The boss of Morgan McLernon, a subsidiary of Culina Group and which has specialised in chilled and frozen food distribution for more than 40 years, has pinned much of the blame on the Brexit fall-out.

Freight company director blames new requirement for EU transport firms to provide VAT and tariff guarantees.

The Government say massive delays at Dover this week are nothing to do with Brexit, while banning staff from giving interviews. / One customs agent took us inside to speak to drivers who had been waiting up to 24 hours. / Every single one of them blamed Brexit.

Truck drivers tell of long delays for checks at the Eurotunnel as trade barrier goes up between UK and EU.

In January, the port’s chief executive told me that, since leaving the EU, it now takes an extra 3 minutes for a vehicle to clear the border and check-in before boarding ship. / This makes Dover more susceptible to clogging-up when things get busy and queuing is more commonplace.

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.

Over a week on from the end of the Brexit transition period some hauliers say they have faced long delays.

Lord Wolfson is a highly successful businessman, a prominent supporter of Brexit and a Conservative peer. He is, in short, the sort of man who should be in perfect alignment with a government led by Boris Johnson. He isn’t.

(Footage of lorry queues into the Port of Dover.)

Sir Roger Gale (Tory MP) says one farming business in his constituency has had to trash £320,000 worth of produce due to no pickers and no drivers. / There are cries of “Brexit, Brexit” around the house… and the Govt front bench looks nervous.

The company has spoken out as supermarket shelves empty in Wales.

Food producers and road hauliers have warned the government that the supply of food and drink to supermarkets is “failing” due to a chronic shortage of HGV drivers.

More than 100 lorries have descended on a disused airfield in Kent to stage a massive fake traffic jam – all in the name of Brexit. The bizarre scene is a government test of its plans for UK border disruption in the event the UK leaves with no-deal.

Truckers are trying to avoid the U.K. as Brexit red tape keeps them waiting to get to the continent.

Ministers relying on ‘self-belief in their own rhetoric’, haulage boss tells Commons committee.

In Rosslare -- the second busiest freight hub in Ireland -- there are signs logistics firms may be charting a new course to Europe: the one with least resistance.

U.K. companies exporting into the European Union will have to wait for permission from tax authorities before they can move their goods under plans being drawn up by the government.

A "safety and security" agreement removing the need for post-Brexit entry and exit declarations between Britain and the north of Ireland is needed, the freight industry said.

Permits for international road haulage will be allocated to hauliers using criteria set by the Department for Transport. This guidance explains how permits will be allocated and what hauliers need to do next.

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.

ANGUS Robertson has said that Brexit is the "biggest single factor" in the UK's supply chain crisis.

Four sites in Kent - with capacity to hold thousands of lorries - have already been mapped out, to ease the pressure on major Channel ports like Dover.

Channel 4 economics correspondent describes the consequences of a No Deal exit.

The UK has identified nearly 4,000 EU laws and regulations which we are now “free from”. What have we done with these newfound freedoms?

"#Newsnight was the first TV programme to highlight this in the summer... the government could have acted then." / As BP closes sites due to a lack of lorry drivers, the Road Haulage Association's Rod McKenzie says issues are down to Brexit, the pandemic and a historic shortage

A post-Brexit customs centre for up to 10,000 lorries has been earmarked for a 27-acre site in Kent, in a plan the local MP says came "out of the blue".

The A20 runs through Dover town directly to the docks and it is right next to the small community of Aycliffe

At gas stations, there’s fuel rationing and hours-long lineups. At the supermarket, there’s sometimes no milk or meat, and warnings that Christmas turkeys may be unavailable – along with Christmas trees and many popular toys. Building materials are so scarce that construction sites have shut down.

Cabinet Office minister attacks refusal to adopt a ‘laissez-faire approach’ to border controls.

Truckers claim they are not to blame for “any pending disaster” at UK borders as the grace period for customs declarations comes to an end with the year.

Memo warns of ‘critical gaps’ in new IT systems – with just four months to go to end of transition.

But Road Haulage Association says process described by prime minister simply ‘doesn’t exist’.

The oil giant has warned the Government it will struggle to keep supplies topped up and called on ministers to change jobs rules for drivers.

Ease of trading is key measure of success, say cross-channel businesses, not lack of lorry traffic.

Another Brexit advertising campaign. They've replaced sporting events as signs of the changing seasons. Instead of Wimbledon or the Olympics, we get Michael Gove talking gibberish on television and further millions poured into preparedness exercises for an outcome with no tangible benefits.

Boris Johnson became prime minister on the promise that Brexit would bring prosperity and pride. Did it?

Olaf Scholz, set to take over as German chancellor after coalition talks, offers advice to UK.

Lull in traffic means delays haven’t hit major U.K. ports, yet. / Trucks delayed at pick-up points as customs agents struggle.

Freight hauliers are rejecting more cargoes due to cross the U.K. border because of post-Brexit customs friction, and that’s likely to become the new normal.

Essential post-Brexit freight software is unlikely to be ready on time for 1 January, those building it have warned.

The Government is denying visas to vital EU drivers and refusing to acknowledge the continued challenges facing companies who do business with Europe. As retailers start to stock up for Christmas, they face a severe shortage of products and drivers, claims ParcelHero.

The U.K. wants to issue visas for truckers to ease a shortage that’s led to gasoline stations running dry and hit food supply chains. The hard part could be persuading drivers from eastern Europe, the biggest pool of labor in recent years, to come back.

