A couple of hundred tons of mussels that would have previously fetched about 160,000 euros ($194,000) now lie in the muck, not worth harvesting. Mr. Wilson has furloughed three of his six workers.
Even those who can reach European markets have discovered that the promised bonfire of regulations is actually a burning hell of paperwork.
In the southwest of England, a few miles from the village that gave its name to Cheddar cheese, one cheesemaker, Lye Cross, anticipates spending an extra £125,000 ($173,000) a year to comply with the administrative requirements that have accompanied Brexit. A transaction that last year entailed seven steps, including paying and invoicing, now runs to 39, said Ben Hutchins, the company’s sales and marketing director.
LONDON: A tangle of post-Brexit paperwork, duties and taxes is disrupting commercial ties between Britain and the European Union that have often taken years to build, piling extra costs on small.
Taxes And Food Certificates: UK Counts Brexit Costs By Jean-Baptiste OUBRIER
01/29/21 AT 10:03 PM
A tangle of post-Brexit paperwork, duties and taxes is disrupting commercial ties between Britain and the European Union that have often taken years to build, piling extra costs on small firms that can make cross-Channel trade unprofitable.
Changes since the UK s departure from the bloc s single market and customs union on January 1 have made it commercially and practically impossible for us to continue actually shipping to the EU , laments cheesemaker Simon Spurrell.
Owner of the Hartington Creamery, which produces crumbly, flavourful Stilton cheese, Spurrell must now include a food health certificate signed by a veterinarian with each order sent to the bloc.
Pictures from the past showing inside the Hartington s cheese business in the Peak District
The original Hartington Creamery was established by the Duke of Devonshire in the late 1800s and while our pictures may not go back that far, learn all about the fire which halted the business its boom in the 1900s and then it’s revival in the 21st century.
Wednesday, 6th January 2021, 5:52 pm
The Parish of Hartington has a long history of cheese-making and Hartington Creamery has the unique title of the world s smallest Stilton producer.
The iconic Nuttalls Blue Stilton from the little Derbyshire dairy became world famous in 1900 and the creamery passed down to Nuttalls son and then was taken over by by his widow wife in the early part of the 20th Century.