Covid-19 logjams in UK are an ugly dress rehearsal for Brexit chaos Long traffic jams raise questions about viability of Irish transit route through Britain
Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 01:00
Simon Carswell Public Affairs Editor Listen now 4:38
Trucks parked near the Port of Dover in southern England on Tuesday. The Irish haulage industry wants exemptions from Covid testing for Irish drivers ‘transiting’ through the UK on their way to mainland Europe. Photograph: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
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Everyone was expecting it but many were surprised that it was Covid-19 and not Brexit that delivered the nightmare before Christmas.
Revenue extends time for firms to swap to post-Brexit customs system Industry warns of ‘carnage’ in January coping with new customs for trade with Britain
Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 17:51 Updated: Fri, Dec 11, 2020, 17:54
Revenue warns of ‘immediate impact’ on January 1st for businesses that have not fully completed their preparations.
The Revenue Commissioners have given businesses more time to swap over to new customs IT systems as industry warns of “carnage” in January trying to manage post-Brexit checks.
In a sign that many small and medium-sized companies are not ready for new customs procedures on trade with Britain from the start of 2021, Revenue has extended, for the second time, the parallel running of new and old IT systems from next week until the end of March 2021.