Ian Davies said hauliers were switching to direct routes to Belfast and only time would tell if this was a blip or long term change.

Unite says customs paperwork causing delays – despite government’s denial Brexit to blame.

Goods moving between the UK and EU will be subject to new customs controls & checks when the Brexit transition period ends in January.

Bus routes and services are experiencing disruption across the country, particularly in the North East. This is a knock on effect from the HGV crisis as bus drivers are being ‘poached’ by haulage bosses for hugely increased wages.

Border checks said to have increased business costs and ‘suppressed’ trade, and the situation could worsen.

The UK landbridge that offered traders the fastest route between Ireland and the European continent before Brexit will not re-emerge as a preferred option for moving goods, the head of Dublin Port was quoted as saying on Friday.

Brexit has spelled the end of the British “landbridge” transit route, Dublin Port chief executive Eamonn O’Reilly has said, as new figures show a dramatic fall in lorry traffic with British ports.

The end of the holiday season heralds the return to centre stage of a number of burning Brexit-related issues this autumn.

Post-Brexit trade frictions have "significantly altered" freight traffic between Ireland and Britain and sparked a steep rise in volumes to and from Ireland and other European Union members, an Irish government agency report said on Thursday.

Brexit is now the Conservative Party’s sacred cow. Not so much policy as religious faith. The merest hint of criticism is regarded as apostasy by a party dangerously in thrall to an agenda that threatens to shatter the United Kingdom and leave England stuck in a permanent economic slow lane, isolated from its neighbours and friendless in an uncertain world.

Top business body calls for ‘urgent action’ to ease trading barriers.

Brexit has made supply chain "bottlenecks" worse in the UK, according to the independent financial watchdog that provides the government with data.

While businesses struggle with the red tape of no-deal planning, ministers are busy with commemorative coins.

Exporters to the EU face 7,000-truck-long queues in Kent and two-day delays to trade after the Brexit transition period ends, the government has warned.

The government has paid the owner of land being used as a Brexit lorry park in Ashford almost £6m in rent, it has emerged.

The government is yet to work out the potential environmental impact of a huge Brexit lorry park - even though construction started almost two months ago.

The former prime minister’s hollow catchphrase captured a fundamental truth—just not the one she thought it did.

Gerald Vernon-Jackson dismisses £9m pledge, saying his council alone has spent £4m preparing the port.

Note that the slogans on these placards all represent news that has reached us about the effects of Brexit on Kent specifically. Some of these have featured in articles in Kent Bylines, as linked in the explanations below.

Continuing the letter to Jacob Rees-Mogg, reminding him – he seems to need reminding – of the many new opportunities created by Brexit.

The end of the transition period late on New Year's Eve brought into force the different regulatory and customs arrangements to the rest of the UK.

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.

British traders are falling foul of a new information technology system policing goods crossing the English Channel, as companies grapple with a fresh wave of post-Brexit red tape.

A new system for monitoring non-EU travellers entering the bloc’s Schengen Area is scheduled to be implemented in April next year and may lead to delays of 17 miles, an industry insider warned today.

Theresa May narrowly avoided a critical defeat in parliament. / Boris Johnson resigned as foreign secretary, using his House of Commons speech to implore MPs to "save Brexit". / BrexitCentral's Hugh Bennett says that despite fury in the Tory ranks, Mrs May is still on course to deliver on her White Paper. / Aidan Flynn on 80% of Irish/EU exports going through the UK.

They came, they saw, they took the train home again. No progress in the first face-to-face EU-UK talks since the Covid crisis. Bridge-building will be required. Bridge maintenance - specifically landbridge maintenance- will be required where the route for Irish freight through the UK is concerned.

Brussels asks France to go easy on UK and lift ‘blanket’ travel ban on freight.

Customs paperwork diverts trucks from UK ‘land bridge’ on to EU-Ireland sea routes.

Business leaders say the second anniversary of Brexit today has been marked by continuing difficulties for exporters trying to trade with the EU.

UK and European negotiators are meeting later today for yet another round of Brexit trade talks.

A UK government system to avoid miles of road traffic congestion in the county of Kent as the Brexit transition period comes to an end will rely on software which is not yet in its beta version.

Ministers’ letter confirms border control posts at ports of Belfast, Warrenpoint and Larne.

Incorrectly filled-out forms, missing data and documents: Even over 5 weeks after the UK left the EU, goods transports via the Channel are still fraught with obstacles – particularly to the detriment of British companies.

Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves spoke to Channel 4 News ahead of her conference speech. She said she has “no plans whatsoever” to increase income tax adding that Brexit has “played a part” in the shortage of HGV drivers causing fuel shortages and queues at petrol stations across the country.

The UK’s official departure from the EU took place on January 1, 2021. The Brexit roll-out, not unexpectedly, has been awash with problems.

In 2016, Warburtons' boss said: “Brexit is a very good thing to have happened. We could either continue to be in the European Union and wait for it all to collapse around us, or we could make our own way out of it and crack on as an independent nation. We decided the latter.”

A lack of lorry drivers, abattoir staff and fruit pickers caused by Brexit is threatening both consumers’ pockets and meat such as turkeys and pigs in blankets.

"Very desperate or very stupid, or both," wrote one person in response.

UK hauliers of perishable goods are wanting to be prioritised at the port crossing into Europe, complaining that long wait times are causing products to go bad.

The loss of frictionless trade due to Brexit is leaving meat processors and exporters facing cost increases of up to 40 per cent, an Oireachtas committee has been told.

