From bikes to booze, how Brexit barriers are hitting Anglo-Dutch trade hard
A new survey of UK and Netherlands firms shows two-thirds think our departure from the single market has had a negative effect
Tim Foster of Lindores Distilling says the firm’s customers on the continent are frustrated by delays caused by Brexit. Photograph: Zoe Barrie
Tim Foster of Lindores Distilling says the firm’s customers on the continent are frustrated by delays caused by Brexit. Photograph: Zoe Barrie
Sun 4 Apr 2021 03.00 EDT
It is now three months since Boris Johnson declared that his Brexit deal would be unalloyed good news for UK businesses and consumers alike. But the true picture is graphically illustrated by a new survey of 125 UK and Dutch firms that do business between the two old and close trading nations.
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No politics at the dinner table, please. For a long time, that was the unwritten rule for almost all food and drink brands.
In the past few years, though – and the past 12 months, in particular – this rule seems to have flown out the window.
“Now it’s becoming a consumer expectation,” says Christina Miller, connections director at VMLY&R, “that brands not only talk the talk but walk the walk when it comes to activism, no matter the category.”
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