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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jon Ungoed-Thomas

Kent brewery hailed as Brexit ‘export champion’ has one EU customer left

Virginia Hodge says some transport companies won’t take alcohol now because of all the paperwork.
Virginia Hodge says some transport companies won’t take alcohol now because of all the paperwork. Photograph: Sonja Horsman/The Observer

A Kent brewery chosen to help champion export opportunities for the government after Brexit has revealed that burdensome customs checks and paperwork have left it with just one remaining customer in the EU.

The Old Dairy Brewery in Kent – a Department for International Trade export champion for the south-east – appeared in a government video last year promoting the potential to boost Brexit export sales.

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