Trade disruption could deliver a sizeable hit to UK manufacturing output this quarter, while lingering uncertainty and potential instability surrounding the future of the UK-EU trade deal will keep a lid on investment during the post-Covid recovery.

"How long until portable toilets are out on the A20 ? There are NO facilities for drivers waiting for hours. Forced to p*ss in bottles like animals."

There's been a huge fall in trade between the UK and Germany during the first month of the new trading relationship between the UK and the EU.

From horse racing to fishing to road haulage, British industry is in chaos. No wonder leavers are turning on each other.

From NHS staff shortages to export woes, the effects of the 2016 vote are still being felt.

Britain sent a convoy of nearly 90 trucks on the road to Europe's busiest ferry port Jan. 7 to test how the country might cope with a no-deal Brexit.

Britain needs 100,000 more drivers if it is to meet demand, according to the UK's Road Haulage Association (RHA). The signs are already there: sporadic gaps on supermarket shelves, pubs running low on beer, McDonald's suspending milkshakes.

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.

Some British dairy farmers have been forced to destroy tens of thousands of litres of milk due to rising costs, labour shortages and an acute deficit of truck drivers which has strained supply chains to breaking point, farmers 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.

Hauliers carrying goods to Europe have warned they face more damaging restrictions as the latest figures show exports dropped by two-fifths in January as the Brexit transition period came to an end.

British meat processors are registering businesses in the European Union in order to bypass post-Brexit export delays, with flows just 50% of normal levels and costs soaring, the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) said on Tuesday.

Some British dairy farmers have been forced to destroy tens of thousands of litres of milk due to rising costs, labour shortages and an acute deficit of truck drivers which has strained supply chains to breaking point, farmers said.

Businesses who raised concerns range from road hauliers to whisky manufacturers, while builders are running out of supplies.

Daniel Lambert, who supplies M&S, Waitrose and 300 independent retailers, to set up in France after £150,000 hole in revenue.

"Once upon a time we had frictionless access to France, and freedom of movement into the entire European Union. Then we voted to get rid of that, and here we are."

Covid tests for drivers and Brexit red tape mean more firms are looking at sending trailers on ferries without a cab

Inflation is rising, worker shortages are grinding us down and consumers are hurting, but No.10 is introducing measures which will make the situation worse

A rule banning lorries of a certain weight driving through an Oxfordshire town could be scrapped.

One of the UK’s biggest business lobby groups has hit back at government advice to invest in domestic workers, saying the move will not solve short-term labour shortages that are increasingly putting retailers and supply chains under pressure.

“Car crash!” exclaimed managing director Andrew Varga, whose Brexit progress I have been following since the referendum. News of the latest Brexit U-turn landed on him on Tuesday out of the blue. All his years of preparation for a new UK product safety mark, all his thousands of pounds wasted, all the uncountable hours and effort were rendered pointless, at a stroke.

Industry bosses say retailers will struggle to keep shelves stocked at Christmas amid worker shortage.

Danish shipping line to run daily service to French port from Rosslare.

Northern Ireland traders call for an extension to Brexit deal grace periods amid warnings they’re drowning in paperwork.

Freight Transport Association prepares list of ‘mini-deals’ UK must seek from EU to ensure Britain keeps trading. / Business leaders will call for a series of emergency measures to cushion the blow of the UK crashing out of the EU if Theresa May’s Brexit deal is not ratified in a critical parliamentary vote next week.

Many European businesses have yet to anticipate the new red tape that will be compulsory to trade with Britain after Jan. 1, the head of French customs warned.

Fears of ‘unimaginable’ supply chain collapse triggered by 60,000-strong shortfall of HGV drivers.

A shortage of skilled trade workers has developed as European Union migrants leave the UK and demand for home improvements rises, the founder of Homeserve has said.

Scotland farmers say the festive tradition could be the latest casualty of supply issues caused by Brexit currently plaguing the nation.

Business lobby group warns failure to act will put UK’s economic recovery from Covid crisis at risk.

Drinks industry reiterates concerns after minister refuses to provide latest on efforts to resolve HGV driver shortage.

Post-Brexit trade disruption and ongoing congestion are causing critical build-ups of containers at UK ports, according to the latest data from Container xChange.

More than half of UK hauliers are considering moving operations to the EU, according to a survey.

The acute labor shortage because of self isolation is masking the systemic challenge for businesses struggling to recruit after Brexit.

Covid, Brexit and a shortage of lorry drivers has been blamed for delays in collecting people's household rubbish. Ceredigion, Powys, Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan councils said they were already facing delays or expected further delays. Residents said their household or garden waste had been left on the kerbside for weeks.

The latest Government Business Insights report reveals that the transportation and storage sector has been hit hardest by Covid and Brexit. / ParcelHero says the shock result shows that more supply chain companies have closed and fewer surviving firms are currently trading than in any other sector.

A crisis relief charity is being drafted in to ease the suffering of lorry drivers in post-Brexit queues. RE:ACT Disaster Response usually respond to help after earthquakes, hurricanes and floods.

British dairy farmers say they have poured tens of thousands of litres of milk away due to the HGV driver shortage - and fear it is just the "tip of the iceberg" ahead of winter.

Increased traffic after Christmas break will test border control systems, says Varadkar.

Alliance Councillor Philip McKinney said the United Kingdom electorate's decision to vote to leave the European Union is one of the principal reasons for the lack of labour.

