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Amazon halts alcohol sales in Northern Ireland and prepares to de-list more products due to new Brexit customs rules
26/01/2021
Amazon has stopped selling wines, beers and spirits to its customers in Northern Ireland as it wrestles with new customs rules post-Brexit.
Bars and pubs are struggling to get drinks from Europe due to Brexit paperwork and rising costs
24/06/2021
‘Everything’s just a lot more difficult and it’s costing us more’
Scottish rural economy minister Fergus Ewing said the sector was being decimated by the pandemic, Brexit and tariffs.
The SNP claimed a "triple whammy" of Brexit, the pandemic and US tariffs had hit Scotland's most valuable export hard.
Sales to Ireland, UK’s biggest market, plunge more than two-thirds.
Brexit hits UK food and drink exports to EU
23/03/2021
Salmon, beef, and whisky sales from the UK to the EU plummeted in January.
Brexit Republic - Ep. 10
05/10/2018
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.
The figures show Brexit-related problems are structural, not "teething problems".
Brexit's blight on Scottish food and drink industry is making the cost of living crisis worse – Mairi Gougeon
14/12/2022
Some of these are hopefully short-term issues and can be recovered from. Another problem, however, is contributing to the hardship faced by Scottish households and will do so for the long term: Brexit.
First quarter UK exports fell from £5.1bn in 2020 to £3.7bn in 2021, mainly due to new trade barriers with the EU.
British holidaymakers heading to Spain at Christmas could miss out on favourite drinks due to alcohol shortage
27/10/2021
British holidaymakers planning to escape to Spain for Christmas could struggle to get their favourite drinks at bars, restaurants and supermarkets due to alcohol shortages.
British traders still awaiting rules for the end of the transition period and face redundancies
07/12/2020
Businesses who raised concerns range from road hauliers to whisky manufacturers, while builders are running out of supplies.
HMRC figures reveal huge year-on-year falls in trade, with whisky, cheese and chocolate worst hit.
Britain was a traditional obstacle to an agreement, because of immigration and Scotch whisky.
The landmark deal to liberalise trade with one of the world’s biggest growing economies is delayed in a blow to the Government’s growth plans.
A new survey of UK and Netherlands firms shows two-thirds think our departure from the single market has had a negative effect
Whisky is one of the UK’s most important exports. Currently EU regulations require a product labelled 'whisky' or 'whiskey' to be aged for a minimum of three years.
[Irish] Employers' group Ibec has warned economic growth next year could be more than halved if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
Laphroaig customers from Bucks hit out at bizarre delivery route as Brexit 'chaos' blamed for delays
01/03/2021
A whiskey distributor has blamed Brexit “chaos” for delays in deliveries as customers slated a decision to ship it from Germany as “bonkers”.
The EU accounts for more than 30 percent of Scotch whisky sales and some distilleries source inputs from member states.
While the challenges of post-Brexit trade continue to impact businesses what will shape the culinary landscape of the North Highlands – and can the spirit of love endure?
Scotland's licensed trade sector has condemned sweeping alcohol tax changes brought in today under the Conservatives "Brexit Pub Guarantee" as "naive and fanciful".
Salmon exports fell 98% in January from year-earlier period. / Sales to Germany, Ireland, Italy down by more than 80%: FDF.
Scotch whisky imports dry up due to Brexit
28/03/2021
Irish consumers and retailers have reported difficulties obtaining Scotch whiskies, as several distilleries and UK retailers pause EU sales post-Brexit.
With the change of leadership in the United Kingdom making a no-deal exit from the European Union seemingly more likely, Scottish authorities are fearful local products will lose their protected status under the bloc's rule.
EXPORTS to the EU from Scotland have slumped by over £2.2bn since Brexit.
SOME of Scotland’s most important exports have seen costly reductions in sales to other countries, research has revealed.
So five years after the referendum, and six months from leaving the single market, what's the slogan from businesses most affected? Bureaucracy, delay, cost.
Scots won’t be ‘fooled’ by Tory promises, says Nicola Sturgeon’s party.
SCOTTISH distilleries are being forced to swallow the cost of damaging Tory trade deals, the SNP have warned.
Tullamore Dew owner reports €4.3m loss for 2021 on back of pandemic, Brexit and US tariffs
18/11/2022
The Irish subsidiary of Scottish drinks group William Grant and Son’s, which owns Tullamore Dew whiskey, has reported a €4.3 million loss for last year, down from a profit of almost €900,000 the previous year, as the business navigated the impacts of Brexit, US tariffs and the pandemic.
Malaysia stands to gain from free palm oil exports but few other benefits seen. / "The impact appears mainly cosmetic, for the U.K. to show it made a trade deal after Brexit." / "No one in Asia is taking the pact very seriously."
UK food and drink exports to EU dive by 75% after Brexit, with chocolate, whisky and cheese among worst hit
22/03/2021
While post-Brexit trade rules are responsible for much of the slump, changing behaviours during the Covid-19 pandemic may have worsened it.
Coles, Da Mhile, In the Welsh Wind and Penderyn distilleries awarded label in scheme brought in to replace EU version.
Industry body says tariffs put jobs at risk but shares in European drinks makers rise.
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