Brexit set to compound sector skills shortage irrespective of the final deal, warns FTA

A blockade of Calais by French hauliers and farmers demanding the immediate removal of the migrant camps, launched this week, will make drivers a sitting target for migrant attacks and could trigger Operation Stack, the FTA and RHA have warned.

Next-day deliveries are in danger of becoming a thing of the past unless certainty over the status of EU workers is provided by the government, the GMB union has claimed.

The financial standing system should be completely reviewed when the UK leaves the EU, according to the FTA.