may well be sensible precaution tbh
Hard Brexit - food, fuel, drug shortages
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may well be sensible precaution tbh
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havent read any off this thread 
a problem i can see is everything now is "just in time " with no one holding any more than a few hours buffer so if the supply chain from italy takes say 35 hrs to point off use or sale and if theres a 12hr delay things grind to a halt as you run out off supplies
a problem i can see is everything now is "just in time " with no one holding any more than a few hours buffer so if the supply chain from italy takes say 35 hrs to point off use or sale and if theres a 12hr delay things grind to a halt as you run out off supplies
Not just Whitehall.
Seems that all of Europe are preparing for Brexit to the detriment of the UK. The RWR like to label it 'project fear' as a way of burying their heads in the sand - probably because they hate the reality. Hilarious. You could not make this stuff up, except Judith and the RWR gang do it frequently.
Dumb blinkered RWR.
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I wonder if he thinks that anything in this is not true:
"The Dutch Brexit Impact Scan says exporters may lose free trade access if they use UK parts
This is a reference to what are known as "rules of origin" and "local content" under international trade rules.
In order to qualify for EU free trade deals, a certain proportion, typically 55% of a product's parts, needs to come from the EU.
The Dutch government says UK parts "no longer count towards EU origin" in its official "Brexit impact scan" advice to Dutch businesses.
That warning has also been underpinned by the EU's own technical notice on this issue.
"As of withdrawal date, the UK becomes a third country. UK inputs are considered 'non-originating'," it says."
https://news.sky.com/story/european...-using-british-parts-ahead-of-brexit-11395908
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It doesn't matter John, ANY price is worth paying to the Quitters as long as we take back control.
gasbag will be along shortly with a dodgy alt-right video featuring all the benefits of post-EU Britain.
Interestingly enough, many of our suppliers are already duel sourcing and its been a kick up the backside for many companies to look elsewhere. At the moment, we're not seeing a cost increase coming.
We're also finding that there is an increase in UK manufactured product that we can buy.
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That will be because EU businesses, with sufficient foresight and as a precaution against a hard Brexit, have partly replicated their manufacturing in the UK.
The manufacturing might be in the UK, but the profits will be going elsewhere.
Some of the better jobs, the IP, the design, testing, governance, management, etc, will still be EU based.
Along similar lines as the Dyson model, but in reverse.
UK will be reduced to a simple sweat shop type existence.
When the competition has been restricted due to Brexit, when forces beyond the control of UK increase costs, when regulation in EU forces changes to UK production (and UK had no input to those changes), when costs of raw materials increase, when taxes and tariffs are increased, when supply of raw materials is delayed, costs, therefore prices will increase and are out of UK's control.
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That's a blatant generalisation and based on what?
What about the UK owned manufacturers, like my company, who have started manufacturing products (in addition to what we already produce) that compete directly with European imports.
Our turnover has increased by 60% on last year because of this and we are also more profitable than ever before. We've also employed approx 25 more staff to achieve this and taken on an extra apprentices.
We've been able to do this because of two reasons:
1. The depreciation of the pound has made imports more expensive
2. People want to buy British if they can.
Worldwide, mainly the USA and Arab states.
People refers to UK customers who we find will chose our product over the Swedish or Italian offers largely because of UK manufacture.
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Irrelevant if he exports or not. He said we like to buy British. lets just take that he meens British, anyone else is a bonus.
maybe not you(buying British) as why would you.
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Hardly a blatant generalization, but just as valid as your sole experience in one industry.
One example picked up in the news today. If I bothered to look I am sure there are many more.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-44202942
The UK government even provides guidance for EU companies to set up in UK, although that will change after Brexit of course.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...ies-in-the-uk-registration-and-administration
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