controls would be introduced on a phased basis from 1 July in a bid to ensure both businesses and border inspectors are not overwhelmed initially.

Brexit border controls on certain foods imported to Britain from the European Union may push up inflation there by 0.2 percentage points, according to a report published by Allianz Trade.

Norfolk firms are finding that they are being impacted by delays at the border caused by Brexit.

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.

Study finds higher prices and reduced competitiveness due to EU withdrawal.

New rules under Brexit are causing meat processors and exporters to face an increase in export costs of up to 40 per cent, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

Business chiefs say new red tape could reduce shelf life of fresh produce by one-fifth. / A group representing 30 major business bodies said the new requirement to notify the British authorities a day before European goods are sent would lead to big delays.

Brexit has severely disrupted trade between the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK), with total UK imports from the EU falling by almost a quarter (24.8%) and exports to the EU falling by 13.1%, according to a report for the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee.

Imports from the EU fell by £500m in August, highlighting the “teething troubles” of the “post-Brexit universe”. / UK imports from the EU fell by £500m in August to reach £26bn, representing a 2% decline in value according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Exports to the EU also dropped in August, by £300m.

The evidence increasingly shows that our decision to leave the European Union has lifted the price of imported goods, flattened business investment and damaged trade.

UK drug distributors and those involved in the parallel importing of drugs have told the parliamentary Health Select Committee that they want to see the UK remain in the customs union and the single market.

Disruption to trade is not ‘teething problem’, parliamentary committee hears.

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.”

TRADE between Finland and the United Kingdom decreased significantly as a consequence of the end of the one-year transition period for Brexit in December, indicate preliminary statistics released by Finnish Customs.

Brexit resulted in a “substantial negative impact” for trade in both directions between the European Union and the UK, according to Ireland’s Economic and Social Research Institute.

Vauxhall bosses warn the UK will be put at a ‘major competitive disadvantage’ without changes to Brexit import rules.

Shipments of meat, such as lamb, bacon and sausages, between Britain and the European Union will be disrupted next year.

Bonded customs warehouses are in demand to manage duties / U.K. firms exporting food to Ireland snap up Dublin storage

‘What the government once called teething problems have now become a chronic condition’

Exports to Ireland worst affected, official figures show.

Brexit-related trade barriers have driven a 6% increase in U.K. food prices, adding to a squeeze on consumer spending power, according to a new report.

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.

As of December 2022, UK companies importing medicines from the EU may need to set up new batch testing facilities. What will this mean for the industry and how did the situation come about?

The British Soft Drinks Association has said manufacturers have "only a few days" of carbon dioxide left in reserve to produce beverages and can't import supplies from the European Union due to Brexit.

It would be wrong to focus too much on 2021 when looking at the effects of Brexit on UK trade. We have just published a new paper looking at how it affected UK trade between 2015 and 2018. It shows for the first time that fears about Brexit weakened the UK’s trading position long before the vote to leave the EU even took place.

The end of the holiday season heralds the return to centre stage of a number of burning Brexit-related issues this autumn.

Post-Brexit trade frictions have "significantly altered" freight traffic between Ireland and Britain and sparked a steep rise in volumes to and from Ireland and other European Union members, an Irish government agency report said on Thursday.

But so far, it’s not looking good: a hit to trade of this size entails big structural changes to the British economy, with capital and workers being shifted between sectors of the economy, businesses going bust, and higher prices for imports eroding living standards.

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.

Brexit has damaged the UK's position as a gateway to Europe for imported goods and increased red tape.

Report finds almost two thirds of businesses have suffered from new EU import and export rules, while one in five companies have found it tougher to trade with Northern Ireland.

Economists at Natixis are trying to examine the effects on the UK economy of the June 2016 referendum that triggered Brexit. They look at the different important variables and seek to determine what the overall effect of Brexit has been on the United Kingdom.

Around half of UK SMEs believe that Brexit has had a negative impact on the UK’s society as a whole awhile 64 per cent believe that it has negatively influenced the UK economy.

Brexit has reduced the competitiveness of the British economy, with alarming implications for productivity and wages, according to the Resolution Foundation.

ESRI/Department of Finance study estimates impact on trade in isolation of other drivers.

