but it was only last month that it came out of the key economic institutions the eu s single market and customs union. that was a pivotal moment of change for businesses on both sides. just days ahead of that deadline, britain and the eu did manage to seal an agreement. but it has not all been plain sailing, even allowing for disruption caused by the pandemic. 0ur economics correspondent, andrew walker, reports. a month ago, the european union and britain signed a trade deal. here is, folks, this is it. it means british and eu goods can be exported from one to the other free of tariffs or trade taxes. but there are new barriers. the issue is most acute for businesses that deal with perishable goods, such as fresh seafood, where a host of new checks and paperwork are required to sell into the eu. it was a very serious problem for this scottish supplier who spoke to the bbc in mid january. tens of thousands of pounds a week that we are losing. we can t continue to lose that.
but it has not all been plain sailing. our economics correspondent andrew walker reports. a month ago, the european union and britain signed a trade deal. here is, folks, this is it. it means british and eu goods can be exported from one to the other free of tariffs or trade taxes. but there are new barriers. the issue is most acute for businesses that deal with perishable goods, such as fresh seafood where a host of new checks and paperwork are required to sell into the eu. it was a very serious problem for this scottish supplier who spoke to the bbc in mid january. tens of thousands of pounds a week that we are losing. we can t continue to lose that. we sent stuff to europe last week, it took five days to arrive. it arrived dead and rotten. even within the uk, the special arrangements for northern ireland have led to delays and some supermarkets did initially struggle to fill their shelves
position we were almost one year ago, back into lockdown, and that was announced today for an indefinite period. we know will get a review after two weeks where we should find out more information but it is key to say that, even though this is happening, coventry will continue to vaccinate islanders against the covid 19 virus that is going around. the community vaccination centre which is due to open on monday next week has been designed specifically for social distancing in mind, even though at the time it was due to open, we didn t have to socially distanced here. the government are now saying that will not affect the vaccine roll out and they are hoping 3000 people per week here in guernsey. of course, the care home residents have already been done and front line health workers as well, but the island does know it has been in a unique unfortunate position here to have avoided the sanctions we have had in the uk for so long at. we are so grateful that we ve been in this
we aren t taking that away from anyone. for years, so many latin americans who could afford to would travel to miami to shop or vacation or for medical procedures. the city became known as the gateway to the americas. for many now, florida has become the gateway to the vaccine. patrick oppmann, cnn. stay with us. cnn newsroom will be right back.
particularly in florida, won t have that possibility. we aren t taking that away from anyone. for years, so many latin americans who could afford to would travel to miami to shop or vacation or for medical procedures. the city became known as the gateway to the americas. for many now, florida has become the gateway to the vaccine. patrick gotman, cnn. ahead for us, intelligence officials are seeing a lot of online chatter ahead of the inauguration and after the capital insurrection just days before the inauguration. how credible are these new threats? we ll talk to someone who says they saw january 6th coming. (burke) deep-sea driving, i see. (customer) something like that. (burke) well, here s something else: with your farmer s policy perk, new car replacement, you can get a new one. (custotomer) that is something else. (burke) get a whole lot of somomething with farmers policy perks. we are farmerers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum