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 …
Read More »BIFA welcomes HM Treasury funding for customs training
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 …
Read More »Freight operators should get what they pay for says FTA
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 …
Read More »Brexit transition a welcome relief but still lots to agree says FTA
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 …
Read More »Warning of 15-mile queues at Calais should be Brexit wake-up call says FTA
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 …
Read More »Dover HGV congestion charge proposal is ‘wrong’ and will damage UK trade, warns FTA
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 …
Read More »FTA – Freight industry welcomes additional funding for Channel border security
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 …
Read More »Supply chain warnings are sense not scaremongering says FTA
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 …
Read More »Plan ahead to cope with urban charges and lorry bans across the UK says FTA
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. …
Read More »Freight must be part of Brexit conversations says FTA
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 …
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