Businesses give new Brexit border checks a wide berth amid fears of chaos [Video]

Business are holding off bringing goods into the UK from the EU amid fears new post-Brexit border checks will cause chaos.

The long-delayed checks have come into effect despite concerns of disruption as well as higher food prices.

Under the scheme, animal and plant products which are deemed “medium-risk” or higher will face physical checks at the Port of Dover and the Eurotunnel.

Importers will have to pay up to £145 to bring some of the products into the country.

Richard McKenna, the managing director of Provender Nurseries, in Swanley, Kent, said his business was giving the checks a “wide berth”.

Mr McKenna, who gets half of his plants and trees from the EU, said on Tuesday morning “like many businesses, we are giving it a …