BMF Forecast Report highlights impact of no deal Brexit on merchant sales 11 December, 2020 SHARE The outcome of the Brexit trade talks dominates the forecast for 2021, with the Report analysing two scenarios, the first based on Brexit with a deal, the second on Brexit without a deal.
In the week that the Prime Minister heads to Brussels in a final bid to agree a trade deal with the EU, the Builders Merchants Federation’s latest Builders Merchants Industry Forecast Report presents a lacklustre picture if no deal is concluded.
The report analyses the key factors affecting builders’ merchants’ activity to project future sales from October 2020 to the end of 2021. Against the turbulent combination of Covid-19 and Brexit both the final quarter of this year and the coming year prove difficult to forecast.