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8 Nov 2019

French haulier counts cost of Brexit impasse

Author: admintech | Filed under: World

French haulier counts cost of Brexit impasseFrench road haulage boss Bruno Beliard bet on the potential for no-deal Brexit border chaos, hiring UK-based drivers, spending cash on customs clearance training and overhauling his business model. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s own gamble to call a December election to “get Brexit done” has left Beliard in the dark over the rules that will govern how he carries goods between Europe and the UK. “The fact of not knowing whether it’s Brexit or no Brexit, deal or no deal, I tell you, people in my company are stressed out by this,” said Beliard as a forklift loaded goods destined for London, Bristol and northern England in a trailer.