Hunkering in a bunker for Brexit
By Joanne Perry2019-09-30T10:16:00
I type this surrounded by tins of baked beans, a stack of chocolate bars and a few bottles of merlot – not my usual ‘writing supplies’ (although, close), but the contents of my Brexit bunker in which I am waiting for the end of life as we know it. For it’s slightly over a month to go before the UK is due to leave the EU and what will happen next is still unclear. Deal? No deal? Riots in the streets? Right now, it is anyone’s guess…
I am contemplating the potentially lucrative addition of car parts to my Brexit stash, as UK warehouses are by now fit to burst and OEMs will be in need of the extra help come Hallowe’en and the horrors of Brexit. Indeed, in July I attended the half-year briefing of the UK’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) and gained an understanding of the scale of the challenges facing automotive manufacturers after the UK departs the EU, whichever side of the Channel they are based.