Brexit and contract work.

[Old Greg]

That's the second half of configuration, stockpiling for the future. Luckily we're still in the single market, so we've got extra stock coming in from Portugal now. Not a fan myself, prefer Rioja and Ribera Del Duero.

Hopefully the cold storage comes online before 29th March, but we're not expecting a shortage in cheddar - quite the opposite, should be plenty of English Cheeseboards available in April.

The EU-Japan FTA specifically calls out cheddar, but it will need to be Irish cheddar now.

With regards to agricultural exports from the EU, the agreement will, in particular:

• scrap Japanese duties on many cheeses such as Gouda and Cheddar (which currently are at 29.8%) as well as on wine exports (currently at 15% on average);
• allow the EU to increase its beef exports to Japan substantially, while on pork there will be duty-free trade in processed meat and almost duty-free trade for fresh meat;
• ensure the protection in Japan of more than 200 high-quality European agricultural products, so called Geographical Indications (GIs), and the protection of a selection of Japanese GIs in the EU.

EU and Japan sign Economic Partnership Agreement - Trade - European Commission

[pauldee]

I know there is some round our way, but I was kind of expecting that there would be a lot more work in this field out there. There's going to be a lot of systems that need updating. Maybe we're just waiting until after Brexit and then reactively patching things up?

[Batcher]

I know there is some round our way, but I was kind of expecting that there would be a lot more work in this field out there. There's going to be a lot of systems that need updating. Maybe we're just waiting until after Brexit and then reactively patching things up?

I've done some Brexit work with a client who has offices in the UK & EU - typically splitting them into different parts if there is no deal.

A lot of stuff I've worked on over the last few years has been EU regulatory like Solvency II. I think after Brexit a lot of these regulations will go and there will be work to back them out.

[meridian]

The EU-Japan FTA specifically calls out cheddar, but it will need to be Irish cheddar now.


EU and Japan sign Economic Partnership Agreement - Trade - European Commission

Yeah, that's why we're changing our SKU mix to English cheddar. We also have a marketing campaign planned promoting Stilton as the must-have summertime snack, otherwise this stuff will never keep until Christmas.

[Old Greg]

Yeah, that's why we're changing our SKU mix to English cheddar. We also have a marketing campaign planned promoting Stilton as the must-have summertime snack, otherwise this stuff will never keep until Christmas.

If there is a no deal, Ireland can start making and selling stilton.

[meridian]

If there is a no deal, Ireland can start making and selling stilton.

Ireland doesn't have the right cows, they need to be red, white, and blue. But if there's no deal, and geographical indicators are part of a deal, then I guess Ireland could make any old blue cheese and call it Stilton.

I better call the warehouse and ask them to extend the SKU material number range.

[Mordac]

If there is a no deal, Ireland can start making and selling stilton.

And they'll be able to spell whisky correctly...

[SandyD]

I've done some Brexit work with a client who has offices in the UK & EU - typically splitting them into different parts if there is no deal.

A lot of stuff I've worked on over the last few years has been EU regulatory like Solvency II. I think after Brexit a lot of these regulations will go and there will be work to back them out.

Same here re reg work for the last 10 years. But avoided Brexit projects cuz I thought its a fad lol

What do you mean by back them out? You mean UK Regs equiv to EU?? But I am not sure, if the regs going to be the same, then by default all the clients who implemented the EU regs and made the required changes / reporting in the systems would be compliant.

[jamesbrown]

You’re an anti-Semite as well as a racist and general bell-end.

He's also quite a specific bell-end across several narrow categories.

[meridian]

I've done some Brexit work with a client who has offices in the UK & EU - typically splitting them into different parts if there is no deal.

A lot of stuff I've worked on over the last few years has been EU regulatory like Solvency II. I think after Brexit a lot of these regulations will go and there will be work to back them out.

Same here re reg work for the last 10 years. But avoided Brexit projects cuz I thought its a fad lol

What do you mean by back them out? You mean UK Regs equiv to EU?? But I am not sure, if the regs going to be the same, then by default all the clients who implemented the EU regs and made the required changes / reporting in the systems would be compliant.

I tend to agree. We're still implementing EU directives on product conformity, etc, simply because we sell product in the EU. Any business that exports goods or services into the EU market will still need to comply with EU regulations.