The United Kingdom is experiencing a wave of panic

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Shelves could be quickly emptied in UK stores in the event of a no-deal Brexit on October 31, due to a lack of storage capacity ahead of the Christmas campaign. Retailers plan to stockpile products such as food, clothing and medicine ahead of Britain's departure from the European Union just before Halloween, amid fears a deal will not be reached. However, many of the warehouses used to stockpile products ahead of the previous March 29 departure date are no longer available, having been reserved for stock needed for Christmas.

The possibility of a no-deal Brexit remains as the British Parliament remains deadlocked. Shelves could be quickly emptied in UK stores in the event of a no-deal Brexit on October 31, because the storage space needed to stockpile products has already been reserved for the Christmas period , according to reports. Business Insider several business leaders involved in SW Business Directory contingency plans. Much of the storage space previously allocated to deal with a no-deal Brexit at the end of March is no longer available for a no-deal exit on October 31 , and most has been booked up to three years in advance . Read more:  The 25 countries that could lose the most jobs if there is a hard Brexit A business leader familiar with British retailers' plans for a no-deal Brexit says a major food company had used warehouses to stockpile around 24,000 pallets of products in the period before a possible no-deal exit from the EU in the spring.



However, none of these spaces are available for the end of the year, since they are reserved to face the Christmas campaign. Demand for many products, including food, clothing and medicine, skyrockets this time of year. Business owners told Business Insider that storage space is "at capacity by Christmas in any normal year," and that the risk of a no-deal Brexit in October was creating demand for additional space that doesn't exist . "Christmas is already a difficult period... Brexit is a headache that has screwed things up even more." British ministers and the country's businesses have warned that leaving the EU without a deal would slow the transit of goods across the border and cause temporary supply cuts for some products .