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Politicians may be failing the UK, but the private sector has stepped up preparations for a no-deal Brexit, adding air freight capacity and new supply chains for the automotive industry.

In support of the saying that freight is like water and will always find a way ...

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  • Matthew Loder

    February 26, 2019 at 3:30 pm

    Good afternoon,
    Do you have any transparency over whether HM Customs are ready and able to handle all the extra freight into these essentially regional airports? Isn’t that the next bottleneck, regardless of the extra costs of airfreight over roadfreight?

    • Alex Lennane

      February 26, 2019 at 3:54 pm

      That’s a good question. I’ll see what I can find out…

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