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As red tape and delays threaten the efficiency of cross-border trade, how is technology keeping Britain moving?
Seven weeks into the UK’s post-Brexit epoch, and there’s a sense things could have gone worse. Britain has avoided the worst fears, such as supermarket shortages and lorry queues across Kent.
Still, the transition has been far from smooth. Businesses continue to report crippling difficulties as they struggle to adapt to the new regime. While some of these can justifiably be deemed ‘teething problems’, many will be here for the long term.
So what technology could help the food and drink industry minimise the disruption of the new border and ensure Britain remains connected?
LONDON
One month after Britain made a New Year split from the European Union’s economic embrace, businesses that once traded freely are getting used to frustrating checks, delays and red tape.
British meat exporters say shipments have rotted in trucks awaiting European health checks. Scottish fishermen have protested at Parliament over the catch they can no longer sell to the continent because of complex new paperwork.
The manufacturers’ organization Make U.K. said Monday that 60% of manufacturing companies have experienced “significant disruption” since Jan. 1.
The British government says the troubles are “teething problems,” but companies say they are causing serious pain.
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