Interesting story. Industries that would never have grown so big without freedom of movement (fruit growing for EG) now reshaping.
"‘Cucumber capital’ growers selling up as #Brexit and energy crisis hits Britain’s vegetable industry."/1
theguardian.com/environment/20…
"‘Cucumber capital’ growers selling up as #Brexit and energy crisis hits Britain’s vegetable industry."/1
theguardian.com/environment/20…
Not saying necessarily that's a good bad thing.
Bad perhaps if you own/love the business (tho you might benefit from selling land for housing)...not clear whether good/bad for UK prices as we (presumably) import more. /2
Bad perhaps if you own/love the business (tho you might benefit from selling land for housing)...not clear whether good/bad for UK prices as we (presumably) import more. /2
Probably bad for the EU workers who made a living working in the glass houses...although tight labour markets in the EU mean there are likely alternatives closer to home /3
As for the economy overall...well, it potentially gets smaller if UK workers shift to lower-productivy activities...but equally the immigrant labour had demand-side consequences (needed housing, educ, health etc) so that needs to be netted off /4
However it nets out, it seems that the horticultural industry is definitely being reshaped by #Brexit, accelerated by the #Energycrisis
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