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“We drive 44-tonne killing machines. We are professionals, and in Europe we are treated like professionals, but in the UK we aren’t.”
‘Brexit to blame’: Huge lorry queues at Dover as port bosses call for talks on EU checks [1 min]
21/01/2022
‘It’s entirely Brexit,’ says haulier who has been caught up in 15km queues.
Grant Shapps has announced policy aimed at foreign lorry drivers to help ease supply chain problems.
Weekly shop will become ‘much more expensive’ in event of a no-deal Brexit, ministers warned
26/10/2020
Households will be particularly hard hit at start of next year and into spring.
The Unite Trade Union claims the UK Government has showed “sheer incompetence" after a freedom of information request revealed that no monitoring of the extent of cabotage occuring in the country has taken place.
It’s one of the labour shortfalls that has emerged partly because of border friction following Brexit.
The UK government is still failing to understand the country’s supply chains, say logistics operators, or recognise their anxiety as more Brexit regulations loom.
Almost a third of U.K. logistics companies expect to face trucker shortages this year, and a 10th say recruitment issues will pose an “extreme barrier” to the recovery of their business from the pandemic.
Supply chain issues set to last throughout 2022, warns Logistics UK; trade could also be hit by fresh Brexit issues
14/06/2022
Pressure on supply chains is set to last throughout 2022, according to Logistics UK in a report that comes at the same time as fresh issues related to trade with Europe appear, with the government proposing unilateral action on Brexit.
A shortage of UK workers is hitting supermarket shelves in Wales.
Somerset binmen and Brexit: a story of waste
02/07/2021
The context is a national shortage of drivers made worse by Brexit and the unwelcoming environment for foreign nationals now fostered by government.
Spike in imports has led to bottlenecks of containers carrying supplies for shops and factories.
Post-Brexit border charges due to be introduced next January could impact UK consumers higher food prices and supply chain disruption, warns UK food and logistics industry bodies.
Businesses say bloc has listened and gone ‘beyond expectations’, increasing their hopes of a deal.
Lorry drivers will be required to leave their cabs to undergo biometric checks in order to cross the Channel from next year.
Industry chiefs and experts tell i the introduction of customs controls could also affect small businesses, some of which could be forced to pay tariffs.
The government agency said there had been a problem with some cameras after a 17k queue formed on the M20.
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.
Business group Logistics UK is urging government to prioritise the needs of the logistics industry, as Parliament continues to debate the Retained EU Law bill.
How cocktail of Brexit and Covid is causing mounting problems in Folkestone - and across the country
08/09/2021
But over the course of the year, a crisis, fuelled by the decision to leave the European Union, has been steadily, stealthily, stretching its tentacles around many of the services and products we expect and rely on.
Hauliers have claimed there will be "mayhem" at Holyhead port when the Brexit transition period ends.
Ireland’s European commissioner criticises decision by DUP minister affecting food and animal imports.
Further delays to Brexit Border Checks will not resolve issues for trade, says Logistics UK
01/04/2022
Any additional delays to the introduction of post-Brexit border checks on imports will simply postpone the inevitable, and send mixed signals to businesses that have been urged for months to get ready for the additional formalities involved with moving goods across the UK’s borders, according to business group Logistics UK.
Fresh border chaos fears as ‘haulier handbook’ to prevent meltdown on 1 January is delayed
11/11/2020
Work on inspection posts for animal products crossing Irish Sea ‘has not yet started and will take up to six months to complete’.
MPs told of how Brexit bureaucracy leaves lorries stranded for hours without right paperwork.