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Is your business preparing for Brexit? We’ve acquired £700,000 worth of stock ahead of EU exit

By Jake Kirk • Wednesday 6th February 2019

With businesses across the country looking to prepare for the potential effects of a hard Brexit, we’ve invested in £700,000 worth of insurance stock to ensure we have exactly what we need for the foreseeable future.

A recent survey found a surge in the number of companies considering relocating abroad to elsewhere within the EU in order to accommodate a hard Brexit. The British Chamber of Commerce has also stated that thousands of UK firms are also stockpiling goods to deal with the potential worst effects of Brexit.

We have carried out extensive risk assessments across our supply base and decided to stockpile 700 pallets of the most vulnerable lines.
This is where we’re implementing our strategic plan with international manufacturing partners by purchasing the £700,000 worth of inventory in order to secure our stock levels ready for Brexit.

Companies and organisations throughout the UK are anticipating the repercussions that Brexit will create, including extra costs and changes in compliance, business structure and trade. In the face of such uncertain times, businesses have been left with no choice other than to divert time and resources to Brexit, important elements that could have been dedicated to other pivotal strategies such as future growth.


Preparing for a no-deal Brexit means the realisation of compromised stock levels as sourcing international product will become more challenging within the parameters of UK business. This investment is another example of our market leading approach, which will inevitably put our business in good stead for the coming months of unfamiliar territory where stock may well have limited availability.


No business wants to tie up capital unnecessarily but we have a strong balance sheet and take our responsibility to our customers very seriously. It was felt we just couldn’t take the risk of running out of stock so we have made this investment to protect our customers.