RE:ACT Disaster Response has agreed a £180,000 six-month contract with Kent County Council to ease stuck truckers’ nightmare waits to board ferries and Eurotunnel shuttles

uthorities fear that new border checks introduced following a no-deal Brexit will slow down traffic through the nearby port of Cairnryan

Haulage bosses say plans for customs ‘dire’ and government in denial over scale of issue

But the chief executive of the Port of Dover says UK and French governments need to work together to ease new processes.

A new inland border control site for HGVs entering the UK via Dover is set for development near the town.

A customs clearance manager explains why lorries are piling up around the port, and the mood among those working on the frontline.

Queues of lorries backed up waiting to be processed at the Port of Dover have become so long the huge tailbacks can be seen on images taken from space.

TRADERS hoping to pass goods through the UK’s busiest port have been hit by further trouble after the Government's post-Brexit IT system went down.

Traders fear that flow of food and vital medicines will be disrupted after 1 January – even as UK may be hit by second spike of Covid-19.

Driver shortages remain the single biggest crisis in the haulage industry in the wake of Brexit, with a shortfall of nearly 70,000, according to courier firm Speedy Freight – which also cites the ongoing impact of red tape.

‘There has never been a more challenging time’ for the UK’s food supply chain, according to industry leaders, who are pressing the Prime Minister to grant them access to EU and EEA labour.

Waste truck drivers are being poached by other businesses, some while on their rounds.

Business group Logistics UK has reacted with dismay at today’s (7 July 2021) announcement of the continued relaxation of drivers’ hours legislation until 8 August 2021, which governs the length of time which HGV drivers are legally expected to work.

More than a year on from Brexit Welsh companies say they are feeling the pinch from making fewer sales to Europe.

Dublin Port has emerged as a major bottleneck for NI businesses trying to operate under new Brexit rules.

Dublin Port chief executive Eamonn O’Reilly has said that Brexit has spelled the end of the British “landbridge” transit route, as new figures show a dramatic fall in lorry traffic with British ports, reports The Irish Times.

More than half of Ireland’s medicines come from or are transited via the UK.

MPs told of how Brexit bureaucracy leaves lorries stranded for hours without right paperwork.

The site had originally been used to carry out around 2,000 COVID tests a day - but has since shut down.

How to apply for permits to travel to or through European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) member countries, and the rules you have to follow.

Applications for international road haulage permits opened this week and the Freight Transport Association (FTA), the business organisation representing the logistics industry, is advising commercial vehicle operators wanting to transport goods into EU-27 countries post-Brexit to apply sooner rather than later.

If you carry out removals to and from Europe, you need to read this. ECMT permit applications open this week: international hauliers must apply – or miss out!

Toy shop owner Donald Nairn has been warned to expect stock shortages in the run-up to Christmas.

Shoppers have been warned that they could face more empty shelves due to a collapse in the supply chain as retailers face increasing pressure to keep up with demands whilst tackling staffing problems.

Olaf Scholz, poised to become next chancellor, wades into row over HGV driver shortage.

The transition period ended on 31 December 2020. Since that date, trade volumes have been suppressed by the impact of COVID-19, EU exit, and wider global pressures. It may not be possible to separate out the impact of these individual elements on the UK’s trade with the EU, but it is clear that EU exit has had an impact, and that new border arrangements have added costs to business.

For some weeks the British government has been planning a “shock and awe” campaign to warn British businesses that they have less than six months to prepare for Brexit; but the EU has beaten them to it.

Downing Street was hoping to entice EU drivers back to Britain to fix the HGV driver shortage.

Bloc will keep roads open to hauliers and let UK operate flights for six months if UK agrees to maintain ‘equivalent’ regulations.

The EU has published contingency plans in case of the possible collapse of Brexit trade talks with the UK.

Declaration system may be swamped, leaving trucks stranded, with risk of price hikes and shortages.

39th Report of Session 2017-19 - published 21 May 2019 - HL Paper 355

Ham sandwiches confiscated, Percy Pigs exiled, and the threat of rotten fish in Westminster are some of the problems plaguing the UK.

The outcome being pursued by the prime minister in the Brexit trade talks will not avoid costly friction at the border.

Exports to the EU plunged massively last month compared with January 2020.

The Road Haulage Association has criticised Michael Gove for his lack of assistance.

Exports to the EU have plummeted by 68% since Brexit

Emergency traffic measures to last until ‘end of October 2021’ – with a giant lorry park to hold 2,000 goods vehicles.

A vast Brexit customs clearance centre catering for thousands of lorries on the outskirts of Ashford will result in huge disruption, fears the town's MP.

Stena Line offers new weekend service, Brittany Ferries sailing will operate on Monday.

Truckers are trying to avoid the U.K. as Brexit red tape keeps them waiting to get to the continent.

U.K. traders are falling foul of a new IT system policing goods crossing the English Channel, as companies grapple with a fresh wave of post-Brexit red tape.

HMRC document shows firms in Great Britain will be obliged to complete three types of electronic paperwork.

From online shopping to fishing to musicians, here are some of the obvious problems that have arisen since January 1 - as well as a few things that have gone better.

With less than a fortnight to go before the end of the transition period, lorry drivers face huge delays on their way to the border.

In a video from 2019, Farage says passionately that the food shortages threat is "Project Fear" and "should be utterly, completely, totally, disregarded.”

Labour said the revelations "blow apart" the "myth" that UK-EU trade disruption is a temporary problem.

