Tag Archives: HMRC Joint Customs Consultative Committee

UK businesses undertaking international trade are, right now, understandably focused on Brexit – what declaration documentation changes will be required and what additional resources will be needed to manage the transition? But while this is without doubt a significant event, it is no excuse for overlooking the biggest change occurring …

The British International Freight Association BIFA the trade association for UK freight forwarding and logistics companies, has welcomed the recent news of an £8 million government funding scheme for customs intermediaries and traders. Grants have been made available for all customs intermediaries and traders completing customs declarations. The aim of …

The announcement on 26 March 2018 of a government investment package of £100m to repair some of Britain’s most damaged roads has been met with cautious optimism by the UK’s largest association for the logistics industry. But the Freight Transport Association FTA, which represents more than 17,000 businesses moving goods …

The announcement of a Brexit transitional period ending in December 2020 will be a welcome relief for manufacturing and retail businesses exporting and importing from the EU, according to the Freight Transport Association (FTA), the only organisation which represents all of logistics in the UK. However, FTA has warned that …

The Freight Transport Association FTA says a warning of 15-mile queues at the Port of Calais, if border checks are introduced after Brexit, should be a wake-up call for the British and EU27 governments. As the leading membership organisation representing the entire logistics industry, FTA has been highlighting the possible …

FTA – At 6.00pm this evening Dover District Councillors will discuss a proposal to implement a congestion charge for heavy goods vehicles in Dover. It has been tabled as Item 10 on Page 16 of the following document: http://moderngov.dover.gov.uk/documents/g2716/Public%20reports%20pack%2031st-Jan-2018%2018.00%20Council.pdf?T=10 It states: “With increasing traffic on the Port of Dover starting …

The Freight Transport Association FTA has welcomed news that an additional £44.5 million is to be spent on strengthening security at Calais and other French ports. Speaking shortly after the announcement, FTA’s Head of European Policy, Pauline Bastidon, said: “FTA welcomes the intention from the UK and French Governments to …

The Freight Transport Association FTA, the UK’s largest membership association for the freight and logistics sector, is today (9 October 2017) urging British and EU negotiators who are meeting in Brussels to heed the warnings from traders and logistics operators on both sides of the Channel, that post-Brexit arrangements will …

FTA – Cities across the UK will start levying prohibitively high charges on older HGVs and vans, for air quality reasons, between early 2019 and the end of 2020. London has plans that could see, at the same time, many HGVs banned from the capital for having insufficient direct vision. …

FTA – As the Prime Minister meets business leaders at Downing Street today to discuss the potential economic impact of Brexit, the country’s largest membership association for freight and logistics has expressed serious dismay that the sector has once again been overlooked in planning for the UK’s exit from the …