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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Joanna Partridge

Small UK businesses complain of being caught unawares by EU ‘red tape’

A blanket being woven on a loom: the close-up image shows textile with a pattern of blue, yellow and orange geometric squares being woven
Skye Weavers said it had missed out on sales of its blankets, scarves and shawls in the EU and Northern Ireland since the rule change. Photograph: Skye Weavers

Small businesses are warning they have had to pause selling their products in the European Union and Northern Ireland since mid-December while they work out how to comply with new EU product safety regulations that caught many of them unawares.

Skye Weavers, a small family business on the Isle of Skye, says it has missed out on sales of its scarves, shawls and blankets to customers in both markets after halting internet orders from those locations because of the rule change.

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