All Brexit articles – Page 49
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News
FDF warns Brexit fatigue must not lead to lack of deal scrutiny
The FDF said it welcomed Oliver Letwin’s amendment, which delayed Saturday’s unexpected vote to allow more scrutiny of the proposals
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City snapshot: Consumer confidence dented by Brexit uncertainty
Brexit uncertainty and a slowdown in the jobs market hit consumer and business confidence in the third quarter, with a further drop in confidence and slowdown in consumer spending tipped for next year.
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Labour shortages will see DCs ‘struggle’ after Brexit
Wayne Brophy, managing director of Cast UK, said there was an across-the-board labour shortage in supply chain, logistics and warehouses
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Analysis and Features
Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal: food and drink industry leaders react
MPs are set to vote on the deal in parliament tomorrow
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Comment and Opinion
Trump’s new 25% tariffs are designed to inflict maximum pain
New US tariffs mean mature cheddar could soon become “a luxury like caviar”, we’ve heard from industry sources
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Fears new US tariffs ‘worse’ than a no-deal Brexit
The WTO has given the US the green light to impose 25% tariffs on a swathe of European Goods
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Fresh food’s labour shortage reaching a ‘tipping point’
It comes amid warnings of crops rotting in fields due to a lack of workers
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Suppliers have ‘no clue’ about retailers’ no-deal Brexit plans
Survey finds none of 45 suppliers feltretailers had been clear about their no deal Brexit plans
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Comment and Opinion
Get Ready for Brexit? You can’t blame businesses for not being prepared
Today’s NAO report suggests trade will be thrown into chaos on day one of Brexit
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Government’s no-deal Brexit preparedness campaign ‘a failure’
The National Audit Office warns that huge numbers of businesses have failed to get the documentation they require
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No-deal Brexit ‘doomsday’ for NI milk, warns Dairy Council
The trade body has warned tariffs on dairy moving south across the Irish border would cause profitability to plummet…
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Fruit & veg crops left to rot as seasonal labour shortages take effect
Growers suggested they had picked as little as half their crop
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Analysis and Features
What would Boris Johnson’s Irish border plan mean for food and drink?
Is agreement over the plans as “overwhelmingly unlikely” as European leaders suggest? Or could they yet be a step towards avoiding no deal?
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New tariff update is a ‘betrayal’ of British food sector, says industry
The government’s amended tariff schedule would open the UK up to cheap food imports, the NFU warned
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UK sales hit record low as Brexit woes continue
Like-for-like retail sales shrunk by 1.7% in September from a fall of 0.2% in 2018
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Comment and Opinion
Will Defra or DIT come out on top in food standards struggle?
Theresa Villiers is a staunch animal welfare advocate, while Liz Truss is a proponent of deregulation
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Fmcg suppliers hit hardest by ‘perfect storm’ of Brexit uncertainty
Manufacturers had been forced to stockpile both raw materials for production and finished goods
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No-deal has ‘already arrived’ for thousands of food companies
Import and export plans thrown into chaos by lack of key information from government, say business leaders
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Retailers and suppliers slam Johnson’s Brexit plan
Aodhán Connolly, director of the NI Retail Consortium, said the latest plan was “unworkable and unpalatable”
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Comment and Opinion
Can Boris Johnson’s ‘reasonable compromise’ break the deadlock?
The PM has made an attempt to replace the backstop. But will it be enough?