The Office for Budget Responsibility suggested leaving the EU would reduce the UK's long-term GDP by around 4% - compared to 2% for the pandemic and lockdowns.

'Flower passports' ruin trade as supermarkets corner the market.

Thierry Breton, who is also single market commissioner, believes downsides of leaving bloc are exposed by pandemic

The two-year anniversary of Brexit on Jan. 1, 2020, is swiftly approaching. And while the post-Brexit trade regime isn’t exactly new, some businesses are still struggling to navigate the change in import costs and duties that resulted from the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union.

The creation of a giant Brexit border control site off the M20 is likely to cost taxpayers a staggering £70 million, it has emerged.

EU withdrawal fuelling higher import costs and costing British workers nearly £500 a year, says Resolution Foundation.

We could have been forgiven for thinking Brexit was done when the UK left the EU at the very end of 2020. However, for retailers the real challenge of Brexit is likely to be felt in early 2022 when border controls are finally introduced for the UK.

Empty shelves and disrupted supply chains will continue unless the food and drink sector get the support it needs to trade under new Brexit rules, the boss of a cheese firm has claimed.

Trading difficulties are behind the 38% fall.

“The evidence we present here shows the real loss of Brexit, the overall competitiveness of the UK as a global trader," researchers say.

Exporters to the EU face 7,000-truck-long queues in Kent and two-day delays to trade after the Brexit transition period ends, the government has warned.

Brexit resulted in a sharp fall of Belgian exports and imports in January, the National Bank of Belgium (NBB) reported on Monday.

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

Kent farming giant reports 8% fall in harvest due to lack of seasonal pickers – saying it’s easier to import fruit.

Slashing tariffs to zero on the majority of UK imports in the event of a no-deal Brexit will be a “sledgehammer for the economy” and deliver a widespread shock across the country, business groups have warned.

British traders are falling foul of a new information technology system policing goods crossing the English Channel, as companies grapple with a fresh wave of post-Brexit red tape.

Cross-border trade has received a massive boost since the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol, according to figures published by the UK Government.

Jason Croke tackles some technical aspects that are continuing to confuse businesses who are importing goods from the EU, in this case import duty and the rules of origin.

Two and a half weeks after the “easiest deal in history” was finally agreed, and the impact on the UK’s ability to trade is becoming clearer. It doesn’t look much like the promised sunlit uplands.

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.

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

Fears of new disruption to fresh produce supply from EU when import controls hit in October.

“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.

Britain’s food inflation is already at a 45-year high and businesses worry new red tape will make matters worse. / A new system of border checks on goods arriving from Europe is expected to force rocketing U.K. food prices even higher as businesses grapple with hundreds of millions of pounds in extra fees.

Research released today (19 October 2022) by the ESRI shows reductions in UK to EU goods trade by 16% and trade from the EU to UK by 20% relative to the scenario in which Brexit had not occurred.

Public opinion shifted against Brexit after a deluge of damning evidence on economic costs.

A mix of factors specific to the UK risks denting the construction sector’s recovery from the pandemic this year, Aecom has warned.

Cross-party committee says labour shortages caused primarily by leaving EU will shrink UK food production unless dealt with.

Three years on, Brexit is still impacting both U.K. and Europe-based brands in luxury fashion. Niche and young brands, in particular, are having a hard time with the fallout, though many have secured manageable workarounds.

Britain’s looming departure from the European Union has sparked a rush to bring goods into the country before Jan. 1, pushing up delivery prices and generating queues at borders.

Finally – a Visa-free aspect to Brexit. At least that’s what the deluded Dominic Raab is likely to tell you...

Barriers to exports and imports in the form of paperwork have caused delays and higher costs - and it could be about to get worse.

An additional £600m in costs hit British importers since Brexit came into force, taxes which were not required when Britain was in EU's single market.

77% of firms, for which the Brexit deal is applicable, say it is not helping them increase sales or grow their business. / More than half (56%) of firms face difficulties adapting to the new rules for trading goods. / Almost half (45%) face difficulties adapting to the new rules for trading services, and a similar number (44%) report difficulties obtaining visas for staff.

Deal could lower welfare of the population and shrink GDP.

Scotland’s Constitution Secretary has said trade problems in the wake of the Brexit deal are “far more than teething troubles”, as he urged the UK Government to take a more co-operative approach with the EU.

