Obesity levels in UK to fall

[Platypus]

Obesity levels in the UK will fall once Scotland leaves the UK

[fullyautomatix]

FLC, your thread has arrived.

[MarillionFan]

If we get rid of the Scots obesity levels will fall a lot. And intelligence will increase.

WHS

I thought this was going to be a Scottish Referendum thread.

[vetran]

Since when did Mars start making actual chocolate

long before Hershey's or Kraft will.

[northernladyuk]

If we get rid of the Scots obesity levels will fall a lot. And intelligence will increase.

At least we'll have you to remind us of them.

[NickFitz]

This will have an immediate effect, as all the Daily Mail mouth-frothers will now be loudly boycotting Mars for having the temerity to suggest Brexit could be a colossal ****up

[BrilloPad]

If we get rid of the Scots obesity levels will fall a lot. And intelligence will increase.

[LondonManc]

The Belgians have made it clear that they will be more than happy to do a deal as long as the UK pays it's 60 billion Euro bill.

Breaking news:
Britain unhappy to do deal until Belgians start using apostrophes properly.

[MrMarkyMark]

Chocolate prices could rise if the UK does not secure a trade deal post-Brexit, according to Mars' top boss.

Fiona Dawson, global president for Mars

Since when did Mars start making actual chocolate

[BlasterBates]

The Belgians have made it clear that they will be more than happy to do a deal as long as the UK pays it's 60 billion Euro bill.

[NotAllThere]

Wonder what the Belgians think about that.

Since the article is focusing on what Britain will do if it doesn't like the EU deal, what the Belgian's think is irrelevant.

[NigelJK]

said the absence of a deal with EU member states would see tariffs of up to 30% for the industry.

Wonder what the Belgians think about that.

[northernladyuk]

The imminent arrival of the Jersey ferry into Poole will reverse that trend.

[SueEllen]

Well crisp, rice, pasta and potato prices won't fall so no fall in obesity levels especially when we start importing lovely US food....

[scooterscot]

It was Brexit wot did it.

Chocolate price hike if Brexit deal fails, warns Mars

Chocolate prices could rise if the UK does not secure a trade deal post-Brexit, according to Mars' top boss.

Fiona Dawson, global president for Mars, said the absence of a deal with EU member states would see tariffs of up to 30% for the industry.

Speaking at the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU, she warned this would "threaten [the] supply chain and the jobs that come with it."

Theresa May has promised to push for the "freest possible trade".

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The Prime Minister has said that if a good deal is not agreed with the EU, the UK will walk away, adding: "No deal for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain."

But Ms Dawson fears this would see the country revert to World Trade Organisation trading rules, meaning tariffs.

"The absence of hard borders (in Europe) with all their attendant tariff, customs and non-tariff barriers allows for this integrated supply chain, which helps to keep costs down," she said.

"The return of those barriers would create higher costs which would threaten that supply chain and the jobs that come with it."

Ms Dawson said those costs could not be absorbed by confectionery companies, meaning consumers would have to pay more for their products.

Mars has factories in the UK and across Europe, with ingredients being transported between sites in France, Germany, Poland and other EU countries.