TEAMWORK IS VITAL

Teamwork is the secret of UK transition success, according to an award-winning Cumbrian family business.

“There are UK Government website resources,” confirms Barry Leahey, MD of ninth generation family firm Playdale Playgrounds.

“There’s also the Department for International Trade. The

CBI has an excellent website, there’s lots of assistance on there, as does the IOD and local chambers.

“We’ve accessed all these great resources to create an action sheet. All the information is out there.

“You’ve got to do your research but you only have to do it once,” continues the business boss who “sells fun all over the world”, his 100-plus workforce supplying 51 countries.

“In the first weeks of January we’ve got goods on the road. What we’re finding is our European partners, who we’ve prompted, have also been breaking old habits and creating new ones

“I think everything’s going smoother than we expected.”