News / Brexit has harmed SMEs, but it's 'an opportunity for forwarders'

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Forwarders can be a salve to the negative implications of Brexit that have left many SME shippers struggling, but only if they innovate.

Metro Shipping MD Grant Liddell said Brexit had “discombobulated” the UK’s SME community following decades of free trade with continental neighbours, with transit rates and administrative bureaucracy surging.

“Average traditional forwarder freight movement cost has increased by a minimum of £100 for customs and documentation charges alone,” Mr Liddell told The Loadstar.

“If you are selling directly to smaller customers ...