Three food parcels are handed out to struggling households every minute, as Tesco boss warns worst of supermarket price rises are ‘yet to come’.

Risk of European firms turning backs on British produce ‘a nightmare scenario’, trade body warns.

Warning of cross-Channel permits for only 2,088 businesses from January without a trade deal – a huge fall from 8,348.

More food items are likely to disappear from supermarket shelves as companies struggle to fill roles after lockdown.

Gaps are starting to appear on supermarket shelves because of a “desperate shortage” of lorry drivers – a problem that will likely lead stores to raise food prices.

Some food supply companies are turning to prisoners on day release to fill the gaps in their workforce.

During the fuel protests of the year 2000, the fury of UK truckers came closer than anything else to toppling the Blair government. Parliamentary enthusiasts for no-deal should take heed. / British truckers will get a special letter. For a lucky few, the letter will contain an ECMT Permit “golden ticket”. But for most it will only tell them they have missed out on their application.

Lorry loads of items donated by people across south Wales to help those fleeing the war in Ukraine are being delayed from getting through to those who need them 'because of red tape at customs'.

FREIGHT companies have expressed “dismay” over new customs controls at the UK border which will begin in the new year, MSPs have been told.

Transport body warns UK lorries would need counter-terrorism safety certificates.

The volume of lorries passing between Britain and its major European trading partners has fallen dramatically this month.

Work on inspection posts for animal products crossing Irish Sea ‘has not yet started and will take up to six months to complete’.

FRESH produce headed for UK supermarkets is being dumped due to driver shortage linked to Brexit, a major distributor has warned.

The two perishable products have been exempted from rules on how to manage traffic approaching the port of Dover.

Two years since Britain left the EU, Brexit is still very much at the top of the news agenda with lorry queues lengthening at Dover as exporting firms struggle with red tape.

Many European drivers have left the country, Tesco chief explains.

New figures reveal exports from Britain to the EU have plummeted by nearly 70%, as Michael Gove faced hauliers’ fury for ‘ignoring warnings’ on trade after Brexit.

The U.K. has emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic to find itself faced with an onslaught of new economic crises that have left the country in “a precarious position,” experts have warned.

Gas stations across Great Britain are running dry due to a post-Brexit shortage of truck drivers. The government announced a plan to issue 5,000 temporary visas for truckers.

The favourite to succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor said ending freedom of movement with the EU has created a ‘problem’ for Britain.

Work on an "emergency lorry park" in Kent to accommodate up to 10,000 vehicles bound for Europe began without the knowledge of residents.

Cabinet Minister Michael Gove has defended his plans for new post-Brexit border infrastructure after Labour said the government was unprepared.

The Road Haulage Association takes aim at the Cabinet Office minister's engagement in a letter seen exclusively by Sky News.

One of the stand out themes of the pre-referendum messaging was the idea that the UK would be able to trade more easily with non-EU countries, while having no loss of access to the EU. This doesn’t appear to be the case though.

Ministers say port does not tell government how long hauliers are waiting for ‘security’ reasons.

Ministers have admitted that emergency traffic measures needed to curb chaos on the roads in Kent would be run into 2021 - as the deadline for securing a Brexit deal looms.

Thousands of lorries may have to queue to get into Europe after December 31

Drivers are being urged by the Government to “buy fuel as normal”, after the lorry driver shortage hit supplies.

Businesses will discover details of customs regime after Brexit on Monday.

Lorries will need permission from new HMRC computer system before heading for Dover.

The existing community licence will be valid until the UK leaves the EU at the end of March 2019, but thereafter operators will need ECMT permits. / The number of permits is limited so the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is advising operators to start collecting the required information now.

Ministers urged to fulfil promise of new facilities, as desperate drivers forced to ‘s*** in bushes’.

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has been accused of trying to “silence” road hauliers from raising concerns about a no-deal Brexit.

The tide in Britain appears to have turned since the 2016 Brexit referendum. / According to a new poll, only 43% of the British population consider that the UK's departure from the European Union was a good decision, while 57% believe it was a mistake.

New rules and standards on EU trade will make the first set of Brexit measures pale into insignificance.

Shortfall in lorry drivers ‘could definitely impact Christmas’, says wine boss.

Shortage caused by Brexit and the pandemic, Road Haulage Association says.

June 2021 saw 31 haulage firm insolvencies, the highest in a single month since January 2019 as Brexit and driver shortages bite, according to data from Tower Bridge-based audit firm Mazars that was shared exclusively with City A.M. this afternoon.

A haulage industry group has said a lack of drivers will have a detrimental impact on our economy.

Department for Transport says number of permits available will be severely limited. / A lottery-style system could be used to allocate scarce haulage permits in the event of a no-deal Brexit, a Department for Transport paper has revealed.

Hauliers have claimed there will be "mayhem" at Holyhead port when the Brexit transition period ends.

Glitches in IT systems designed to manage the movement of goods from the EU to the UK are holding up shipments.

Transport and logistics experts attempting to navigate customs changes brought about by Brexit have criticised a support scheme managed under a £200m contract awarded to a consortium led by a multinational IT firm.

The Road Haulage Association has described its meeting with Michael Gove about post-Brexit arrangements as "a washout".

A dairy farmer said he was told to dump his milk after a shortage of lorry drivers meant it could not be collected.

They know that Brexit lies at the heart of what is happening, and that what’s happening must therefore be ignored.

Marco Digioia, general secretary of the European Road Haulers Association, said: “I expect many drivers will not return to the UK even if the UK Government allows them to.”

