British Retail Consortium

Deferring new UK-EU customs controls no ‘universal fix’ for underlying problems

The UK government must act now to address failings in its post-Brexit border operating policy if its much-welcomed postponement of border checks are to do more than just delay “disaster”.
UK Brexit mastermind Michael Gove informed Parliament late last week that pre-notification requirements for products of animal origin, animal by-products, and high-risk food not of animal origin, would be implemented in October, rather than April as originally planned.
It was also announced …

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‘No one is ready’ – calls for phase 2 of new customs checks to be postponed

As the row over the Northern Ireland protocol threatens to become a full-blown diplomatic crisis between the UK and EU, there are new industry warnings that UK supply chains face chaos.
Industry, particularly the hospitality sector, wants government to postpone the 1 April implementation of phase 2 of its post-Brexit border checks.
As part of its three-phase introduction of border checks on EU imports, UK border officials are set to begin requesting …

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Fears grow for stranded drivers and perishable cargo as truck queues build in Kent

Hauliers remained in limbo today as governments on both sides of the Channel seek a resolution to the border closure imposed by France after the UK identified a new variant of Covid-19.
UK prime minister Boris Johnson is to provide an update later today, with expectations that French authorities will reopen the border to accompanied freight by tomorrow for drivers who test negative for the virus.
Nonetheless, the queue of trucks waiting …

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Call for government intervention to ease UK container supply chain congestion

Following UK industry calls for a parliamentary inquiry into the port congestion currently strangling container supply chains, senior UK MPs have also called on the government to intervene.
The Loadstar reported last week that the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Food and Drink Federation (FDF) had written to the chairs of the parliamentary select committees of transport and international trade.
That letter was followed by a hastily arranged meeting between the BRC …

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UK shippers demand parliamentary inquiry into port congestion

Some of the UK’s largest shippers have written to MPs demanding a parliamentary inquiry into the port congestion crippling the country’s container supply chains.
A letter from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Food and Drink Federation (FDF) to Lilian Greenwood MP, chair of the Commons Transport Select Committee, and Angus Brendan MacNeil MP, chair of the Commons International Trade Committee, describes importers as facing “major challenges in building up stock …

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