UK faces meat, cheese, and cut flowers shortage due to Brexit border IT outages causing import delays.

UK faces meat, cheese, and cut flowers shortage due to Brexit border IT outages, causing import delays of up to 20 hours. Businesses describe government's new border control checks as a "disaster," with lorries carrying perishable goods held for extended periods, reducing their shelf life and leading to rejected orders. The issues stem from IT system failures at the UK's busiest Brexit border post.

May 15, 2024
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