‘The effect of the British Government’s offer to go and work in the UK for three months is going to be nil’

With the pandemic worsening supply chain problems and UK worker shortages caused by Brexit, there’s a chance we may need to adapt our Christmas dinners this year.

As crises mount, the polls show voters turning at last. But the national newspapers that backed Leave – even the two now edited by Remainers – continue to pretend there is nothing wrong.

The volume of goods being ferried across the Irish Sea between Britain and Ireland has collapsed since the UK left the EU.

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.

What has changed in the 31 days since the UK left and how has it impacted consumers and businesses?

A local authority has revealed that it is struggling to deliver highways construction projects because of a shortage of engineers likened to the national haulier crisis.

Huge 15km queues piling up at the Port of Dover have been blamed ‘entirely’ on extra controls brought in after Brexit.

mages from Google Satellite imagery show hundreds of lorries lining the roads around the Port of Dover after months of chaos delaying crossings.

THE SNP’s Westminster leader has made a plea to Scots who are undecided on independence as the consequences of Brexit become more apparent.

Shortage of lorry drivers is ‘impacting the food supply chain on a daily basis’.

Electricity price rises are predicted as well as major HGV hold-ups.

More ferries are to sail directly from Ireland to the European mainland in a move to circumvent the traditional trade route over mainland England and Wales.

Hauliers have shifted both exports and imports to sea routes to reach EU markets directly, and avoid lengthy delays at UK ports.

Irish hauliers are bypassing Welsh ports to avoid Brexit bureaucracy, industry leaders say.

A sea border would mean checks at major ports in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, such as Holyhead, Liverpool, Belfast and Larne.

Listen to Nigel Farage and he'll tell you the biggest problem in Dover is a swarm of immigrants, flooding its beaches. / But the number of people crossing the English Channel in small boats is relatively small. / Meanwhile, the UK haulage industry has been brought to its knees by a driver shortage induced by Brexit and coronavirus.

As gaps continue to appear on supermarkets shelves and restaurants take unavailable items off menus, Britain’s supply chains appear to be at the centre of a perfect storm of pandemic disruption coupled with post-Brexit labour shortages.

Many of the leave voters George Llewelyn met in 2021 were dissatisfied Eurosceptics who are now ardent rejoiners. How did it happen?

Hotel and restaurant staff are travelling hundreds of miles to pick up produce as Britain’s lorry driver shortage leaves supplies stranded in warehouses, industry leaders say.

This is the moment James O'Brien reacts to former Brexit Secretary David Davis telling LBC that the haulage industry's failure to act has led to post-Brexit tanker and HGV driver shortages.

A van driver whose job is at risk because of Brexit called James O'Brien to reveal all - and it was one of James's most popular clips ever.

UK traffic is down 49% for the month, but European freight is up by 446% year-on-year, with "unprecedented demand" for the new direct services which opened up since 1 January between Rosslare and the continent.

Oliver Dowden says applications ‘relatively limited’ for emergency visa scheme aimed to stem supply chain crisis.

‘It’s not an effective system to actually ensure someone is ready to cross the border,’ says top logistics body.

DfT has bought site that will be used for customs clearance and holding pen for lorries, Rachel Maclean confirms.

Traffic hell getting to the county's ports has been exacerbated after it emerged a major post-Brexit customs system crashed - adding extra time for lorries heading to the Continent.

‘You might find some items aren’t available or our packaging might look a little different to normal’

"Let's be clear, shortages right across the country, shortages of fruit pickers, shortages of builders, shortages in terms of lorry drivers: all of that is down to Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Priti Patel, Dominic Raab and the promises they made to the British people," David Lammy said.

The Road Haulage Association says the UK has lost 15,000 drivers since Brexit and that this will lead to a lack of deliveries of everyday products to supermarket shelves by the autumn. / “Despite what those politicians backing Brexit told us, the UK’s exit from the EU is going to cost everyone in the UK more in their shopping basket.”

‘Worst case scenario’ also warns of passengers waiting hours to board Chunnel trains to continent.

“The whole thing is stupid and pointless," one business owner at London's Borough Market has said.

Lidl has blamed empty shelves at some of its stores on "disruptions to supply chain networks".

Owners of a Liverpool restaurant have spoken out about the 'perfect storm' of Brexit and Covid-19 that is currently 'washing over' the hospitality industry.

The government has ordered a 27-acre site be transformed into a customs clearance centre

Lorry drivers were left queuing along the M20 in Kent as Brexit border control tests were carried out at the Channel Tunnel.

Motorists brand works in preparation for potential no-deal queues ‘chaos’ and ‘complete waste of time’.

"Andrew, you and I know that in 2016 there weren't shortages in the supermarkets, there wasn't fuel rationing" Lord Andrew Adonis told Andrew Castle.

The government is being urged to quickly get a grip of teething problems with a new post-Brexit IT system that has left lorries unable to get into the UK.

Lorries are continuing to face tailbacks at Dover, which have been 'sparked by new Brexit checks'.

Some lorries bringing goods from the EU to the UK have been stuck at the border for four days, as logistics bosses blamed disruption on “terrible” new Brexit red tape.

The government is planning a temporary scheme to make it easier for foreign lorry drivers to work in the UK.

Lorry drivers have been holding up the traffic in Westminster to protest about difficulties selling fish exports to EU nations this year.

"There's a very serious situation in the UK," the lorry firm's boss said, adding "it's so difficult to employ drivers."

