Nike has suspended its Reuse-a-Shoe recycling scheme in the UK as the recycling industry grapples with high costs related to Brexit.
Trainer drop-off scheme has been quietly shelved as haulage and tax costs soared after UK left the EU.
Non-binding opinion says UK allowed criminal gangs to flood Europe with cheap Chinese-made clothes.
At Tricker’s, a 192 year-old maker of English luxury shoes beloved by Prince Charles and Japanese fashionistas, relief at averting a no-deal Brexit quickly turned to dismay at the new price of doing business with the European Union.
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British shoemaker Tricker’s has been saddled with extra Brexit-related costs that could hit the equivalent to almost 10 per cent of online sales