All Discussions Tagged 'Brexit' - Harringay online2024-03-28T16:34:59Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Brexit&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWill new Brexit rules limit the variety of food products on sale on Green Lanes?tag:harringayonline.com,2024-01-31:844301:Topic:15641962024-01-31T12:07:04.860Zmichaelwhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/michaelw
<p>In the latest instalment of Brexit red tape, there are new requirements for documentation starting now, and later in the year there will be new inspections of food products coming in from the EU.</p>
<p>The food shops of Green Lanes are mainly independent businesses, importing food from a wide range of countries in the EU or in customs union with the EU (like Turkey).</p>
<p><strong>What is the impact going to be?…</strong></p>
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<p>In the latest instalment of Brexit red tape, there are new requirements for documentation starting now, and later in the year there will be new inspections of food products coming in from the EU.</p>
<p>The food shops of Green Lanes are mainly independent businesses, importing food from a wide range of countries in the EU or in customs union with the EU (like Turkey).</p>
<p><strong>What is the impact going to be?</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/jan/31/new-brexit-food-checks-likely-to-mean-less-choice-warn-delis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This Guardian piece outlines some of the concerns</a>, for example:</p>
<p><em>'Andrea Rasca, the CEO and founder of Mercato Metropolitano, which runs a number of sites in London hosting dozens of independent food outlets, agreed that the new rules would deter EU suppliers, and urged the government to rethink.</em></p>
<p class="dcr-1lpi6p1"><em>Rasca said: “For independent retailers, these new import rules could result in many specialty retailers or delis having empty shelves and at worst having to close down due to the limited supply of produce coming into the UK.”'</em></p>
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<p class="dcr-1lpi6p1"><em>'Nick Carlucci, the sales director at the Italian food importer Tenuta Marmorelle, said that he had heard of several suppliers in Italy opting against exporting to the UK because of the post-Brexit red tape.</em></p>
<p class="dcr-1lpi6p1"><em>He said: “They have said it is not worth our while – the UK is not a big enough market for us. It’s a shame because the end user will ultimately lose these specialist products.”'</em></p> Brexit deal rejected - so what is likely to happen next?tag:harringayonline.com,2019-01-16:844301:Topic:11455482019-01-16T07:26:33.781ZMichael Andersonhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/17bathgate
<div class="u-serif-font-main--regular u-line-height--1_5"><div class="ui_qtext_expanded"><p class="ui_qtext_para">At the time of writing this there are about 10 weeks until the date set for the U.K. exiting the EU and the single plan to do that has been rejected by Parliament in the biggest defeat for a government in the history of the U.K.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">The government has taken more than two years to negotiate the failed agreement they put to MPs. They now have until Monday (5…</p>
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<div class="u-serif-font-main--regular u-line-height--1_5"><div class="ui_qtext_expanded"><p class="ui_qtext_para">At the time of writing this there are about 10 weeks until the date set for the U.K. exiting the EU and the single plan to do that has been rejected by Parliament in the biggest defeat for a government in the history of the U.K.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">The government has taken more than two years to negotiate the failed agreement they put to MPs. They now have until Monday (5 days) bring forward a deal they think will get Parliamentary approval. The likelihood of that happening seems infinitesimally small. That means on 29 March 2019, if there has been no agreement to change or put on hold the date for Brexit, the U.K. will exit the EU with no deal in place.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">Those opposed to Brexit and a substantial number of those in favour do not want a no deal Brexit.</p>
<p class="ui_qtext_para">The EU do not want the U.K. to leave. Quite apart from the massive blow to trade with EU member states, there is a genuine feeling that a U.K. exit will cause a domino effect in some other EU member states who may move towards leaving. It is not, therefore, in the interests of the EU for the U.K. to leave and they will have no motivation in negotiating a deal that will enable leaving.</p>
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<p>So what happens next?</p>