Proposed restrictions on post-Brexit trade will pile costs onto consumers, representatives of the UK’s fresh produce industry warned.

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

Angela Merkel has warned that a failure to strike a free-trade deal would be a defeat for both the EU and UK.

French exports to Britain picked up 4% in February but were still at only 84% of the monthly average of the second half of 2020, as post-Brexit trade rules continued to impact commercial flows, customs data showed on Thursday.

Immediately after the referendum, sterling depreciated. This brought forward the impact on household incomes of what would otherwise be a slow burn change for the UK economy.

Real pay set to be £470 lower per worker each year, say top economists. / “We can’t blame Brexit for all of the 5.2 per cent GDP shortfall … but it’s apparent that Brexit is largely to blame,” said John Springford, author of the CEF study.

According to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), shortages across various industries have been “exacerbated” by new immigration rules for EU citizens and trade barriers with the bloc.

A government body has recommended that protections inherited from the EU to protect UK steel producers are ended.

Sector faces glut of cheap imports because of recommendation that EU protections should not be renewed.

Britain imports radioactive isotopes to detect and cure cancer. Border chaos at Dover would make them useless in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

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.

This week's Brexit downsides: half a billion in extra costs to import food, the collapse of trade talks with Canada and more.

Poor regulation of harmful chemicals, the City losing control of trillions, the music industry on its knees ... more Brexit consequences.

The stock exchange ‘going down the gurgler’, a ‘hammer blow’ to the food industry, married Britons punished, and some rare Brexit upsides

The value of goods sales from Great Britain to Northern Ireland dropped by 2.4% in 2022, official data suggests. / Meanwhile the value of goods imported from the Republic of Ireland, the wider EU and the rest of the world all increased.

The food inspection team at Britain's biggest container port says the lack of clarity around post-Brexit checks on imported food puts them in a "difficult position".

There's been a lot of talk about free trade in the Brexit debate, but what exactly is a free trade agreement and how does it differ from what the UK has had with the EU?

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.

“This has placed British businesses at a competitive disadvantage and reduced the incentive on the European Commission to negotiate measures that would lessen the burdens facing British producers."

Extra import controls will be ‘impossible’ for small businesses, says food industry chief.

The Allianz Trade economic insights paper said post-Brexit import charges would add a £2billion bill for Britons and push up inflation.

Mr Raymond was responding to claims published by economist Patrick Minford, who predicted a benefit to the country of £135bn from a “hard Brexit” that eliminated tariffs, and a report from the Institute of Economic Affairs recommending a policy of unilateral free trade once the UK leaves the EU.

Six years after the referendum on June 23, 2016, if we put aside the profound political consequences – a divided England, Scotland and Northern Ireland pulling away, a more isolated country – what is the economic toll?

So how is it going? In economic terms, the past year has helped differentiate the impact of Covid from the impact of Brexit. / Doing so has exposed a hefty price being paid by many firms, as well as public service employment, for dislocation of Britain from its nearest neighbour's trading bloc.

Yes, that headline is correct. The UK’s trade performance this year fell to its worst level since records began in 1955. And the cause, according to analysts and a headline article in the FT today – Brexit.

As Britain prepares to leave the European Union, workers in Kenya's flower industry are closely monitoring developments.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) released the first of what will now be an annual report.

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.

The British government has once again delayed the introduction of checks on imports from the European Union as the food and drink industry warns that shortages caused by Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic could become permanent.

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 UK debate about Brexit’s impact on the economy has ranged from non-existent to unserious. Labour is avoiding the subject, to try to regain lost voters in pro-Brexit constituencies, and the government immediately changes the subject to vaccines or free trade deals.

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.

The union representing farming has revealed research which shows Britons would run out of food by the weekend if it was solely reliant on just British food.

Residents of the British territory Anguilla didn't get a say in Brexit, but they will lose their EU passports come March 29 next year. The territory relies heavily on imports that come mostly via the EU.

Boris Johnson’s government faces deep economic problems. / UK lagging behind major peers on productivity and investment. / “... From a 16% devaluation of the pound to an eye-watering slide in trade and investment, Brexit’s impact is plain to see. The data have only reinforced our view that life outside of the EU would leave the UK worse off.”

Unprecedented labour shortages have left hundreds of tonnes of produce rotting in the fields.

