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Britain is still counting the cost – and paying the price – of Brexit

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As a new report reveals how rejoining the EU would give the UK economy an £11.7bn boost, it is time to admit the 2016 referendum was a mistake – and to work at pace on a way back into Europe

The Independent UK · Aug 28

True cost of Brexit on UK trade revealed as calls to rejoin single market grow

Exclusive: The damning findings comes as a major new survey shows that 98.2 per cent of businesses want access to the EU single market restored

The Independent UK · Aug 28

Investment or waste? How the M4 relief road plan for Newport sums up Wales’s economic quandary

As potentially seismic Senedd elections loom, competing parties have differing visions of how to reinvigorate the economy

The Guardian - UK · May 3

UK fruit exports to EU have dropped by more than half since Brexit

Exports of fruit fell from £248.5m in year to March 2021 to £113.8m in 12 months to March 2023

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2023

Warning of deadly hidden risk to drivers passing HGVs

More than a third of motorists don't know how many blind spots a lorry has, a survey found

Wales Online · Feb 27, 2023

Sunak pressed by Northern Ireland business leaders for ‘pragmatic solutions’

The Prime Minister spoke with business leaders during a call on Wednesday.

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Lorry parking shortage forces thousands of drivers to sleep in laybys

Thousands of lorry drivers are forced to park in laybys and industrial estates each night due to a severe shortage of purpose-built facilities.

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2022

Lorry driver conditions should be ‘improved or sector should face a new tax’

A cross-party group of MPs said it is “key” that lorry drivers have better roadside facilities to end a labour shortage in the haulage sector

The Independent UK · May 31, 2022

Business leaders tell US delegation compromise is needed over NI Protocol

The US Congressional group met business organisations as their last engagement on their trip to the island of Ireland.

The Independent UK · May 27, 2022

HGV drivers set to get better showers and rest stops in £20million funding pledge

HGV drivers are set to benefit from £20 million of funding for better roadside facilities in a bid to tackle the UK driver shortage. The Government is asking roadside service providers to apply for a slice of the £20 million allocated to improve sec

Birmingham Post · Apr 25, 2022