I’m in so called “brexit group” working with our UK distributor and no matter the option, the cost of crashing out will be enormous! Not only that, but they'll most likely lose ability to provide next day service to our European customers and this is way bigger deal than any extra cost. At this point we know that a lot of jobs are on the line as it’d be much cheaper just to move our main UK DC to mainland Europe, considering that over 50% of sales come from EU countries, not to mention Japan (another huge chunk of our business) where at the moment we enjoy 0% tariffs on our goods. And this is not only them, but also their subcontractors and vendors. It's worth to mention that it is FTSE 250 company, and it is one of the biggest employers in the area.
Anyways, any deal with the considerable transitional period, could potentially save those jobs and people who bluntly claim that in the event of no deal, UK’s going to be just fine, never worked in supply chain.