Importing bee packages and colonies directly from European countries is no longer allowed since the Brexit transition period ended and beekeepers are now feeling the effects.

British companies trading with Europe will have to absorb a post-Brexit bureaucracy burden and fill in an extra 215m customs declarations at a cost of about £7bn a year, according to government officials.

Farmers have warned of "huge downsides" to Boris Johnson's new trade deal with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Industry body says analysis of HMRC data shows structural rather than teething problems with Brexit.

New post-Brexit rules coming into force in the new year could cause further disruption to food supply chains, a leading industry body has warned.

Angel of the North artist now holds dual nationality and is ‘keen to retain links with Europe’.

Daniel Lambert, who supplies M&S, Waitrose and 300 independent retailers, to set up in France after £150,000 hole in revenue.

Many Brits will be forced to go without a Christmas turkey this year because of Brexit labour shortages, MPs were told this afternoon.

Former European trade commissioner Peter Mandelson said trying to circumnavigate Brussels was always going to backfire.

...revision on the Government Plant Health Portal today confirming the reclassification of a substantial volume of EU fresh produce... Despite the lack of an official public statement, FPC believes the implications of this decision are profound. Nigel Jenney, CEO of FPC comments: "This verdict delivers a severe blow to the industry and will have widespread ramifications."

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

“Car crash!” exclaimed managing director Andrew Varga, whose Brexit progress I have been following since the referendum. News of the latest Brexit U-turn landed on him on Tuesday out of the blue. All his years of preparation for a new UK product safety mark, all his thousands of pounds wasted, all the uncountable hours and effort were rendered pointless, at a stroke.

The delay in extra checks on EU imports has been criticised by businesses for creating confusion and leaving UK borders vulnerable to unsafe produce.

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.

I was asked for £2,000 more in duty and VAT to get it delivered

Nearly half of all UK consumers who bought goods from EU-based retailers since the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December experienced some issues, such as extra paperwork, delays or surprise costs, a new survey by the consumer group found.

Anyone ordering goods from the EU in 2021 has likely come in for a nasty shock to the wallet.

Commenting on reports that the Prime Minister has indicated that post-Brexit checks on food imports from the EU to Great Britain are to be delayed for a fourth time, the British Veterinary Association has reiterated a stark warning over disease threats.

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.

Figures reveal impact of Brexit and pandemic, with £2.7bn fall blamed largely on 24% drop in sales to bloc

Government ‘are standing by and watching this happen’, a leading supplier said.

Government announces which tariffs will change after UK leaves single market.

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.

China has overtaken Germany to become the UK's biggest single import market for the first time since records began.

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.

The government’s new trade strategy, the Border Target Operating Model, will bring a new round of controls on goods from the EU from 31 October 2023.

Which? said shoppers buying from the EU could face additional fees of up to £300 this Christmas.

Scotland farmers say the festive tradition could be the latest casualty of supply issues caused by Brexit currently plaguing the nation.

This briefing note ... provides rural business owners with a detailed framework for the steps which will need to be taken and where you can find more information relating to the import and export of timber and timber products and has been independently compiled by CLA experts.

The Chief Executive of the Cold Chain Federation has called on the Defra Secretary to delay the implementation of BTOM until October 2024 to address “serious issues”.

Companies bringing goods into Great Britain face a new set of bureaucratic hurdles from 1 January, as the UK imposes full Brexit customs controls on imports from the EU for the first time.

“We have Brexit and Covid-19 at the same time - it’s the perfect combination for disaster."

Dozens of UK wine merchants and retailers have called on government to scrap plans for new post-Brexit import papers, warning they already face higher costs and drinkers will lose out.

A farmer says the lack of border checks on meat coming into the UK is deeply worrying, as it could be putting the country at risk of diseases like foot and mouth.

UK PM Boris Johnson had been wildly happy about his new EU exit deal; then he introduced a law undermining both it, and the last round of trade negotiations. Speaking with two former permanent secretaries of the UK’s EU exit department, Matt Ross asks whether Johnson is applying firm leverage – or deliberately sabotaging the trade talks.

The Commons Public Accounts committee has warned that regulators are ‘struggling to recruit and retain the skills they need to regulate effectively’. / Recruitment issues are hampering the ability of UK regulators to function post-Brexit, MPs have warned.

