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UK egg industry and Brexit challenges and opportunities Presentation to EPIC 30 th October 2017 Mark Williams Chief Executive UK Market Split - Volume (Jan - Jun 2017) Organic 2.3% Barn 1.2% Enriched Cage 48.5% Free Range 48.0%

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UK egg industry and Brexit – challenges and opportunities

Presentation to EPIC 30th October 2017 Mark Williams Chief Executive

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Enriched Cage 48.5% Free Range 48.0% Barn 1.2% Organic 2.3% UK Market Split - Volume (Jan - Jun 2017)

Source: Defra

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Brexit – key areas

Continued access to labour
International trade
Legislation

….. others

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Labour - the Challenges

Approx. 55-60% of workers in egg packing centres are EU

migrants

35-40% of workers on farms are EU migrants
UK unemployment is 4.3% (August 2017)
Many companies struggling to retain staff due to:

– Competition from other sectors – Living wage – Going home – Sterling, some “no longer feeling welcome” – Even agencies report ‘tap being turned off’

Need to retain existing staff and attract new

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Trade – the Challenges

16% of cost of producing a kg eggs due to legislation
Watch out for govt pursuing ‘cheap food’ policy
Must not allow imports of eggs / egg products produced to

lower standards

0.6% 1.2% 1.1% 1.1% 0.6% 1.1% 3.4% 6.8% 84.0% 16.0% N directive ammonia emission salmonella control meat and bonemeal GMO beak-trimming density (550 cm²) enriched cages (750 cm²) production cost basic

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Offer price of whole egg powder (colony eggs) in Birmingham from the UK (red horizontal line) and non-EU countries in p/kg

Current Import Tariff provides protection

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Offer price of whole egg powder (colony eggs) in Birmingham and non-EU countries in p/kg (worst case scenario)

This would be real situation. FTAs are for the removal

f Import Tariffs = UK becomes uncompetitive

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The Opportunities

… Everyone has to eat …

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Labour - the Opportunities

Businesses actively

promoting career

pportunities to UK workers

– farm, packing, managerial

Lion Training Passport

launched

Govt’s role ….

– allow businesses access to labour from outside UK, year round

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Fipronil (EU)

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Reassuring consumers

Opportunity for British Lion Egg Products

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Expanding our industry

Opportunity for 5-6 million birds

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New FSA advice for vulnerable groups

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National newspapers

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Reality check

UK Financial services sector contributed £71.4bn

in tax in 2015

Accounted for 11.5% of the UK's total tax

receipts

Agriculture contributed around £24 billion of tax

revenues in 2015

So who is going to come first?

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‘Brexit - Standing on

ur own two feet’