Showing:
◈ Road Haulage Association×
Haulage bosses say plans for customs ‘dire’ and government in denial over scale of issue
Road haulage body dismisses trial involving 79 lorry drivers as ‘window dressing’
Thousands of British lorry drivers face being barred from entering EU after missing out on permits
10/02/2019
More than 10,000 HGV operators have not obtained crucial annual passes.
No-deal Brexit is ‘fraught with risk’ and ‘everybody should be worried’, says former top civil servant
08/07/2019
‘Everybody should be worried about what happens in a no-deal situation,’ Philip Rycroft says in interview with BBC Panorama.
Everyone should worry about no deal, the civil servant who was, until March, head of the Brexit department has said.
British lorries that do not have proper documentation will not be able to reach France after a no-deal Brexit because shipping companies will not allow them to board their ships in Dover.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has been accused of trying to “silence” road hauliers from raising concerns about a no-deal Brexit.
No-Deal Brexit Tariffs Will 'Destroy' British Firms And 'Betray' Farmers, Say Industry Leaders
08/10/2019
Labour says the government "fiddling while Rome burns" as business groups complain they were ignored.
UK farmers 'betrayed' by government's Brexit tariff plans that risk flooding UK with lower-quality imported food
08/10/2019
British goods face tariffs of up to 60 per cent while many imports won't be charged any under latest Tory plans.
New recruits needed to process millions of extra declaration forms from 1 January 2020.
The U.K. risks failing to recruit the 50,000 customs agents the logistics industry says are needed before Britain’s final parting with the European Union, spelling potential chaos at the country’s busiest border.
British companies trading with Europe will have to absorb a post-Brexit bureaucracy burden and fill in an extra 215m customs declarations at a cost of about £7bn a year, according to government officials.
The U.K. government just presented a 206-page manual for how the country will trade with the European Union on Jan. 1, when Britain’s exit from the 27-nation bloc becomes official 4 1/2 years after the nation voted to leave.
The UK is "sleepwalking into a disaster" over its border plans for the end of the Brexit transition period on 31 December, road hauliers have warned.
Tony Abbott: Former Australian PM given role as UK trade ambassador despite disquiet over views on climate change and gay marriage
04/09/2020
Tony Abbott was given a top role as UK trade ambassador despite widespread disquiet about his controversial views.
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.
Ministers relying on ‘self-belief in their own rhetoric’, haulage boss tells Commons committee.
The Road Haulage Association has described its meeting with Michael Gove about post-Brexit arrangements as "a washout".
‘It’s not an effective system to actually ensure someone is ready to cross the border,’ says top logistics body.
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.
Brexit border-line issues: Would you want to still be 'testing' software designed to stop Kent becoming a massive lorry park come 31 December?
04/09/2020
New supply chains, brand new system, and ... oh dear, it's still not ready yet.
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.
THE UK Government’s Brexit plans are "bonkers" and "a shambles", according to a director of the Road Haulage Association (RHA).
UK trade with the EU faces "significant disruption" when the Brexit transition period ends in January, a government spending watchdog has said.
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.