The add-on costs when buying goods from the bloc should be more transparent so that shoppers are not hit with surprise fees or scammed, consumer group Which? has said.

Health Secretary insists government has ‘plan for all eventualities’.

The Covid pandemic has exacerbated the problems caused by Britain leaving the EU, the report found.

If the UK keeps high standards it could ruin the chance of getting a trade deal with the US.

The £25m port facility was built to fit government plans but stands empty while new border strategy is delayed.

So far Irish exporters, particularly those involved in the export of food products, live animals, animal products, plants, or plant products, have been immune to the full impact of Brexit.

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.

Traditional continental Christmas markets that fill town squares and city centres across the UK will be smaller and less European this year.

The UK government does not "fully comprehend how difficult it is for businesses to plan" for Brexit, the boss of Wales' largest building society has said.

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 head of the UK's largest dairy farmers' co-operative has warned that prices may rise sharply in the event of a "no-deal" Brexit.

Dealerships in Northern Ireland are on the verge of running out of used vehicles due to issues surrounding Brexit, Car Dealer has been told.

The Brexit debate deserves so much better than Economists for Free Trade’s latest offering. Their paper, championed by Jacob Rees-Mogg, tries to make the case for leaving the EU without a deal and trading under World Trade Organization rules.

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.

Shane Brennan, chief executive of the Cold Chain Federation, discusses new Brexit import rules with Sky's Ian King.

UK food manufacturers are said to be rushing to hire trade specialists to cope with the delays and red tape involved with getting products in and out of Northern Ireland.

Most of our trade (57% of exports and 66% of imports in 2016) is with countries we have EU trade agreements with, not under WTO rules.

When scrolling through comments you often see people say "they need us more than we need them". So we have tried to respond to that once and for all. We look at if the EU relies on the UK for trade, how the EU budget will cope without the UK and if the EU needs the UK as a security ally.

There's deep disquiet in the food trade over forthcoming sanitary checks. When such checks were previously required, some UK companies were forced to stop exporting.

The latest Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures released on goods exports and imports in January 2021 show the “immediate impact” of Brexit on trade, according to Fianna Fáil.

Cheese lovers Carol and Olav Kloster decided to start making their own Dutch favourites when Brexit bureaucracy made it difficult to import directly from producers in Holland.

A restaurant owner has warned businesses are still feeling the impact of higher import costs after Brexit - and says it could force him to the wall.

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

The UK is struggling to build a battery industry—and its new isolation isn't helping.

Environment Secretary George Eustice sought to reassure campaigners, but fears Government will let green standards slide remain.

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

A new report from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) shows that trade between the UK and the EU has declined since Brexit.

The post-Brexit era opened in January with a slump in the agri-food trade of 11% compared to the same month last year, according to data released by the European Commission.

Europe Letter: Pro-light touch UK ignored undervaluation of Chinese imports

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

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.

E-commerce deliveries to the UK from the EU plummeted by over 50 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 in comparison to the last quarter of 2020, research from shipping platform Sendcloud has found.

Online deliveries to the UK from Europe have plunged 50.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2021, according to e-commerce shipping platform Sendcloud.

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

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Consumers now face UK VAT, rather than local rates, as well as customs duty and courier admin charges

New figures from the European Union's statistics office Eurostat today showed that imports from Britain were down by more than a third in the first quarter of 2021 following the British exit from the EU single market.

Half the UK’s food is imported: 30% comes from the EU, and another 11% comes from non-EU countries under the terms of trade deals negotiated by the EU. Being part of the EU customs union has meant food from the EU can be imported with no tariffs or customs barriers but, as part of leaving the EU, the Government has stated that the UK will be leaving the customs union.

It comes as Brexit means fall in crops and fewer British products in supermarkets. / Leaving the EU has led to a decline in crops and fewer home-grown products on the shelves of Britain’s supermarkets, farming chiefs have warned, reports The Independent.

Ham sandwiches confiscated, Percy Pigs exiled, and the threat of rotten fish in Westminster are some of the problems plaguing the UK.

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.

Stella Creasy compared governments claims of great Brexit benefits to “a toddler's imaginary friend. Ministers keep talking about them, but only they can see them”.

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.

