Why

[MartinMillar]

Are so many courier companies no longer delivering to Northern Ireland.
4 orders cancelled in the last 2 days plus companies no longer able to supply cat food.
Can I thank Brexit for this?

[AuntPollyGrey]

Maybe your orders were cancelled because of the bad weather and its only temporary? As for the cat food -well I think you just need to suck it up and pay the extra -I have a feeling a lot of people in GB will be doing the same thing in the near future, despite what the Government says

[MartinMillar]

Orders were cancelled doe to couriers no longer delivered here

[gness]

Bloody Brexit, Martin. Not wanting to rely on the UK post which has had my box of wool and fabric for nearly a month, we tried to send the daughter's birthday box via courier. They will pick up and deliver as long as it's not going to the UK...... :-)

I'm sure this will change when customs and import duties get sorted out but that won't solve retailers deciding it's too much hassle to send stuff across the Irish sea.
You've experienced that already as have we and that will get worse.

[MartinMillar]

It’s sooo annoying Gness if it disrupts my gin I will go spare

[New Judge]

//i dont understand why brexit uncertainty would cause this - surely brexit is about our relationship with the EU and theirs with us, not about sending things between 2 points in the uk?//

Then you haven't been keeping up for the last four years, bednobs :-)

As Corby helpfully points out, once the so-called "Trade Deal" with the EU is in force, Northern Ireland will, de facto, remain part of the EU. It will remain in its Customs Union and people wishing to send goods there from the rest of the UK will have to comply with the same rules they would if they were sending those same goods to the EU. I don't know anybody in NI but if I did I would be somewhat miffed if I had to complete a customs declaration before sending them a box of chocolates. I've prattled on enough about this over the last couple of years but if the EU is concerned about contraband crossing the border from NI into its its precious Customs Union in the south then they should compel Ireland to erect border controls along the border. But instead they have persuaded the gutless UK government to do so in the Irish Sea. The idea of a border in Ireland is, apparently, unthinkable. Well the idea of one in the United Kingdom is not only unthinkable to me but it's an absolute disgrace. But it seems we're stuck with it.

[gness]

At least I can console myself with Guinness and a trip to the moonshine still up the mountain..x