News / 'Saddened' UK logistics firms await true meaning of Brexit vote and brace for cost rises

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UK trade groups and freight firms today were digesting this morning’s news that the country has voted to depart the European Union.

The UK’s trade links with Europe and the rest of the world will be at the forefront of its exit negotiations with the EU, with a two-year deadline to the country’s departure, as per the Lisbon Treaty.

Kevin Buchannan, managing director of pallet network Pall-Ex Group expressed some of the disappointment that many in the country’s freight industry have felt ...