NI firms renew call for UK and EU to resolve protocol trade row

The NI Business Brexit Working Group represents manufacturing, retail, hospitality, farming, transport, and brewing interests

The group wants the EU and UK "urgently" to resolve the dispute over the protocol, that keeps the North in the EU single market but also retains its place in the UK-wide customs market.

An umbrella group representing a large number of firms in the North have called on the UK and EU to resolve the issues but to keep the Northern Ireland trade protocol, for the region to weather the inflation storm.

The latest call comes from the NI Business Brexit Working Group that represents manufacturing, retail, hospitality, farming, transport, and brewing interests across both small and large companies.