Brexit: Will the flower industry wilt or bloom?

The chance of a no-deal Brexit has ramped up. If the EU rejects the latest Brexit plans, what would that mean for products like flowers grown in mainland Europe and sent to the UK?

Radio 1 Newsbeat has followed a bunch of flowers on its journey from Europe’s largest auction in Aalsmeer, in the Netherlands, to a florist in Kent.

The video follows Chris, who imports flowers and sells them to florists across Kent. Sixty percent of her flowers come from the Netherlands. "If there's a no deal, we've got to work in a different way", she says.

View the BBC News report here.


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