One haulier said the long queues seen last week were "entirely [because of] Brexit".

Huge queues are "the new normal" rather than "teething problems", Unite said.

Pictures posted on Facebook showed trucks wedged in precarious positions in the village as they tried to negotiate the winding streets.

An increasingly large majority of Brits now think Brexit was a mistake, new polling suggests. / After years of wrangling an exit deal with the EU and the ongoing Northern Ireland Protocol dispute, 57% of the country now believes leaving the bloc was an error.

The majority of lorries travelling from the UK to the EU via Calais and Dunkirk have nothing in them, suggesting that trade has been significantly disrupted since Brexit.

Only half of UK firms that trade internationally have considered the impact of Brexit on their business, says the British Chambers of Commerce.

A lack of food and farm workers “caused by Brexit and accentuated by the pandemic” meant at least 35,000 pigs were culled and tonnes of crops left to rot in the fields last year, a damning report has revealed.

MICHAEL Gove has been accused of wilfully ignoring the facts in an effort to avoid accountability for the “long-term damage” caused by Brexit.

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.

A freight firm warns drivers that vehicles are being held up or turned away from Dover in Kent and Calais and Dunkirk in France.

'This is all so pointless. We are creating a vast customs bureaucracy, with costs passed on to the consumer'

More than a quarter of the trucks crossing into the EU from the UK are travelling empty, as Brexit eats into UK export figures.

Associated British Ports' (ABP) Dafydd Williams said a significant volume of trade had been re-routed to the Humber.

It is an "insult" for the prime minister to describe disruption to trade across the Irish Sea border as teething problems, a DUP MP has said.

Music industry leaders have urged ministers to give financial help to performers who are unable to take bookings in the European Union due to post-Brexit touring restrictions.

Nando’s has said that it hopes to reopen all of its restaurants by this weekend, after 45 were closed because of a shortage of chicken caused by staffing problems at key suppliers.

The government agency said there had been a problem with some cameras after a 17k queue formed on the M20.

Contingencies drawn up for ‘no deal’ Brexit.

EMPTY SUPERMARKET SHELVES, queues at petrol stations and pumps running dry is far from what one would expect from Britain in 2021.

A 27-acre site is being built to handle trucks amid fears that new trade rules will slow freight movement. It has been nicknamed the “Farage Garage” after the pro-Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage.

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.

It will play a key role in providing extra border checks.

ITV News Business and Economics Editor Joel Hills reports on the expected delays due to be caused when new biometric checks at the EU border in Kent are introduced.

The Unite union says the queues of lorries outside the town of Dover are a “direct consequence” of the introduction of additional border procedures at the beginning of the year.

Lorry drivers will be required to leave their cabs to undergo biometric checks in order to cross the Channel from next year.

"Companies are already having trouble with the system,” one reporter said. / A new post-Brexit IT system is creating huge lorry queues in the EU as vehicles are trying to bring various goods to the UK.

New routes to mainland Europe from Dublin, Rosslare and Cork seen as more reliable.

Several Northern Ireland firms seeking special permits to trade across EU borders after Brexit have been told their applications were unsuccessful.

Hauliers in Northern Ireland have raised concerns about the competence of newly-trained customs agents offering advice to businesses.

NORTHERN Ireland will be issued with just 60 haulage permits to operate on the EU continent in the event of a no-deal Brexit, a freight body has warned.

NICOLA Sturgeon has insisted that the HGV driver and fuel shortage crisis is a result of Boris Johnson’s “reckless” Brexit policy – and has called for the UK Government to “urgently revisit their entire post-Brexit immigration policy”.

Nigel Farage was firmly put in his place after he shared his frustration about the current fuel crisis in the UK on Thursday.

Operation Brock to cause major disruption around M20 despite likelihood of extension from EU.

‘Everybody should be worried about what happens in a no-deal situation,’ Philip Rycroft says in interview with BBC Panorama.

"A complete waste of time and money" - but it will take 48 hours to stand down Operation Brock.

Road haulage body dismisses trial involving 79 lorry drivers as ‘window dressing’

Labour says the government "fiddling while Rome burns" as business groups complain they were ignored.

Tariffs to slash trade with Republic and severely damage farmers and food businesses, says government report.

How could you be affected if the UK does leave the EU without an agreement?

Industry faces "disaster" as only root vegetables may be on sale, and cost of ready meals could surge.

From cross-Channel transport disruption to public disorder – the predictions in the leaked document.

Up to 150 lorries to be used in Kent test of government plans to cope with border disruption

Reduction aims to alleviate congestion at Portsmouth as government contingency planning assumes 70% of lorries will not be ‘border-ready’.

Ministers accused of 'fiddling the figures' to disguise chaos from HGVs being prevented from reaching the border in the first place.

A leaked cross-government study warning of the impact of a no-deal Brexit outlines a "worst-case scenario", cabinet minister Michael Gove has said.

'The idea that creating a fake traffic jam will show the EU we are ready for a no deal is just plain stupid'

Hundreds of bus journeys have been cancelled in the North East in recent weeks due to a driver shortage - and a joint statement has blamed Covid and Brexit for the issue.

Health certificates could add 40,000-pound cost per truck. / Supermarkets may pull out if business unviable: Trade group. / Extra paperwork required by Brexit will raise U.K. supermarkets’ cost of operating in Northern Ireland so much that some may pull out, a trade group warned.

Trucks arriving at GB ports lack paperwork needed to enter region, business leaders say.

