UK government defends 'crippling' fee for plant and animal product imports
Defra, the UK’s food and environment ministry, has insisted that its Common User Charges, announced ...
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With the changes to post-Brexit border policies, pressure is set to intensify for UK importers next week as volumes begin to climb back, post-Christmas lull.
The first week of new import controls on EU goods saw a notable hitch when the new IT system, the Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS), crashed on day one, with forwarders noting extra delays tied to Goods Movement Reference (GMR) production.
Group operations director at Priority Freight Andrew Austin told The Loadstar: “GMRs are not being produced ...
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