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By: With the UK a full month into Brexit, it has not been smooth sailing for the wholesale sector. Following the country officially leaving the European Union at 11pm on 31 December 2021, with a trade deal signed just a week before, there have been delays at ports and struggles with the availability of lorries for companies looking to import and export with the continent. This has already had a sizeable impact on solar wholesalers in the UK, with Segen’s MD Jason Howlett telling Solar Power Portal that “it was very clear during January that whilst we have a free trade agreement with Eur...

Pembrokeshire County Council has backed calls for the UK Government to take action to protect the future of Welsh ports. “As an authority we recognise the importance of our ports at Fishguard and Pembroke, alongside the other Welsh ports that have direct links with the Republic of Ireland”, said Cllr Paul Miller, cabinet member for the economy. “I fully support the Welsh Government’s minister for economy and transport, Ken Skates, who has written to the UK Government urging action to resolve the EU Exit’s ‘disproportionate impact’ on Welsh ports, including the ports at Fis...

Border Force hit Brexit recruitment target – but only with agency staff Officials accused of playing down impact of post-EU changes on goods heading to Northern Ireland Border Force director general Paul Lincoln 22 Jan 2021 UK Border Force hit its recruitment target for extra staff to carry out customs-compliance work and and manage transit arrangements after the EU transition period – but needed agency staff to do it, MPs have been told. Last November, the National Audit Office said Border Force was around 300 staff short of its recruitment target to hire 1,570 extra officials to cope w...

Praise for KCC and its handling of Brexit transition traffic  |  So far, so good. That was the message from KCC's senior highways manager Toby Howe to members of the Maidstone Joint Transportation Board as he reported on the effects of Brexit on the county's roads. Operation Brock was working well Picture: Barry Goodwin Mr Howe said the county had implemented its traffic management plan at the end of the transition period on December 31, with Operation Brock in place to control queuing lorries and with inland border facilities at Sevington near Ashford, and at the former Manston Airport. He...

Britain and France may reach an agreement over reopening their border by Tuesday lunchtime, the BBC reported.