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Whichever way you voted the news that the long term political deadlock has been broken is a positive. The Institute will continue to work alongside government as the voice of your profession and will advise and guide them on all issues that are impacting the sectors that CILT represents. 

We believe that joined-up thinking between government and the profession is essential, as the sector faces an increasing number of challenges as the demands of consumers rise, Brexit and the decarbonisation agenda will come to the fore and the pace of change gets quicker.  

We continue to call for clarity on Brexit and, as the dust settles on last week’s election, it looks like we will make progress one way or the other. The Institute has advised government officials to make a swift Brexit decision to enable the profession to adequately and effectively plan for the UK’s departure from the European Union. We encourage Boris Johnson and his party to ensure that the movement of goods and people and their associated supply chains remains frictionless in a post-Brexit world.  

Since the European referendum in 2016, the Institute has worked tirelessly to become the go-to professional body for advice and guidance to government. Now, we are urging this government to truly attain a deep understanding of infrastructure, transport and supply chains and the value of freight to the UK, take practical and urgent action to  prepare businesses for Brexit and to ensure the UK responds to the challenge of climate change. 

Kevin Richardson,
Chief Executive, CILT(UK) 


ON BREXIT: 

The result of the General Election clears the path for a rapid completion process for Parliament to endorse the Withdrawal Agreement which, assuming EU Parliamentary approval, triggers the Transition period. During which the UK intends to negotiate an enduring trade agreement with the EU whilst negotiating with other global blocks such as USA and China. The risk of UK leaving EU without an agreement retreats to 31.12..20 for which we are comparatively well prepared. 

Although masquerading as “Business as Usual” during Transition it will be vital to put in place UK-EU agreements particularly for perishable products, dynamic work in progress and chilled supply chains some of which are already evolving triggered by the No Deal risk. The negotiation load will be taken by the civil service agencies DfT, HMRC, DEFRA, FSA, coordinated through the Border Delivery Group or its successor, working closely with the stakeholder groups including CILT. In addition it will be vital for the cross-border industry associations comprising many multinational companies with UK, EU and global interests to continue to agree harmonised technical, material and safety standards, many of which are controlled under United Nations protocols. 

Transition provides the vital time required to confirm areas of agreement still outstanding before the General Election such as HMRC tariff and duty collection regimes, trade and forwarding agent responsibilities and easements; for the commissioning of transport track and trace systems vital to automate port approach vehicle segregation to minimise friction on port approach routes and to provide the rolling look down security necessary in an evolving tariff and duty environment particularly for the Island of Ireland.


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