Boris Johnson, the front-runner to be Britain’s next prime minister, has raised the prospect of a shock for the world’s fifth-biggest economy by pledging to leave the European Union on Oct. 31 without a transition deal if necessary.

The government’s failure to impose full import controls on food coming from the EU since Brexit has exposed the UK to increased risk of sub-standard products reaching the shelves, a new report has warned.

Government scheme to replace EU agricultural payments fuelled by ‘blind optimism’ and still lacking crucial details, say MPs.

BREXIT is to blame for conditions that caused a Scottish blueberry farmer to donate his £3 million crop to charity, according to an SNP MP. / Peter Thomson, who has around 60 acres of blueberry bushes on his farm in Blairgowrie, announced that it was no longer economically worthwhile for him to harvest the crop due to the value of the fruit falling by around £1 million this year.

As the impact of Brexit continues to be felt, we are starting to see what new rules on bringing young plants into the country will mean to our farmers and growers.

MPs on the Commons spending watchdog have accused Environment Secretary George Eustice of “blind optimism” to suggest otherwise.

A SCOTTISH farmers union has criticised the UK Government for kicking “the can down the road” on implementing an improved system of border controls for meat and other products entering the country.

A new parliamentary report warned the “blind optimism” shown by Tory ministers could force many small and tenant farmers in England out of business - but environment secretary George Eustice insists UK farmers are better off since Brexit.

Rural voters say they’re being neglected by the government – and farmers are disgruntled too, warning that rising costs could lead to food shortages… and that post-Brexit trade deals will see them losing out to cheap imports.

Fall in imports and exports not due to ‘teething problems’ or Covid, says expert.

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.

"It's not us putting the prices up, it's Brexit." / Rosa shared some staggering statistics. Between the referendum result in 2016 and May 2018, 1900 florists shut up shop. Between May to October 2018 more floristry businesses closed.

Flower and bulb growers say uncertainty around any Brexit deal is their "biggest issue" at the moment.

Britons have been warned the price of imported food and drink could rise from today as new post-Brexit checks on come into force.

Three food parcels are handed out to struggling households every minute, as Tesco boss warns worst of supermarket price rises are ‘yet to come’.

UK to introduce import controls on certain food and agricultural goods from October 1.

Professor Chris Elliott talks through discussions had at Food Integrity Global and highlights improved food fraud detection, Brexit’s impact... / The Brexit elephant in the room was also discussed. While some in government say that it is not a big risk factor in terms of escalating food fraud risks the message was very loud and clear that it is.

The UK food industry needs more information 'urgently' to prepare for imports from the EU, MPs have told Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs George Eustice.

The UK’s final post-Brexit border checks will cost food importers hundreds of millions of pounds under the government’s own internal estimates, adding to upward pressure on inflation.

Could Brexit mean cheaper food on our supermarket shelves? The idea has been propagated by politicians such as Jacob Rees-Mogg and business people like JD Wetherspoon’s owner Tim Martin, who promised lower prices in his “Beermat Manifesto”.

Ministers considering ‘lighter touch’ regime to avoid disruption to supplies from bloc.

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

Expert coalition urges ministers to abandon ‘behind closed doors’ trade policy and include public health and green voices on its trade commission.

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.

“WE FEEL BETRAYED,” laments Petra Braun, a southern German who with her partner, Peter Wengerodt, runs Hansel & Pretzel, a German deli and bakery in Richmond, a suburb of London.

WTO’s accession chief says Britain’s departure from the EU creates an unprecedented situation that could take years to resolve.

The prime minister has imperilled peace in Northern Ireland, and every day the economic fallout worsens.

The man who negotiated the UK's Brexit agreement has accepted there are "extra costs" for British firms now they're outside of the EU, after a Commons report criticised the added bureaucracy necessary to trade with the bloc.

City Comment: The rest of the world still does not know what to make of an “independent” Britain… and is largely giving it the swerve.

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.

‘This flies in the face of common sense and the government’s commitment to high levels of animal and human health,’ say experts.

A new survey of UK and Netherlands firms shows two-thirds think our departure from the single market has had a negative effect

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.

“For restaurants, COVID-19 has temporarily overshadowed many of the anticipated effects of Brexit.”

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.

Fruit importers have begun redirecting European trade routes away from Dover-Calais to minimise disruption from the end of the transition period.

