Julianne Ponan, founder and CEO of allergen-free food producer Creative Nature, had a growing export business to EU countries that was devastated by Brexit. Since then she has successfully turned to markets in the Middle East and Australia, something she says has been a positive outcome of leaving the EU.

Sir Keir Starmer’s ‘reset’ with the EU could reduce friction and improve relations for some sectors of society

Brexit was hugely divisive, both politically and socially, dominating political debate and with arguments about its impacts raging for years. Five years on from the day Britain formally left the EU, BBC Verify has examined five important ways Brexit has affected Britain.