A smart home installation business praised by a parliamentary magazine has revealed the steps it has taken to prepare for a no-deal Brexit.

Watford-based business Aonyx was included in the latest Parliamentary Review, an independent publication which shares areas of best practice among policymakers and businesses.

In light of this, managing director Richard Reid explained how his company has prepared for October 31, the date the UK is due to leave the EU with or without a deal.

Mr Reid said: “We have contacted all our suppliers that provides equipment coming in from Europe and where we have had issues with them coming in. We have pre-ordered them and brought stock in early to make sure we have what we need to fulfil our orders.

“Our smaller products are affected the most which is why we have pre-ordered them ahead of October 31.

“A no-deal will be painful for three to six months as no one knows what will happen. But I believe with the products that we use and what we have done, I think we have mitigated the effects of no-deal as best as we can.”

Mr Reid added the first six months of this year have been very busy, but Brexit has affected the sector due to projects slowing down and funding drying up.

But Mr Reid said Aonyx is trying to balance these impacts "alongside our professionalism and the standard of our work".

Speaking about the possible effects a no-deal Brexit on the UK, Mr Reid added: “There might be log jams at airports and in terms of food, medical supplies and basic day to day goods that you need like clothing, if it can’t be brought in it will make life very difficult.

“But if we do leave the EU without a deal then hopefully in time things will be able to balance itself out.”

Mr Reid added that it was a “surprise” to have been contacted by the Parliamentary Review and called it a “huge honour to be recognised for best practice”.

Co-chairman of the Parliamentary Review, Lord Pickles, said this year’s journal was one of the most comprehensive, saying it is “essential that politicians have a firm understanding of the challenges with which British organisations must contend”.

Writing in the Review, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove added the review “comes at a momentous time for parliament, as we collectively determine the destiny of the United Kingdom.”

The best practice article for Aonyx can be viewed here.