THE Farmers Union of Wales (FUW) has reacted angrily to the news that Downing Street is exploring yet another delay to post-Brexit checks on food entering Britain, claiming it leaves domestic producers at a disadvantage.

British growers and sellers fear government measures starting on 30 April could result in delays and plants being damaged.

Brexit is predictably causing delays and shortages. Phytosanitary regulations for the rest of the world are now imposed on seeds and plants from the EU. Products that were harmonised with UK standards till December 2020 may no longer be acceptable.

German exports to the UK declined 2.5% last year, due to effects linked to the Brexit process, Germany's federal statistics office, Destatis, has said.

Venues, florists, caterers and cake makers said clients are having to manage their expectations.

The government is strongly considering delaying checks on imports from the European Union again amid warnings of severe disruption to supplies in the run-up to Christmas.

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

Rishi Sunak accidentally votes against government, but ministers see off attempt to uphold food standards in post-Brexit trade deals.

The UK government is reviewing plans to remove tariffs on a wide range of imports post-Brexit, following warnings that it would undermine the country's oil refining industry.

The Department for International Trade (DIT) intends to cut 80-90% of all tariffs imposed on goods imported into Britain, according to Whitehall sources.

As changes wrought by Brexit slash and burn £1.8bn of direct payments to English farmers by 2027, experts warn that government optimism over agriculture in England is dangerously misplaced.

Former Cabinet minister George Eustice says too much has been given away in the name of free trade.

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.

Six months after the transition period expired, Alex Fotheringham, Operations Director – Cosmetics of MSL Solution Providers, reflects on the regulatory changes and the issues that have arisen as a result of the UK’s exit from the EU

More than half of UK businesses who trade overseas are finding it difficult to trade goods with the EU post-Brexit, according to a new survey.

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

Worried farmers hit out at the government, telling NationalWorld it “has no interest in protecting the agricultural industry at all”.

Glitches in IT systems designed to manage the movement of goods from the EU to the UK are holding up shipments.

A business owner left ‘horrified’ after seeing the cost of a single consignment of goods imported from the Netherlands rise by 37 per cent post-Brexit believes the Government needs to step in and address the issue.

WITH just 100 days to go until Christmas, HMRC is urging shoppers to ensure they don’t get caught out by unexpected charges when buying from overseas traders.

With less than 100 days to go until Christmas, HMRC is urging shoppers to ensure they don’t get caught out by unexpected charges when buying from overseas traders.

Plant supply has been tough, while Glendoick's field-grown ericaceous plant exports have been hamstrung by post-Brexit rules not allowing plants with soil on them to go to EU countries. However, Northern Ireland is back in the market after Westminster decided to break EU rules and allow exports.

From antibiotics to cancer drugs, The London Economic can reveal the full extent of the medicine supply crisis gripping Britain.

UK reliance on EU food imports is a major risk if the country crashes out of the union. / Walk into any British supermarket and you will be surrounded by European products, from Italian cheeses to French wines. Around 30% of all food consumed in the UK is imported from the EU, but for some foods, such as spinach and olives, the EU is practically the UK’s sole supplier.

‘Your boss has conceded the whole kingdom’, Australian negotiator said to have told Liz Truss.

The volume of goods being ferried across the Irish Sea between Britain and Ireland has collapsed since the UK left the EU.

It’s no secret that COVID-19 and Brexit have had a lasting effect on a wealth of businesses. In particular, the manufacturing sector has been heavily impacted due to the UK’s withdrawal from the single market and the subsequent restrictions on imports and exports.

About 30% of all the food we eat in the UK comes from the European Union, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) industry group.

What should we call a project that poleaxes the economy, destroys our global reputation and threatens political stability in Northern Ireland? If we had known what would come to pass, how would we have voted on it six years ago?

This paper estimates how Brexit has affected goods trade between the United Kingdom and European Union. Using product-level trade flows between the EU and all other countries in the world as a comparison group, we find a sharp decline in trade from the UK to the EU and significant but smaller reductions in trade from the EU to the UK.

This paper estimates how Brexit has affected goods trade between the United Kingdom and European Union. Using product-level trade flows between the EU and all other countries in the world as a comparison group, we find a sharp decline in trade from the UK to the EU and significant but smaller reductions in trade from the EU to the UK.

