Declining EU Migration Hits the UK Logistics Sector
Logistics businesses are struggling to fill job vacancies as the number of EU nationals immigrating to the UK for work continues to plummet, according to a report released this month by FTA. The organisation, which speaks for the UK logistics sector, is asking government to recognise how reliant the industry is on EU workers and to […]
Prime Minister’s Proposals May not Produce Brexit Breakthrough
An international logistics expert has warned UK businesses not to expect too much from Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s reported proposals for an amended Brexit withdrawal agreement. Adam Johnson, director of Leeds-based Tudor International Freight, said the government had apparently sent the EU some ideas for replacing the so-called Irish backstop. This was the element of […]
UK Businesses Need to Prepare for No-Deal Brexit
An international logistics expert has urged UK businesses to continue preparing for a no-deal Brexit. Adam Johnson, director of Leeds-based Tudor International Freight, said traders should not be fooled by well-publicised government rebuffs in the House of Commons during the last few days into thinking such an outcome, possibly as soon as 31 October, was […]
Ready for a No-Deal? – Brexit Checklist
New Prime Minister Boris Johnson has stated clearly that the UK will leave the European Union on 31 October 2019 – with or without a deal. Yet for logistics operators, there are still many questions unanswered, or working practices which will require clarification in order to ensure the seamless movement of goods and services domestically […]
Logistics Expert Warns about Customs Union and Post-Brexit Trade
An international logistics expert has warned that even a permanent post-Brexit customs union with the EU would not alone mean frictionless trade with the bloc for British businesses. Adam Johnson, director of Leeds-based Tudor International Freight, was commenting on what is believed to be the central trade-related demand of Labour party leaders in their current […]
International Logistics Expert Talks About Article 50
An international logistics expert has said an extension to the UK’s Article 50 process would be the best plausible major Brexit development this week for the country’s EU traders. Adam Johnson, director of Leeds-based Tudor International Freight, said Prime Minister Theresa May had asked other EU heads of government to grant a further deferral of […]
Expert Urges Traders to Continue No-Deal Preparations
An international logistics expert has advised the UK’s EU traders to continue preparing for a “calamity” no-deal Brexit, as this remained a strong possibility and could still occur this month. David Johnson, managing director of Leeds-based Tudor International Freight, said there was understandable relief among affected businesses at concessions Prime Minister Theresa May had made […]
UK’s EU Traders Warned not to “Hold Their Breath”
An international logistics expert has warned the UK’s businesses trading with the EU not to “hold their breath” in anticipation of the so-called Malthouse Compromise ending the current Brexit impasse. Adam Johnson, director of Leeds-based Tudor International Freight, said the proposed blueprint for the period following UK withdrawal from the bloc, which had emerged in […]
Government to Request Article 50 Deadline Extension
A leading logistics expert has said the government should now ask the EU to extend the Article 50 period in the interests of the UK’s traders with the bloc. Adam Johnson, director of Leeds-based Tudor International Freight, said there were now fewer than 70 days to go before the UK was scheduled to leave the […]
EU Traders Welcome Talk of Extended Customs Union
A leading logistics expert has said many British companies trading with the EU will have welcomed reports the UK could remain in the Customs Union for longer than currently agreed. David Johnson, managing director of Tudor International Freight, based at Horsforth, Leeds, said the present arrangements meant trade with the bloc “could hardly be easier, […]
Will Brexit Be The Next Big Disruption For The Supply Chain?
While many of the UK’s voters would likely agree they’ve heard enough already on the impacts of Brexit – whether they be economic, political or cultural – to make their decision on 23 June, the nation’s businesses are still trying to determine how dramatically a “leave” outcome would affect their operations. Though some campaigners have […]
