Wife works for DFS ,they are having trouble sourcing enough cushion fillings due to raw material supply problems, therefore staff are sat on short wages doing nothing for long periods due to? ,you got it ,the oven ready Brexit deal .
Hearing lots of stories along these lines.
The argument I used to get from the leave brigade was that it would force manufacturers to source materials from British companies, thereby boosting our own economy rather than Europe’s.
The problem here, of course, is that a) There are no UK companies producing those goods, or b) they are too expensive. So as a consequence businesses are shipping in cheap, low quality goods from the Far East and elsewhere.
As I have said before I know a delicatessen owner who can only get genuine produce from the country of origin. Immediately after the Brexit deal the cost of his orders went up by 30%.
Like most of the perceived “benefits” of Brexit the reality is completely different.
