5 key impacts of Brexit on logistics in the UK and Europe
Following the departure of the UK from the European Union and the signing of a trade deal between the two parties, many industries have had to adapt to a new regulatory and commercial landscape. Brexit has had a particularly significant impact on the logistics sector in both the UK and the EU, generating a variety of new requirements, administrative burdens and talent needs.
Michael Page recently hosted an on-demand webinar to investigate how the logistics sector in the UK and European Union has been impacted by Brexit. Led by Ben Lyons, Operating Director of Michael Page Logistics, it brought together a panel of distinguished speakers from the UK and EU, spurring lively debate, and touching on key issues that all logistics professionals should know about. Here are five key things we learned from the session:
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Now comes another powerful blow to their narrative of doom.
A key symbol of Project Fear was the huge, highly productive Nissan plant in Sunderland, whose future was said to be threatened if Britain embraced Brexit.
According to the scaremongers, the end of EU membership could sound its death knell. If we leave, Nissan leaves, tweeted Alastair Campbell, the former Labour spin doctor in 2019 as he kept up his campaign for the Referendum result to be overturned.
Remoaner Alastair Campbell, the former Labour spin doctor (Image: Getty)
But, last week, Nissan announced that the post-Brexit future of its Sunderland base, the largest car factory in Britain, is secure in the long term.