Frustrated charity workers have said that items they are trying to get to war-torn Ukraine are stuck at the Port of Dover due to complex post-Brexit paperwork and custom checks.

Exclusive: document seen by the Guardian says core IT system not due to be tested until November.

A plan to manage traffic congestion on a Kent motorway has come into force as part of plans for a no-deal Brexit.

'Our position, when it comes to Brock, is we are not overly impressed with Brock', says vice president of ferry operator DFDS.

Ministers have been forced to publish details of concerns about public disorder and disruption to medicine and fuel supplies.

IN September 2019, the UK Government made public its list of “reasonable worst case assumptions” in the wake of a no-deal Brexit.

The boss of British cleaning products maker McBride (MCB.L) warned an "extraordinary" rise in the cost of raw materials such as cardboard and solvents would last for "quite some time" as the company reported an 18% fall in annual earnings on Tuesday.

Sky's Ian King explains why the company, which cut over 1,000 jobs in response to the pandemic, is again having to slash costs through job losses.

With Tory leadership favourite Boris Johnson saying the UK “must” and “will” leave the EU on 31 October, a no-deal Brexit looks increasingly likely. But what could a no-deal exit mean for all of us?

The boss of a haulage company says he has seen journey times treble due to EU red tape and Covid testing for drivers.

Boris Johnson is facing renewed pressure to recall Parliament after the Prime Minister was forced to reveal that a no-deal Brexit could trigger medical shortages, food price rises and major cross-channel trade delays.

Cross-government emergency meeting expected to agree temporary visas for HGV drivers – and hundreds of military personnel could be making deliveries to fill empty pumps.

Ireland is a nation that has been able to map out its own destiny, says pro-independence Welsh party leader.

Officials identify sites in Dublin for lorries to park if port becomes congested by checks.

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.

First time ministers have admitted police will enforce need for ‘Kent access permit’.

This lorry driver tells James O'Brien that no European HGV operator would take up the UK's offer of a 3-month visa to save Christmas.

After transport firm Morgan McLernon confirmed proposals to shut its Lurgan site, a political row has arisen between the DUP and anti-Brexit parties Sinn Fein and the Alliance Party.

As the cost of Brexit is counted in wrecked livelihoods, ordinary people are starting to call it out. Loudly. Peter Corr is a lorry driver in Derbyshire.

Infrastructure work has taken nearly a year in the past, but just six months will be available - even if the cash is there

Liverpool’s container port is “imploding”, with hauliers growing increasingly concerned over the gateway’s viability as they struggle for booking slots.

Fear for ‘impact’ on truckers stuck in huge queues when frictionless trade disappears in January

Revenue warns hauliers will face sanctions if directions to visit customs posts are ignored.

Since the start of the year, a raft of new requirements are making life increasingly difficult for UK businesses that trade with the EU.

As the UK economy begins the long road to recovery, many businesses are wondering: where have all the workers gone? ... From farms to factories and hospitality to haulage, many industries are warning they won’t be able to bounce back unless Brexit rules on workers are relaxed. We report from Kent.

As the UK economy begins the long road to recovery, many businesses are wondering: where have all the workers gone?

This Communication explains the measures that the Commission adopted today, 19 December 2018, in response to that call, together with other crucial steps in the implementation of its Contingency Action Plan.

The boss of baking brand Warburtons has been toasted on Twitter after comments he made in 2016 about Brexit came back to haunt him.

Old "Project Fear" scare stories from the 2016 Remain campaign about masses of customs paperwork and increased costs for traders, as well as restrictions on immigration for vital sectors, are becoming reality.

Radiohead's bassist has said he is "worried the UK government doesn't understand cultural capital", as the band joined calls for what the industry called a fair deal for UK concert hauliers.

Sir Roger Gale said one firm has had to trash £320,000 worth of produce "because there are no pickers and no drivers".

Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Lidl are just some of the stores that have responded to the complaints from customers.

Sky News sees figures showing that the so-called Dover TAP has been deployed on 18 of the first 32 days of the year, with hauliers expressing concern that new red tape is to blame.

HUNDREDS of households across Somerset where recycling collections have been missed this week will have to wait until the next scheduled pick up.

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.

Hauliers increasingly refusing to take loads across channel because of Brexit controls.

Junior minister says facilities planned in Kent and elsewhere to minimise impact on drivers.

London-formed trio are the latest act to be hurt by Brexit red tape.

Hauliers across the UK will be returning to work today (11 February 2019) to discover whether they have been lucky in the “International Lottery” for one of less than 1,000 available haulage permits that will be required for them to send trucks to the Continent and Ireland in the event of a No Deal Brexit.

Britain has been outside the EU’s legal regime for a year and has faced a number of impacts.

Schools have been warned to prepare for food shortages ahead of the new school year and urged by wholesalers to “stock up”.

FEARS have been raised over the damage which could be caused by Brexit in less than two weeks’ time, as the clock ticks down on the chance for the UK to strike a deal with the EU.

The chief executive of Scotland Food and Drink, James Withers, has claimed that food exporters are telling him „the door to the EU is now shut”.

The ripple effects are being felt across a wide range of sectors, from farming and construction to retail.

Brexit has caused hauliers to become "their own customs agents" due to shortages, MSPs have been told.

Seafood exporters have claimed post-Brexit customs arrangements are causing delays as "entire trailers" need to be checked rather than samples.

Seafood companies have warned they could go under in days as they face long delays getting into the EU, ruining produce.