Cargo freight from France and Germany to Britain is down 50 per cent on the same point last year amid post-Brexit turmoil at border points and ports, a London-based accountancy firm has warned. The Government needs to step up now and explain how this is going to be resolved , Alex Altmann, a partner and head of the Brexit advisory group at Blick Rothenberg said.
Some businesses who usually send mountains of goods from overseas to Britain by lorry, ship and plane are now avoiding sending those items here until they get more clarity from the Government on post-Brexit trade practices and costs, Mr Altmann claimed.
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