Le Prevo ?

[jcuk]

But lets hope it does not mean abby normal as Igor says in Young Frankenstein, sorry could not resist

Edited November 5, 2021 by jcuk

[fredk]

On 11/4/2021 at 9:41 PM, fredk said:

There are many, many companies, not only leather suppliers but in other things as well, in GB who will just not send to N.I. Sometimes we are just a pariah

Here's a wee latest; For the last couple of years I've been buying dyes from a certain company in England with no problems. Just an hour ago they changed to ' we do not deliver to Northern Ireland'

If I feel like it I might contact them and ask why the change

[chrisash]

In the rest of the UK we don't hear much about how the actual NI residents are effected by the border between the rest and NI and its easy to blame either the UK or and or EU governments for the problems, But as a outsider is Eire itself aiding to the problems or actually helping to reduce them. 

[fredk]

Eire has made things worse.

In the past goods were trucked from GB and Eu, through Holyhead to Dublin and up the road to N.I. But Eire introduced its own customs checks. A truck carrying an assortment of goods to M&S in N.I. needs, in triplicate, thats 3 copies, of customs forms of 300 pages each for each type of goods, ie boxes of chocolates, one set, ready-meals, one set et cetera. M&S says they employ 14 vets full time just to fill in the customs forms for goods to N.I. All foods need a vets clearance signed off.

Now a lot of these trucks go Liverpool - Belfast, but there is still a lot of customs paperwork. A lot of courier companies have given up and won't deliver here anymore. Just the big ones still do.

But even before this nonsense a lot of GB businesses would not post or courier to N.I.

I used to have a friend in Northants who would accept my parcels and post them on via RM / PF

[jcuk]

Still hope insight, new message at the top of home page.

http://www.leprevo.co.uk

JCUK

[fredk]

Thanks for pointing that out

That must have gone up in just the last couple of hours cos I was on the site about 2 hours ago and it weren't there then

[jcuk]

No worries lets hope

 

[fredk]

I just spotted Le Prevo's Christmas message;

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
This year, we will be closed from 5.30 on Thursday 23rd December
and will re-open at 9.30 on Tuesday 4th January.

Note that it says they will 're-open' on January 4th

There is hope yet

[fredk]

Just a slight change to the message on the Le Prevo website

Stu is retiring after 50 years in business but
we are in talks about a take over and hope that
Le Prevo will continue under new management.

Our shop remains closed but we are taking online orders.
We thank you for you patience at this difficult time.

And they appear to be still open for orders

[jcuk]

Yes looking good i think