More than a year has passed since the United Kingdom voted to
leave the European Union. Since then we have had another general
election, IndyRef2 put on hold, and, of course, Trump.
Despite the various political and economic changes over the past
year, there can be little doubt that Brexit will be the change that
has the biggest impact on the food and drink sector in the UK.
Of course one of the biggest talking points during the Brexit
referendum campaign was immigration, and the rights of EU migrants
will be one of the most important aspects of the Brexit
negotiations. Restricting immigration was ultimately one of
the main drivers behind the Leave vote, and so it was always
inevitable that one of the main casualties of the UK's exit
from the EU would be the free movement of workers principle. This
was confirmed in last month's Queen's Speech, which
confirmed that this principle would be replaced with a UK
Immigration Bill.
