Manufacturers stockpile goods as MPs brace for Brexit debate

With Britain's March 2019 Brexit date looming, manufacturers in the United Kingdom are taking action, stockpiling goods as they prepare to face the prospect of queues at Britain's ports.

Businesses fear imports of raw materials will dry up in the event of a no-deal Brexit, or rise in price when Britain leaves the EU should a deal go ahead.

In response, they are making as many goods as possible and piling them up in storage, according to a quarterly survey from the EEF, the manufacturers' trade body.