News / Dutch government shows how getting ready for Brexit should be done

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Britain’s government may have fumbled its preparations for Brexit, but the same cannot be said for the Dutch – the Netherlands likely to win a rush of post-Brexit business.

Brexit coordinator for Customs Netherlands Roel van’t Veld told the panel at this week’s Invest in Holland event that, since the result of the UK’s 2016 referendum, Dutch Customs had recruited, trained and deployed 900 additional customs officers.

“Our government was quick off the mark, saying no-deal is what we have to worry ...