British firms have been hit by a double whammy of Brexit fallout and pandemic pressures on supply chains, with sectors across most of the economy suffering staff shortages, shipping and distribution problems, and issues with the availability of a raft of materials and goods.
"If they could get here I think I would help them, but because of Brexit and Ukrainians having to have a visa it's much harder."
“It’s chaos, there’s no law to it, there’s no rule to it.”
"Putin. The most ardent Brexiteer," tweeted one person after watching the video.
"It's monstrous that we're filling in forms," Desmond Swayne, who campaigned for Leave means Leave, said.
Brexit will be a "boon to the terror groups already active inside and outside Europe’s borders, to the Russian dictator who is crashing through those borders, and it would reduce the ability of the UK and Europe to resist these assaults."
Starmer will pledge to build "a new economy and a new Britain" in a major speech on Thursday.
“Those standing with puffed chests about ‘getting Brexit done’ have yet to say or show how the UK might benefit."
“This shows how the post-Brexit increase in custom costs to UK consumers is really biting," a senior manager at an accountancy firm has said.