Impact of Brexit on your business - good or bad

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Mr D

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    Now that we have passed the date that was expected for Brexit, has anyone found it impacted their business, good or bad? Staff leaving, trouble recruiting, sales impact or whatever?

    Not looking for politics side of things or what MPs have said. Just what people are seeing in their own businesses and the businesses they use.

    I haven't been pushing international sales, usually would expect to get 3 or 4 a month - rare in the past year to go more than a couple of weeks with no international orders. Mostly EU with occasional elsewhere.

    Last year as expected, January and February as expected. March just one EU order at the start of the month. Nothing since from EU.
    Since start of the year have increased SKUs for sale considerably, vast majority of those set up for international sales with focus on the EU and Russia.

    Its a very small sample, missing a few international sales.

    Anyone else getting similar? Different? Much bigger sample and better or worse sales in past month or so?
     
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    We prepared for exit at end of March. Sent 2 months of stock to Germany to cover EU sales until things settled down at the border - took ages to prep and pack, and costs to store.

    Now, exit date keeps getting pushed back. Can't make any business plans. Hasn't lost us money yet, but sure has cost us.
     
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    Difficult to say yet.If we leave without a deal, it will make sending parcels into Europe more difficult, as they will all need commercial invoices and will have the inevitable clearance delays. There may even be a chance that European customs are more awkward due to us leaving the EU.

    Who knows if it will even happen? The Government seem absolutely clueless!
     
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    The only thing we've noticed is that the council have slowed down on their ordering... normally we get staff in 2-3 times a day... now it's 2-3 times a week... budget cuts are probably the most common factor in my eyes, but you just never know what the minions are being told to do :)
     
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    stuartm1962 said:
    it will make sending parcels into Europe more difficult
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    I have noticed that some not all EU countries want you to add a CN22 note with the HS export code, description, weight and price (via Royal Mail click & Drop). If this is eventually going to be a requirement regardless of being in or out of the EU, there will be no time advantage of being in the EU. Why has this been introduced?

    Regarding our consumer based company, we haven't noticed any changes in ordering from outside the UK apart from a big increase of a particular brand to Sweden and Denmark (Don't know why). Having said that 85-90% of sales are (and always have been) to the UK which have been getting increasingly erratic depending upon news ans weather. The actual sales total is slightly up on last year. So no conclusions here, but definitely not doom and gloom.
     
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    I'm doing great. Most of my business comes from overseas (a lot of it from Scandinavia) and I've not seen any changes.
     
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    In a business we purchase from inside eu, we have always had a delivered to uk price, now they are given a delivered to uk price exc an potential import fees. Usually takes 3/4 month from order to get items on sale so Is causing big problems. Currently placing some order with turkey as they seem to be keen on price and delivery only time will tell. Think its affecting customers aswell the uncertainty but fingers crossed something is sorted soon. Even looking at America now for product and haven't done that for over 8 years
     
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    Some of the business I’ve interacted with so far this week, none of whom will be affected by Brexit:

    Vet, cleaner, post office, butcher, barber, lady who does my ironing, B&B in Dorset, South West Trains, car mechanic....

    The list could get very long.

    Most people won’t even notice. Their food bill might go up by a few pence but that’s about it.
     
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    fisicx said:
    Some of the business I’ve interacted with so far this week, none of whom will be affected by Brexit:

    Vet, cleaner, post office, butcher, barber, lady who does my ironing, B&B in Dorset, South West Trains, car mechanic....

    The list could get very long.

    Most people won’t even notice. Their food bill might go up by a few pence but that’s about it.
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    Vet supplier doesn't order from outside UK?
    Be surprised if butcher's supplier doesn't. New Zealand lamb doesn't come from Cumbria.
    South West trains orders UK carriages? Car mechanic's supplier only uses UK parts?

    Impact for some may not be immediate, depending on stockpiling.
     
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    The vet bill might go up a bit but people still need to get fluffy vaccinated. Same argument applies to the others.

    Most people won’t even notice the difference.

    European businesses will not allow a tariff, a deal will be thrashed out.
     
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    It's not Brexit that is the issue, it's the uncertainty created by the Remainer's trying to avoid it/delaying it that is. Every client of our businesses that we've spoken to about the topic just wants the uncertainty to end and for us to have left on the deadline. Nobody cares about deals, they just want us to leave and know where we all stand.
     
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