Brexit Stockpiling

Last spring I was very aware that a lot of the companies I work with were stockpiling.  In one particularly spectacular case there was a wall of stock piled up through the middle of the warehouse effectively dividing it into two.  The extra forklift travel time was one of those costs of Brexit that would never be captured by the most diligent accountant.

Why Brexit Is Driving Us Mad

When you work on a project there is often a key problem that needs to be solved before anything else can be achieved.  It makes sense to structure the project around the solution of that project.  Sure you can look into removal companies and disposing of old furniture before moving house.  But until you've found the new house and raised the cash to buy it, that has to be be the focus.

Boris Plays The Blame Game Badly

Boris was in Berlin yesterday and Paris today.  This isn't the  greatest advert for the UK but it is worth considering that if Brexit does indeed go ahead this could be the last time that a British prime minister gets to stride around European capitals and be taken seriously more or less by right.  Britain is always going to be an important country.  But without its EU links and with a smaller economy it is going to be significantly less important come November 1st - or whatever date the leavers manage to work out how to leave by.