Boris Johnson said there would be ‘no non-tariff barriers’, but in the first of a four-part series we hear from firms who have lost valuable business

There was this time when they had problems with us sending elderberries – the most benign of foods. Because of which, they stopped the whole consignment for over a month!”

Inside an anonymous-looking industrial unit on the outskirts of Reading, where a warm fragrance of tea and spices fills the air, Vishaka Chhetri Agarwal and her husband, Neeraj, are venting their frustrations at doing business with the EU after Brexit. After all, the then prime minister insisted there would be no additional red tape.

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