{"id":32339,"date":"2019-02-12T16:36:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T16:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=32339"},"modified":"2019-02-12T16:36:02","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T16:36:02","slug":"businesses-in-splott-share-their-views-on-bnrexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/12\/businesses-in-splott-share-their-views-on-bnrexit\/","title":{"rendered":"Businesses in Splott share their views on Brexit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.houses-for-rent-wales.org\/images\/SPLOTTVw1.jpg\" alt=\"Related image\" width=\"688\" height=\"516\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.houses-for-rent-wales.org\/images\/SPLOTTVw1.jpg\" alt=\"Related image\" width=\"688\" height=\"516\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\nWITH the reality of Brexit looming, businesses in Splott have shared their thoughts on the March 29 deadline to leave the EU.<br \/>\nOn Splott Road is a mix of stores, everything from bakeries, florists, delicatessens and sweet shops that will all see an effect on their business post-Brexit.<br \/>\nAt the top of the street Joe Benedito, 59, runs a small Portuguese delicatessen called Benedito\u2019s, in there he sells European products imported from Portugal and elsewhere in the EU.<br \/>\n\u201cIn the delicatessen we rely on the imports coming in from the EU, it is vital for our business here \u2013 otherwise I\u2019d have to change the way I manage bringing food in for the business.<br \/>\n\u201cIt wouldn\u2019t be the same if I was buying products here in the UK \u2013 it\u2019s a Portuguese business so I need authenticity.\u201d<br \/>\nMr Benedito is worried over the prospect of a no deal and the problems it would cause his business.<br \/>\n\u201cThere is an uncertainty for me over what will happen in a few weeks\u2019 time \u2013 we are coming out of the EU but it has to be a deal that takes small businesses like mine into account.<br \/>\n\u201cIf worst comes to worst for me, with a no-deal Brexit, I may have to change the business and buy a farm here or something \u2013 it wouldn\u2019t be very easy for me but that\u2019s the way it is.\u201d<br \/>\nDown the road in a store called Rolfe\u2019s Florists, Kerry Decaux, 39 runs a small business in the centre of Splott Road.<br \/>\nMrs Decaux shares some of Mr Benedito&#8217;s concerns over imports coming in from the EU as her business relies on Holland to bring in fresh flowers \u2013 as do most UK florists.<br \/>\n&#8220;We rely on imports for this business and the uncertainty that suppliers have is creating a big worry for us.<br \/>\n\u201cSuppliers are concerned about transport getting over from EU \u2013 they are not sure on the delays they may face which would affect the quality of the product.<br \/>\nWith the dependence on Holland bringing in fresh flowers Mrs Decaux wanders about the reliance the UK has on imports from the EU and whether British products would be a good alternative.<br \/>\n\u201cThe UK is quite a large importer and what we get from the EU is a variety of flowers that we don&#8217;t see here in the UK.<br \/>\n\u201cBut when Brexit happened, we were being asked if our flowers were British \u2013 there was a big wave of people wanting British-grown flowers, but the problem there is quality \u2013 the imported flowers are of a higher quality.<br \/>\n\u201cSo the problem is we cannot have lorries full of flowers waiting to come to us because we need them to be fresh \u2013 we cannot give flowers to people that are beginning to turn brown.<br \/>\nIf the condition of the product she sells is affected, Mrs Decaux fears it could hamper the prices of her flowers.<br \/>\n\u201cFlorists are a luxury industry, most people who come here on average spending about \u00a340 on flowers, these prices would be going up and would people still want to pay high prices?<br \/>\n\u201cWe would still have funerals, weddings, birthdays, we need these people coming in to help the business, but we need the demand from regular customers coming in.\u201d<br \/>\nA sweet shop next to the florists called KLN Sweets is a small family-run business which moved to Splott in the past year.<br \/>\nKaren Hodgetts, 58, who works in the store said: \u201cWe rely on imports from countries like Spain so we are worried about the transport situation and what it will mean for our stock here.\u201d<br \/>\nKaren echoes the previous store owners as she reflects on Splott Road after Brexit.<br \/>\n\u201cRecently all of us here in Splott have noticed a big change in how people are shopping on this high street \u2013 the people aren\u2019t really coming.<br \/>\n\u201cI guess we are basically just waiting to see what happens eventually, we\u2019re playing a waiting game, we don\u2019t know what deal is coming through.\u201d<br \/>\nHowever, she does have some optimism with the outcome of Brexit on the store she works in.<br \/>\n\u201cThe EU have to get rid of what they make somewhere, do I think it\u2019ll end badly? 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At the top of the street Joe Benedito, 59, runs a small Portuguese delicatessen called Benedito\u2019s, in there he sells European products imported from Portugal and elsewhere in the EU. \u201cIn the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":32347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-32339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Businesses in Splott share their views on Brexit - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/12\/businesses-in-splott-share-their-views-on-bnrexit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Businesses in Splott share their views on Brexit - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WITH the reality of Brexit looming, businesses in Splott have shared their thoughts on the March 29 deadline to leave the EU. 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