{"id":30886,"date":"2019-01-02T16:26:45","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T16:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=30886"},"modified":"2019-01-02T16:26:45","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T16:26:45","slug":"how-cardiffs-largest-and-smallest-businesses-are-approaching-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/01\/02\/how-cardiffs-largest-and-smallest-businesses-are-approaching-brexit\/","title":{"rendered":"How city&#039;s largest and smallest firms are nearing Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>With the\u00a0prospect of a deal between Brussels,\u00a0Parliament\u00a0and The Prime Minister still in doubt, large and small Welsh companies are being forced into making changes.\u00a0According to a leading Welsh economist, Brexit will be terrible for South Wales.\u00a0The deal made will, therefore, be crucial to keeping small businesses afloat and larger companies employing the same numbers.\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<b>The biggest \u2013 Admiral Insurance<\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nOne year ago, Admiral, Wales\u2019 only FTSE 100 company started making contingency plans for a hard Brexit. In a move mirrored by other large Welsh companies, the insurance firm set up a new branch, Admiral Seguros, to house some of its European business in Madrid rather than Cardiff.<br \/>\nIn doing so it will lose Cardiff 850,000 premiums. Put more simply, \u00a3150 million worth of assets that have been held in Cardiff\u00a0will\u00a0move\u00a0to Spain because of Brexit.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30887\" style=\"width: 333px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-30887\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-770x510.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-2048x1356.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-500x331.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-293x194.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-1400x927.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30887\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-770x510.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-1536x1017.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-2048x1356.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-500x331.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-1155x770.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-293x194.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/ty-admiral-1400x927.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><\/noscript> Photo Courtesy of Admiral Group Plc.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nAdmiral should be a company that is \u201cfairly resistant to Brexit\u201d according to Professor Calvin Jones from the Welsh Economy Research Unit at Cardiff Business School.<br \/>\n\u201cSince most of\u00a0its\u00a0business is domestic and car use shouldn\u2019t change in the medium term, we should expect Admiral and other insurance firms to do\u00a0well post-Brexit unlike most other parts of the\u00a0Welsh economy.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nBut in the wake of the uncertainty\u00a0caused\u00a0by\u00a0Brexit, many financial services firms\u00a0are\u00a0consolidating\u00a0their European business in some way or another. For Admiral, this\u00a0is not\u00a0much of the company. Currently, the firm is worth around \u00a33 billion,\u00a0almost all based in Cardiff, and South Wales. Its Spanish, Italian and German premiums make\u00a0up less than five percent of the total.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nStill, in what most would say is a sensible move, it is moving all that control to Madrid and away from its Cardiff headquarters.\u00a0A\u00a0spokesperson for Admiral said\u00a0no staff were transferred as a result of the move taking place on New Year&#8217;s Day, however, they did confirm the subsidiary company was set up only to protect those assets.<br \/>\nGibraltar also housed some of the European business but again this is going to Madrid.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nEven though the Welsh side of the company is only going to reduce marginally, leaving Admiral resilient to Brexit, it is still being forced to make changes worth hundreds of millions of pounds.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<b>The smallest &#8211; Secret Garden\u00a0<\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nOn the flip side, Secret Garden, a florist based in Cardiff Market, is struggling to keep up with Brexit, let alone making contingency plans for when the UK does eventually leave the European Union.<br \/>\nLike many small businesses which rely entirely on the EU for their business to run, its future will be determined by the deal made between Downing Street and Brussels.<br \/>\nKelly\u00a0Bridgemason, who runs the stall with her sister, has been at the heart of trade in Cardiff for over a decade.<br \/>\n\u201cWhen the vote happened, prices went up straight away because nobody knew what was\u00a0happening,\u00a0but it\u2019s steadied since,\u201d she tells me.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30888\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-30888\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/48373466_298833697425784_5361288331340546048_n-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/48373466_298833697425784_5361288331340546048_n-224x300.jpg 224w, 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https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/48373466_298833697425784_5361288331340546048_n.jpg 1504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30888\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/48373466_298833697425784_5361288331340546048_n-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/48373466_298833697425784_5361288331340546048_n-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/48373466_298833697425784_5361288331340546048_n-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/48373466_298833697425784_5361288331340546048_n-770x1032.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/48373466_298833697425784_5361288331340546048_n-1146x1536.jpg 1146w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/48373466_298833697425784_5361288331340546048_n-500x670.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/48373466_298833697425784_5361288331340546048_n-293x393.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/48373466_298833697425784_5361288331340546048_n-1400x1877.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/12\/48373466_298833697425784_5361288331340546048_n.jpg 1504w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/noscript> The Secret Garden, Cardiff Market<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nFor Kelly and many other flower sellers in Cardiff, the relationship with the EU is vital.\u00a0 As she was wrapping plants for gifts, and taking back orders for Christmas, Kelly explained that \u201cour whole product is from Holland so if we do leave, prices are going to go up at first definitely.\u201d<br \/>\nThis is the unfortunate reality for many of the businesses in Cardiff, where for years they have relied upon open trade with the EU.\u00a0\u00a0For most\u00a0florists,\u00a0supermarkets\u00a0dominate the market, as\u00a0according to Kelly the flowers are sold at a loss. But when sales of plants grown from the EU is the entire business model, leaving the EU would put a spanner in the works.<br \/>\n\u201cWe do have a few British companies we could go to but it\u2019s really hard to know what to do. Each day you turn on the news and you have no clue,\u201d Kelly told me.<br \/>\nWhen I asked her if they had any sort of contingency plan she said \u201call I know is that\u00a0if we do leave the EU it will be hard for us. Very hard.\u201d<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nThe B-word is a real threat to the Welsh economy according to Professor Jones.<br \/>\n\u201cWe won\u2019t see flight to the continent in financial services but for the rest of the economy, it will be terrible for South Wales. Large companies such as Tata and Ford who are large employers of people will use Brexit as an excuse to leave the area.\u201d<br \/>\nProfessor Jones added that if Brexit did result in a recession, it would harm those in Cardiff significantly, as austerity combined with redundancy could affect those in \u201clow paid\u00a0white-collar\u201d\u00a0work in financial services for which Cardiff is a magnet.\u00a0<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\nFor business in Cardiff, the future is uncertain. The biggest company Admiral has already made changes to cope but for the smaller businesses, the decisions made in\u00a0Westminster\u00a0over the coming months will determine the future of their businesses\u00a0including if\u00a0they even stay afloat.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the\u00a0prospect of a deal between Brussels,\u00a0Parliament\u00a0and The Prime Minister still in doubt, large and small Welsh companies are being forced into making changes.\u00a0According to a leading Welsh economist, Brexit will be terrible for South Wales.\u00a0The deal made will, therefore, be crucial to keeping small businesses afloat and larger companies employing the same numbers.\u00a0 The biggest \u2013 Admiral Insurance\u00a0 One year ago, Admiral, Wales\u2019 only FTSE 100 company started making contingency plans for a hard Brexit. 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