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Freight forwarder Davies Turner says it is seeing an upsurge in enquiries about the availability of warehousing space, driven by customer concerns about the outcome of the Brexit negotiations and the future of UK trade with the EU after March next year.
Normally, warehousing demand often reduces in the early months of the new year as retailers run down stocks after Christmas but 2018 has already been a busy year with ...
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A group of Chinese business leaders is en route from China to London to promote post-Brexit trade and cultural relations with the UK and European neighbours in November.
The group of 40 TV executives took a fleet of 14 vehicles along the 13,000 mile ancient ‘Silk Road’ to mark the 5th ...
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BIFA said that whilst it welcomes some of the announcements in the Budget on 29 October, it was all overshadowed by the ongoing uncertainty over the UK’s exit from the EU.
Director general Robert Keen commented: “Whilst the investment in road infrastructure might make a difference to our members, we should ...
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) said it was frustrated by the lack of progress in Brexit negotiations, following the failure of the latest summit talks to achieve anything concrete in mid-October.
Head of European policy, Pauline Bastidon, commented: “With March 2019 fast approaching, it’s frustrating negotiators on both sides have still ...
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FTA Ireland said it would welcome an extended Brexit transition period, following suggestions by UK Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday during negotiations with Brussels.
The Trade Association suggested that it should last at least one year, to allow the logistics sector to prepare for the future trading environment.
FTAI general manager Aidan ...
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UK plans for a Facilitated Customs Arrangement (FCA) could take up to a decade to put into practice and are not a realistic solution to the problems posed by Brexit, says forwarder’s group Clecat in a new position paper published on 16 October.
The group is urging Brexit negotiators to prevent ...
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Work is to start on turning the M26 motorway in Kent into an emergency lorry park, according to a report in the Guardian newspaper. Overnight closures for surveying work have already started and there will be further closures in December to install gates in the central reservation.
The M26 forms a ...
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Managing director of Leeds-based Tudor International Freight, David Johnson, has repeated his warning to businesses trading with the EU to brace themselves for a period of disruption. With major remaining differences of opinion on issues such as the Irish border between Prime Minister Theresa May and the EU and within ...
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The UK government has made a new proposal that includes keeping the UK in the EU customs union “indefinitely” to help unblock Brexit negotiations solve the Irish border issue, reports EUObserver.
Under the plan, the whole of the UK would remain in the customs union a framework on the future relationship ...
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United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) chief executive Peter Ward says he is disappointed and frustrated that the Government seems not to have recognised the critical labour shortage facing the warehousing and logistics industry, a sector that depends on immigrant labour – particularly at peak times.
He described the announcement at the ...
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