{"id":19549,"date":"2021-07-28T16:52:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T15:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=19549"},"modified":"2021-07-28T16:52:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T15:52:57","slug":"businesses-need-to-seize-opportunities-created-by-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2021\/07\/businesses-need-to-seize-opportunities-created-by-brexit\/","title":{"rendered":"Businesses Need To Seize Opportunities Created By Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dr Adam Hunniford, founder of PiP Chemicals inside PiP Chemicals in Newtownards, Co Down\rPhoto by: Francine Montgomery \/ Excalibur Press \r\rFor more information contact Tina Calder, Excalibur Press, 07305354209, tina@excaliburpress.co.uk\r\rKeywords: chemicals, biocides, hand sanitiser, automotive, adam hunniford, pip chemicals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ards businessman, Dr Adam Hunniford is urging Northern Ireland businesses to seize the opportunities created by the contentious Brexit NI Protocol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Hunniford, of PiP Chemicals said that whilst the issue remains politically divisive businesses can use the unique position of Northern Ireland to boost existing trade with the EU and develop new contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Irish Sea Border means that for EU companies buying from Great Britain, they cease to be simple distributors who can rely on their suppliers meeting the regulatory requirements\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRather, they become importers who must ensure these are all met \u2013 themselves \u2013 and shoulder the responsibility should there be failings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe same is not the case for EU buying from Northern Ireland, as Northern Ireland is in both the EU and GB regulatory systems. So a PiP Chemicals competitor in GB trying to sell to an EU company causes the EU company a set of issues they never had before that do not exist when buying from PiP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn real terms what that means is that if you get your supplies through GB the EU can ask about regulations, compliance and any relevant duties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Hunniford said that this has created the circumstances that can be capitalised on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe opportunities lie in the EU market for Northern Ireland companies,\u201d he explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the moment Northern Ireland is still operating in the EU system, comply with the rules and customers in Ireland remain a distributor and which means any compliance issues remain with the Northern Ireland company.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He explained that already the Irish Health and Services Agency is clamping down on GB companies trading to the Republic of Ireland leading to many no longer supplying south of the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Co Down businessman said that now was the time to promote Northern Ireland\u2019s position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe should be shouting loud that we are still part of the EU, you can buy from us, there are no delays or regulatory hurdles,\u201d he explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt may be politically sensitive, but the reality is that we are now in direct competition with Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are separate but we can offer something that GB cannot and so we should be saying \u2018buy from Britain, have difficulties, buy from us, they will be fewer\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Hunniford acknowledged that this will not be a popular strategy for many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cThe broader government, of course, won\u2019t like that companies like ours are attempting to take this strategy and it may not go down well with the public at all if Northern Ireland companies started stealing business from other regions of Britain, but that\u2019s what has been created, whether we like it or not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also explained the Brexit situation has been taking place within the context of the global pandemic, meaning most have been trying to cope with unprecedented pressures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShipping containers are in the wrong place, and it will take some time to resolve this,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAdd into that is there are fewer haulage drivers across the UK.  A lot of the lorry drivers were often Eastern European, and they have gone home, and that means there are fewer lorries coming and going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHauliers will not be able to supply services at the same level, as the paperwork and lack of full containers going back and forth to GB is hitting their bottom line and that leads to increasing prices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, whilst there are opportunities to be had, Dr Hunniford also warned there are inflationary pressures building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is imperative that companies look to the current unique position of Northern Ireland to look to EU solutions, including transport and seeking new markets,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPiP Chemicals have tried to mitigate the issues by having more stock and supplies, but that has extra storage costs. Had we not had to do that we may have been able to hire extra staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery company is facing cash flow problems, and that too will lead to price increases.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PiP Chemicals<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, based in Newtownards, specialises in designing, formulating and manufacturing products for the automotive business and wider industrial uses. It sells directly to the automotive trade<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ards businessman, Dr Adam Hunniford is urging Northern Ireland businesses to seize the opportunities created by the contentious Brexit NI Protocol. Dr Hunniford, of PiP Chemicals said that whilst the issue remains politically divisive businesses can use the unique position of Northern Ireland to boost existing trade with the EU and develop new contracts. \u201cThe … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19549"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19551,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19549\/revisions\/19551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}