M&S rents warehouse just to store post-Brexit paperwork, boss reveals

M&S rents warehouse just to store post-Brexit paperwork, boss reveals

Ex-Tory MP and M&S chairman said ‘it is quite extraordinary… you wouldn’t believe it’, but the retailer has to store thousands of pages of documents in a warehouse in the Republic of Ireland for six years after taking food across the border

M&S food exports hampered by Brexit paperwork ‘nobody looks at’

M&S has had to rent a warehouse to store the documentation that accompanies food shipments to the Republic of Ireland. Every lorry sent to Ireland must be accompanied by hundreds of pages of documentation, which the retailer is required to keep for six years.  The chair of M&S, Archie Norman, told Times Radio that “every wagon going into the Republic of Ireland has to be accompanied by 700 pages of written text, including VET certifications cove…

Marks and Spencer opens warehouse to store Brexit paperwork

The company revealed in 2021 that Brexit was costing them £16 million in tariffs, administration and supply chain expenses.

M&S rents warehouse just to store post-Brexit paperwork, boss reveals – UK Times

Sign up to our free Brexit and beyond email for the latest headlines on what Brexit is meaning for the UK Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Sign up to our Brexit email for the latest insight Marks & Spencer has had to rent a warehouse just to store piles of Brexit paperwork that “nobody looked at in the first place”, the retailer’s chairman has revealed. Archie Norman, who is also an ex-Tory MP, said “it is quite extraordin…