Post-Brexit food shortages ‘worst I’ve seen’, Co-op boss says
Brexit and Covid-19 are causing shortages and diminished variety on supermarket shelves, Steve Murrells said.
The UK is the first and so far only country to have left the EU and Brexit was and is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom). The official withdrawal was at 23:00 31 January 2020 GMT (00:00 CET).
Brexit and Covid-19 are causing shortages and diminished variety on supermarket shelves, Steve Murrells said.
In 2019, the Dutch PM warned: “Every businessman I speak to from the UK is saying they will cut investments, cut their business in the UK."
"We were hit by Brexit," the chair of the National Care Association told the BBC.
A leading London law firm warned that thousands could lose their rights due to errors in the EU Settlement Scheme.
"Stark warning to the UK economy that the accelerated levels of growth we’ve seen earlier this summer are not sustainable,” said Duncan Brock, group director at CIPS.
Cricket legend Ian "Beefy" Botham will lead UK efforts to drum up post-Brexit trade with Australia.
HMRC data reveals 270 million additional customs declarations are expected to be filled out as a result of the additional checks.
Turkey supplies could decline by as much as 20 per cent by Christmas because of staff shortages, the industry fears.
Domestic beet producers are worried that the new UK-Australia trade deal will put them out of business.
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