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Brexit made Norwich “untenable” for Colman’s

Amidst the furore of the tragic Colman’s closure in Norwich there’s a white elephant in the room that has yet to surface; Brexit. Despite some of the production moving to Burton some of the production will be shifted by Unilever to Germany in a move that is likely to become commonplace for such companies who […]

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
2018-01-05 11:08
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Amidst the furore of the tragic Colman’s closure in Norwich there’s a white elephant in the room that has yet to surface; Brexit.

Despite some of the production moving to Burton some of the production will be shifted by Unilever to Germany in a move that is likely to become commonplace for such companies who rely on the single market.

The factory that has been the home of Colman’s Mustard for 160 years is to close, with Clive Lewis, Labour MP for Norwich South, speculating on Facebook that: “You have to wonder whether Unilever’s choice to shift some production inside the single market (Germany) is connected to this government’s disastrous Brexit policy.”

Truth is that it is a pretty good bet that it is absolutely connected to Britain’s divorce from the EU.

Site co-owners Britvic sounded Brexit warnings shortly after the vote in July 2016.

Chief executive Simon Litherland said: “The decision by the UK to leave the EU creates additional consumer and economic uncertainty whilst the weakening of sterling will place pressure on our input costs in GB.”

Unilever have also been particularly vocal about the political shift. Past and present Unilever bosses have said the firm would be “negatively impacted” by Brexit, with price hikes on products such as Marmite becoming national news following the referendum.

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Coleman’s English mustard, therefore, may be a sign of things to come.

By moving some production to Germany it will give the company access to the single market. Downsizing operations in the UK also gives the firm access to the UK market which is roughly a tenth of the size of the single market.

As their raw materials are imported the drop in the pound will have badly affected profits, perhaps making the decision more pressing than others. Economic uncertainty is also another factor that links the decision to move with Brexit – and there’s plenty more of that to come in the near future.

Although “English mustard made in Germany” may sound perverse right now, the safe money is on such shifts becoming much more commonplace in the future.

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