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The Freight Transport Association is holding a series of one-day International Road Transport Operator Conferences in October 2018 to help operators understand and adapt to the changing international regulatory landscape for road haulage, sponsored by Brigade Electronics, Navitrans and PTV Map & Guide. They will be held in Milton Keynes, Dartford and will cover the latest regulatory changes and obligations affecting international haulage, including the ban on drivers taking weekly ...
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BIFA said it had “mixed feelings” about the Brexit White Paper, published on 13 July.
Director general Robert Keen said it “ addresses some of the issues that BIFA has highlighted over the past two years, including retaining something as close to the Single Market and Customs Union as is possible, ...
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EU leaders are due to discuss Brexit at their summit in Brussels today (Thursday 28 June) although the talks are likely to be dominated by other issues, including the emerging migrant crisis in Europe, along with US President Trump’s trade tariffs.
The EU is expected to urge Prime Minister Theresa May ...
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Freight Transport Association (FTA) president Leigh Pomlett called on the government to give the logistics industry the information it needs to keep the nation's trade moving efficiently post-Brexit or face delays and shortages of roducts and services.
Speaking at the Keep Britain Trading conference in London on 20 June, he said: "The ...
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With three weeks to go until crunch talks in Brussels, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) says that its confidence in Government's ability to deliver a ‘frictionless' Brexit is fast collapsing.
Deputy chief executive James Hookham said that the lack of progress on the industry's key demands of government for a ...
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The Cabinet has approved plans for a third runway at Heathrow, paving the way for a vote by MPs on the controversial issue. However, a positive outcome can by no means be relied on.
Many MPs, along with one Cabinet Member, foreign secretary Boris Johnson, are vehemently opposed to the scheme, ...
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) repeated its call for a frictionless post-Brexit Irish border at a meeting with politicians at Stormont over the weekend. its Northern Ireland policy manager Seamus Leheny told Secretary of State for Exiting the EU David Davis, Secretary of State for Business Greg Clark MP and ...
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Roads Minister, Jesse Norman, has revealed plans to keep traffic moving through Kent in the event of disruption to cross-Channel services.
It includes a new version of ‘Operation Stack’ with a contraflow on the northbound carriageway of the M20 between junctions 8 and 9 while lorries are being queued for the ...
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The government is promising a “significant” White Paper on its Brexit position ahead of ahead of June's EU summit, according to the BBC website.
It will include detailed explanations of the UK’s positions in a number of key areas, including aviation, financial services and fisheries, although the report makes no specific ...
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) is holding a one day Keep Britain Trading conference on 21 June at 1 Great George Street, London SW1. Key speakers will include Robin Walker MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at DExEU as well as Karen Wheeler, Director General, Cross Border Delivery Group. Workshops will ...
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