Brexit resulted in a 25% fall in imports from the EU and created “a large increase in barriers to trade”, according to research.

We speak to makers, artists, galleries and small enterprises about their struggles with the new rules for Britain's trade with the EU.

Even the best-prepared companies with solid export and import experience have had to contact Scottish Engineering for advice on a raft of complex issues arising from Brexit, the industry body’s chief executive has revealed.

Nearly 200 jobs at risk as Iceland Seafood says Grimsby no longer ‘a strategic fit’.

It has been revealed that the government is considering a fourth delay to the introduction of post-Brexit import checks amid fear of their impact on the supply chain and the cost of living crisis.

One of the leading international experts on UK-EU trade has told an audience in Coventry and Warwickshire that smaller businesses are being hardest hit by a fall in trade following Brexit.

PSA Part’s Sales Director, Nick Walsh looks at how Brexit is impacting cross European border trade for the tech channel and how companies can look to address these challenges.

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.

At the moment you might be wondering what is happening to your favourite meat/fish/dairy products from the Nordics. Why is it out of stock? / Yes, it’s Brexit. Again. You may have assumed that this was all so very 2018, but no, rules are still changing and causing issues for the end consumers (that’s you).

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.

British government is planning to introduce the controls at the end of October, with the move expected to cause delays and disruption.

EU must continue to monitor and ensure that the British hold up their side of the bargain.

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

Meanwhile imports from Great Britain tumbled by more than €2.5 billion, or 32 per cent.

Hauliers have shifted both exports and imports to sea routes to reach EU markets directly, and avoid lengthy delays at UK ports.

‘It would be such a shame to lose a whole market and lose relationships with people in the UK’

Britain is facing a rough road that holds little prospect of promised glory days.

The City has been plunged into something of an existential panic in recent months. Fears of international decline have crystallised in the form of a listings drought and a crack squad of City grandees are scrambling to try and steady the ship.

Britain has been an object of international derision in recent months. / Britain, said some outside observers, had turned into an emerging market — even a banana republic. But why has a country, traditionally renowned for its stability, been engulfed by such turmoil? / Brexit is the reason, according to critics of Britain’s departure from the European Union.

James O'Brien discusses recent reports suggesting food imports to the UK are at risk in confusion over post-Brexit checks and emphasises how this proves how 'stupid' the idea of Brexit really is. James highlights how people believed the words of a 'proven liar' in Boris Johnson and a 'proven idiot' in Jacob Rees-Mogg, who assured people that 'food would be cheaper.'

Lifestyle brand Joules has made moves to terminate some of its wholesale agreements with EU stockists as Brexit costs made the channels unprofitable.

Kidswear independents across the UK have expressed concerns that “nightmare” post-Brexit import VAT is still being incorrectly charged on some children’s clothing and footwear that should have been zero rated, causing “hell on earth” for many businesses.

New border control checks on plant and animal imports from the UK began this week, requiring health certificates for some plant and animal products which could further increase business costs.

The United Kingdom's exit from the European single market coincided with a vertiginous decline in trade with Latvia, according to data published by the Central Statistics Bureau (CSB) on March 12.

A parliamentary committee has criticized the British government over trade disruptions caused by Brexit. It has warned of further disruptions as the pandemic subsides. / The UK was the last of the Group of Seven — which includes France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada, and the US — to see its exports surpass the average level from 2018.

“The whole thing is stupid and pointless," one business owner at London's Borough Market has said.

Lidl sent suppliers a letter demanding confirmation that they will pay any new tariffs on cross-border trade.

Owners of a Liverpool restaurant have spoken out about the 'perfect storm' of Brexit and Covid-19 that is currently 'washing over' the hospitality industry.

Trade secretary agrees to set up a commission to oversee trade deals amid growing concern over chlorinated chicken imports.

Lots of veg and tomato’s in Tesco in Budapest - ⁦@Riverford⁩ Guy speaks about why you don’t have them on your shelves.

Concerns grow that post-Brexit trade deals could lead to further decline in quality as battery farm eggs are reintroduced.

Marks & Spencer has warned of the risk of price pressures, less choice, and food being thrown away when post-Brexit rules on imports from the EU take effect at the start of next month.

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