The government has admitted its dual-registration scheme set up for events hauliers working internationally will not help all companies, amid criticism that the damage to the music industry could be “massive”. Brexit has forced hauliers in the e…
Hauliers involved in music, sporting and cultural events will be able to move their vehicles freely between the UK and the EU after the government said it was introducing new measures this summer. A dual registration scheme will allow operators …
The traffic commissioners have made operators aware of the help and advice available about new customs rules that came into effect at the beginning of January. Anyone moving goods between Great Britain and the European Union (EU) through a goods…
New border checks due to launch next year could cause major “permanent” tailbacks on both sides of the Channel, the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee has warned in a letter to Home Secretary Priti Patel. The letter sent this week…
Tariffs on most goods and increased restrictions could be imposed on EU-UK trade if Great Britain pulls out of the current Northern Ireland border solution, ParcelHero has warned. There is increasing concern that the UK government will trigger A…
The government has effectively offshored UK haulage work to foreign operators after announcing it had slackened the rules on cabotage, according to the RHA. The business group said the move to allow continental hauliers to take on unlimited work…
Europa Worldwide Group chief executive Andrew Baxter (pictured) has launched a vociferous attack on the RHA this week, accusing it of leaking information from confidential government meetings, failing to prepare hauliers for Brexit and “substant…
Foreign haulage operators could be allowed to make an unlimited number of trips in the UK within a two-week period before returning home, under plans to strengthen supply chains and save Christmas. The proposals to temporarily extend cabotage ri…
Hauliers undertaking work for customers on both sides of the Irish Sea should see administration and bureaucracy reduced after the EU proposed cutting post-Brexit checks on goods, according to Logistics UK. The business group cautiously welcomed…
Logistics UK chief executive David Wells (pictured) has urged the government to extend the number and duration of temporary visas available to EU drivers and rejected the Prime Minister’s claims that the move would represent “uncontrolled immigr…
Government ministers ignored hauliers’ warnings that the limited length of the emergency HGV driver visas would deter European drivers from taking up the offer, the RHA has claimed. The RHA was responding to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s admiss…
The government’s decision to allow 5,000 foreign drivers into the UK will infuriate Brexiteers whilst failing to plug the shortfall of 100,000 drivers, parcel delivery service Parcelhero has warned. David Jinks, ParcelHero head of consumer resea…
Meachers Global Logistics has warned operators to prepare for changes to importing animal products from the European Union to avoid more delays at the border. All UK importers and their EU suppliers must be compliant with new rules for bringing …
Pall-Ex has signed a master licensee agreement (MLA) in Czechia and Slovakia, enabling logistics provider Investex Group to form Pall-Ex CS and operate across the two countries. The pallet network said the idea of a Czech-Slovak network and mast…