A voice for local people who are concerned about Brexit, campaigning to keep Britain in the EU

BRITAIN’S departure from the European Union is having a “serious detrimental impact on export” and is “not delivering the positives that were promised”, the boss of Dorset Chamber has said.

A Dorset farming business has suspended more than £150,000 of orders and may be forced to abandon any future activity in Europe because of post-Brexit changes at sea ports.

"It's slow, it's outdated, it's challenging in a number of ways we never expected," says Charlie Samways.

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.

AN ACCOUNTANCY company has launched a new business immigration visa service to help firms recruit talent from overseas. / Azets is an international outsourcing advisory group with offices and firms located across Dorset and Hampshire.

Businesses have been hit hard by Brexit, according to research by an affiliation on Chambers of Commerce in the region.

The continued absence of border control posts (BCP) in European ports for processing livestock exports from the UK is costing a Dorset pedigree cattle breeder £150,000 in lost orders.

Wessex Lowlines rears high-pedigree Lowline breed cows, which it sells outside the UK.

Dorset for Europe are a group of local people who passionately believe that the UK should remain part of the EU.

Brexit has damaged the ability of UK companies to compete in the European Union, with businesses “banging their heads against a brick wall,” according to a survey from the British Chambers of Commerce.

Firms across four different sectors share their stories of rising costs, extra paperwork and packages that never arrive.