News / A shortage of trained personnel will fuel UK's post-Brexit customs crisis'

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While arguments continue over the UK’s customs infrastructure post-Brexit, others claim the real focus should be on the sector’s looming workforce shortages.

Co-chair of the Customs Brexit group, part of the Joint Customs Consultative Committee, Peter MacSwiney told The Loadstar: “People are the single biggest problem, namely the lack of those qualified to carry out fiscal customs declarations after we exit the EU.

“We cannot train people in a week – especially in the numbers required – and that’s assuming there are people ...