RE: Shorts didn’t get their way, back to 40p soon imo8 May 2024 15:28
I will tell you what is happening imo. This is borne out of what is happening in another company that a friend of mine is dealing with at present. The company that my friend is dealing with was UK based, imported raw materials from India to here to make up goods for sale here and to export to Europe and the US. Unfortunately, Brexit impacted the business, and this is a multi million pound outfit, so no fly by night operation. Brexit has made it impossible to service the UK and Europe, so the outfit which my friend is associated with, have shut down all of their operations in the UK, closed their manufacturing factories here in the North, lots of jobs gone, and have moved operations out to Poland, which has become their European arm, from where they can operate sufficiently to drive the market forward in Europe, and they are not so bothered about the UK now. They have even moved their bankers out of the UK to Europe and US.
So I imagine the same transititioning needs to happen for BOO, they will no doubt leave the UK, and base themselves in Europe, from where it will be easier to manage European sales, and also avoid the massive hike in import taxes now imposed here by taking operations elsewhere. Sadly, it appears a lot of manufacturing businesses are lining up to do the same, high inflation, crippling taxes, Brexit killed manufacturing in the UK, and the North will be very badly hit. my views, but I suspect BOO will wind down business here and concentrate more on Europe.