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Britons who fear disruption and decline tell Adam Forrest how they’ve been getting ready.
£2.1bn extra for no-deal planning
01/08/2019
The government has announced an extra £2.1bn of funding to prepare for a no-deal Brexit - doubling the amount of money it has set aside this year.
Will there be food shortages after Brexit?
08/12/2020
Leaving the EU single market and customs union will bring new friction and red tape for food importers
With fears over manufacturing costs and future investment, here’s what firms are doing.
Ministers still have a “significant amount” of work to do to ensure the continued supply of vital medicines to the NHS in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the Whitehall spending watchdog has warned.
The specialist maker of mounts, connectivity and audio products has built up its UK stock to more than 100,000 items, foreseeing customs clearance delays which stretched as long as six weeks.
Concerns over staff and animal medication availability, and customs delays post-Brexit are plaguing the vet sector, according to a report.
German firm Wepa stores 3.5m toilet and kitchen rolls in UK in bid to avoid customs delays.
Companies should ensure six weeks’ worth of drugs for end of transition period, DHSC says.
The British government has urged medicine suppliers to prepare for the country’s exit from the EU single market and customs union on Dec. 31 by building up six weeks’ worth of stocks in case of disruption to imports.
Government figures showing a bounceback in February rightly come with a health warning.
Owners of storage facilities say demand has reached ‘fever pitch’ since last week’s chaos.
The UK has been warned by the pharmaceutical industry that some stockpiles of medical supplies have been "used up entirely" by the virus.
The UK has been warned by the pharmaceutical industry that some stockpiles of medical supplies have been "used up entirely" by the virus.
Doctors call for more transparency amid fears of shortages, especially of insulin.
Firms fear imports of raw materials will dry up or rise in price when Britain leaves the EU, survey says.
British manufacturers are being forced to build up financial buffers in preparation for a no-deal Brexit as the cost of stockpiling goods and materials puts companies under strain.
Business group downgrades GDP rises and warns dwindling investment will hurt long-term economy. / Economic growth in Britain is expected to slow to the lowest levels since the financial crisis as firms run down Brexit stockpiles, according to a leading business lobby group.
British factories slashed jobs in February and braced for Brexit by stockpiling goods at the fastest pace seen in any Group of Seven country since records started in the early 1990s, a survey showed on Friday.
The drop comes despite a boost to the economy in the first quarter of the year, thanks to Brexit stockpiling.
The UK economy contracted 0.2% between April and June, its worst performance since 2012, the Office for National Statistics said.
Car production slumped 24% as manufacturers shut down plants temporarily in anticipation of no-deal exit from EU that did not happen.
UK economic growth to slow to zero as Brexit stockpiling effect ends and businesses slash investment
17/06/2019
The political impasse over Brexit threatens to “suffocate” business investment across the UK, with the economy grinding to a halt as a temporary boost from stockpiling comes to an end, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has warned.