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Since the start of the year, a raft of new requirements are making life increasingly difficult for UK businesses that trade with the EU.
Five hundred meals to be given out in Kent on Saturday
Almost half of the lorries currently crossing the Short Straits from the UK to France are empty, according to data from the Road Haulage Association.
Richard Burnett, the chief executive of the Road Haulage Association, has told The Telegraph that hauliers have raised their rates for trips between the EU and the UK by almost 700% to account for disruption and difficulties finding back loads.
UK meat exporters have warned the government that post-Brexit changes at the border have caused disruption to meat shipments crossing the channel.
Hauliers in Northern Ireland have raised concerns about the competence of newly-trained customs agents offering advice to businesses.
The boss of a haulage company says he has seen journey times treble due to EU red tape and Covid testing for drivers.
Ham sandwiches confiscated, Percy Pigs exiled, and the threat of rotten fish in Westminster are some of the problems plaguing the UK.
According to the boss of Europe’s largest haulage trade body, the UK is looking at a ‘nightmare scenario’ that will lead to ‘weeks, if not months’ of shortages.
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The Road Haulage Association takes aim at the Cabinet Office minister's engagement in a letter seen exclusively by Sky News.
Permits row also means it is still unclear if drivers will be able to bring over food from the Continent after 1 January, inquiry told.
UK trade with the EU faces "significant disruption" when the Brexit transition period ends in January, a government spending watchdog has said.
THE UK Government’s Brexit plans are "bonkers" and "a shambles", according to a director of the Road Haulage Association (RHA).
Deal or no deal, British companies will have to confront a wall of bureaucracy that threatens chaos at the border if they want to sell into the world’s biggest trading bloc when life after Brexit begins on January 1.
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Cabinet Office minister warned hauliers that unless they get their post-Brexit paperwork in order there could be queues of up to 7,000 lorries.
‘It’s not an effective system to actually ensure someone is ready to cross the border,’ says top logistics body.
The Road Haulage Association has described its meeting with Michael Gove about post-Brexit arrangements as "a washout".
Ministers relying on ‘self-belief in their own rhetoric’, haulage boss tells Commons committee.
The UK's chief Brexit negotiator has said the government is not "scared" of walking away from talks without a trade deal ready to come into force in 2021.
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